Greek basketball teams enjoyed mixed results in European competitions this week.

Olympiakos suffered a crushing 84-70 home defeat to Fenerbahce Ulker in their first Group H game of the Top 16 phase of the Europleague on Thursday night.

In an error-strewn match, the Reds kept it tight until the final period but the visitors had too much firepower for Olympiakos, who suffered their first home defeat after 20 matches.

Marko Tomas paced the winners with 19 points. Roko Ukic added 17 while Omer Onan had 14 for FB Ulker.

Theo Papaloukas led Olympiacos with 15 points. Vassilis Spanoulis added 14 while Zoran Erceg had 10 for the Reds.

All eyes were on Sarunas Jasikevicius, the former Panathinaikos star returning to Greece with Fenerbhace, but he had a low key night, scoring only five points.

“This is a big shock for the players,” said Reds coach Dusan Ivkovic. “It’s a very negative result that we have to get over as soon possible. We have five more games to go and we will have to be prepared.”

Olympiakos travel to Zalgiris Kaunas for their second game.

Greens dominant in Lithuania

Panathinaikos had a strong start in Top 16 Group E by downing Lietuvos Rytas 59-80 in front of 9,500 fans at Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday.

Panathinaikos grabbed its fourth road win this season and improved to 1-0 in Group E.

Meanwhile, L. Rytas faces back-to-back road games against Caja Laboral and Unicaja up next.

Mike Batiste led the winners 26 points on 11-of-17 two-pointers. Kostas Kaimakoglou added 16, Kostas Tsartsaris had 12 while Drew Nicholas got 10 for Panathinaikos.

Milko Bjelica had 11 points for L. Rytas while Khalid El-Amin and Kenan Bajramovic each added 10 for the hosts.

Bjelica and Martynas Gecevicius – who did not finish the game due to injury – shined early to give L. Rytas a 24-18 lead early in the second quarter.

Panathinaikos, however, made the hosts go scoreless for more than 6 minutes and found a new go-to guy in Tsartsaris to get a 33-35 edge right after the break.

Tsartsaris had 8 points in a 0-12 run that broke the game open, 41-55, with 9 minutes to go.

L. Rytas kept trying but Panathinaikos kept full control of the game until the final buzzer.

Eurocup Final quarter dominanc give Aris win

In the Eurocup Last 16, a yellow storm in the last quarter in the shape of a 26-5 run in 7 minutes allowed Aris to take the first home win of the Last 16 in front of Budivelnik by 85-69 in a Group J game.

Budivelnik had managed to stay in the game throughout 30 minutes and in the start of the last period the team even managed to make it a one-point game at 59-58, but after that, it was Aris all the way to the final buzzer.

Bobby Brown was the best man for the winners with his 23 points, followed by Christos Tapoutos and Kostas Sloukas with 15 each and Dejan Borovnjak with 11.

Overtime loss to Panellinios

In Greece, in a thriller that went down to the wire, Cajasol Sevilla needed overtime to down Panellinios BC 82-87 in Group L in Lamia.

Cajasol registered its third road win in this Eurocup season and Panellinios got its first home loss.

Torin Francis led 6 Panellinios players in double digits with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Vangelis Sklavos added 15 points, Steven Smith had 14, Maurice Bailey got 12 while Joseph Krabbenhoft and Samo Udrih each contributed 11 for the hosts.

Cajasol opened the game with a 2-11 run and managed to get a double-digit lead, 7-17, soon after that.

Ullock had 11 points in the third quarter to keep Cajasol ahead, 38-45, at halftime. Back-to-back three-pointers by Smith and Bailey got Panellinios within 56-57 at the end of the third quarter.

A three-pointer by Tomas Satoransky and free throws by Bullock sent the game to overtime, 70-70.

An outstanding Bullock and critical free throws by Satoransky sealed the outcome down the stretch.