Panathinaikos defeated Olympiacos 76:81 tonight (Monday) in the big derby of Athens, which returned to the league this season.
The victory of the Greens was achieved in the hall of Olympiacos, whose it was the first league loss of the season.
The two teams are now on the same balance of 1: 6.
Nemanja Nedovic with 24 points and Yannis Papafatro with 13 often scored for the winner.
Sasha Wozenkov (19 points) and Mustafa Pal (17 points) stood out in the losing ranks.
It was a unique derby.
The two major rivals first met in the Greek league after two seasons in which Olympiacos played in the second division.
In fact the last local meeting between the two was in February 2019 so the two played in the Cup semi-final.
Olympiacos, then coached by David Blatt, then abandoned the game at half-time in protest of the refereeing.
Since then they have only met in the Euroleague.
It turns out that what is true of the Euroleague is not true of the derby.
Olympiacos is at the top of the Euroleague and has not lost a single home game this season at the factory.
On Friday, they defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Peace and Fraternity Hall. Panathinaikos, on the other hand, are placed last in the Euroleague when they have only two victories.