European Hoops: EuroLeague Playoffs – Game 1, Olympiacos vs. Real Madrid & Monaco vs. Barcelona Matchups Breakdown – SportsEthos

Olympiacos Piraeus, who finished first after the main tournament in the Euroleague, defeated Real Madrid 84:72. in the quarter-final series opener on Wednesday. A solid victory was also earned by Monaco, who were at home above Barcelona 97:80.

All bad. There is no better summary and no room to temper criticism. Real Madrid dishonored its own European legend with a disastrous match in the Piraeus, swept away...

Winning the best team in Europe in a five-game playoff with a field against it. It’s the challenge that Real Madrid has been facing since Wednesday (20.30 hours) in its Euroleague playoffs series in front of the Olympiacos. “We’re going to fight at home against a giant, but we like challenges. A big playoff, no doubt,” says Chus Mateo. The reward, if the gestation is consummated, would be to be in the Abu Dhabi Final Four, the eleventh for white…

Olympiacos did what it had to against Real and there are a lot of smiles for the 1-0 but also for the return of the Wacap — Vildoza

The basketball players of Olympiakos beat Real Madrid tonight at home with a score of 84:72 the first match of the quarter of the Euroleague playoffs

Real Madrid was warned, both by the two precedents with defeat of the course and by the inexhaustible potential of this Olympiacs. But there is no useful warning when a cyclone is ready to overrun you. And that’s what happened to Chus Mateo’s painting in the first ‘round’ of the Euroleague playoff (84-72). The leader of the regular phase overflowed him from start to finish, putting up a series that will have his second episode this Friday, again…