Basketball: Fenerbahce Ulker beat Greek giants Olympiacos
Fenerbahce Ulker topple Olympiacos 73-64 in Greece in Turkish Airlines Euroleague
ANKARA
Turkish basketball club Fenerbahce Ulker finished the Top 16, Round 10 of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague with a win against Greek giants Olympiacos while the other two Turkish teams, Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray Liv Hospital, lost to their opponents.
Competing in Group F, Fenerbahce Ulker toppled Olympiacos 73-64 in Piraeus and maintained their good form. Fenerbahce Ulker secured their runners-up position in the group by point average. Another Turkish team in Group F, Anadolu Efes, are in fourth place despite having lost to Russian heavyweights CSKA Moscow 88-83 in an away game.
Turkish side Galatasaray Liv Hospital could not end their poor form in Group E as they were thrashed by Serbian side Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 91-68 in Istanbul. The Turkish team hit the bottom of their group.
- Group E
Group leaders Real Madrid grabbed their ninth win out of 10 against Alba Berlin and are the first team to advance to the playoffs.
- Results and standings in Group E are as follows:
Galatasaray Liv Hospital 68-91 Crvena Zvezda Telekom
Barcelona 89-71 Maccabi Electra
Real Madrid 93-62 Alba Berlin
Zalgiris Kaunas 76-70 Panathinaikos
Team | P | W | L | POINTS + | POINTS - | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real Madrid | 10 | 9 | 1 | 890 | 704 | 186 |
Barcelona | 10 | 7 | 3 | 816 | 772 | 44 |
Maccabi Electra | 10 | 6 | 4 | 763 | 778 | -15 |
Panathinaikos | 10 | 5 | 5 | 743 | 732 | 11 |
Zalgiris Kaunas | 10 | 4 | 6 | 701 | 744 | -43 |
Alba Berlin | 10 | 4 | 6 | 696 | 756 | -60 |
Crvena Zvezda Telekom | 10 | 3 | 7 | 745 | 765 | -20 |
Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 10 | 2 | 8 | 734 | 837 | -103 |
- Group F
CSKA Moscow hit the top of their group by point average after beating Anadolu Efes in Russia. Current runners-up Fenerbahce Ulker are close behind the group leaders.
- Results and standings in Group F are as follows:
Nizhny 89-85 Laboral Kutxa
CSKA Moscow 88-83 Anadolu Efes
EA7 Emporio Armani 90-86 Unicaja Malaga
Olympiacos 64-73 Fenerbahce Ulker
Team | P | W | L | POINTS + | POINTS - | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSKA Moscow | 10 | 8 | 2 | 882 | 806 | 76 |
Fenerbahce Ulker | 10 | 8 | 2 | 791 | 728 | 63 |
Olympiacos | 10 | 8 | 2 | 769 | 712 | 57 |
Anadolu Efes | 10 | 4 | 6 | 790 | 810 | -20 |
Laboral Kutxa | 10 | 4 | 6 | 819 | 823 | -4 |
Nizhny | 10 | 3 | 7 | 819 | 849 | -30 |
EA7 Emporio Armani | 10 | 3 | 7 | 750 | 836 | -86 |
Unicaja Malaga | 10 | 2 | 8 | 752 | 808 | -56 |