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Marcelinho Huertas and Ante Tomic celebrates - Barcelona Regal
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Players Olympiacos Piraeus celebrates
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Playoffs, Game 5: Barcelona, Olympiacos claim last tickets to London!
Two exciting Playoff Game 5s have set up classic matchups for the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in London. Barcelona Regal and Olympiacos Piraeus advanced with Game 5 victories at home. Barcelona Regal beat Panathinaikos Athens 64-53 on Thursday at Palau Blaugrana to win their best-of-five playoffs series 3-2 and advance to its fourth Final Four in five seasons. There Barcelona will take on archrival Real Madrid in the Spanish superclassico for a spot in the Euroleague title game. Against Panathinaikos, Barcelona never trailed and was ahead by as much as 19 in the second quarter before the Greens rallied to within 6 in the fourth quarter. However Juan Carlos Navarro and Marcelinho Huertas each made timely threes to keep Barca in control en route to a deserved victory. The hosts outrebounded Panathinaikos 46-32. And the visitors made just 1 of 16 three-point tries (06.3%). Those numbers proved to be too much for the Greens to overcome. Navarro led the winners with 15 points, Marcelinho added 10 and Nate Jawai came up big with 9 points on perfect shooting, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in just 18 minutes. Stephane Lasme led Panathinaikos with 16 points and 7 boards. Reigning champion Olympiacos Piraeus knocked out Anadolu Efes Istanbul 82-72 Friday at Peace and Friendship Stadium in the fifth and final game of their exciting playoff series. 2012 Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis led the champs with 19 points and 5 assists as Olympiacos rallied from a 15-point second-quarter deficit to win the game and series. Spanoulis’s layup with four minutes left game his team the lead for good, 68-67, and started a 16-5 charge to finish the game. In London, Olympiacos will face CSKA Moscow in the semifinals in a rematch of their thrilling championship game from last season. Georgios Printezis added 15 points and 7 rebounds as Olympiacos got points from 11 different players. Jamon Lucas led Efes with 14 points and 5 assists. Now two weeks of peace and quiet for the battle for Euroleague supremacy begins at London’s O2!
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Playoffs, Game 5: Thursday - Friday, April 25-26, 2013
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PLAYOFF B
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STATS
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HIGHLIGHTS
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REPORT
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QUOTES
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PREVIEW
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Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Anadolu Efes
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PLAYOFF C
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STATS
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HIGHLIGHTS
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REPORT
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QUOTES
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PREVIEW
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FC Barcelona Regal vs. Panathinaikos Athens
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GROUP E
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*CSKA Moscow
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11-3, +114
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*Real Madrid
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10-4, +64
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*Anadolu Efes Istanbul
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9-5, -3
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*Panathinaikos Athens
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9-5, +33
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Unicaja Malaga
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7-7, -27
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Zalgiris Kaunas
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6-8, +25
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Alba Berlin
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4-10, -77
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Brose Baskkets Bamberg
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0-14, -129
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GROUP F
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*FC Barcelona Regal
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13-1, +165
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*Olympiacos Piraeus
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9-5, +35
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*Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
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8-6, +93
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*Caja Laboral Vitoria
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8-6, +48
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BC Khimki Moscow Region
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7-7, +82
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Montepaschi Siena
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7-7, -21
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Besiktas JK Istanbul
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2-12, -211
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Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
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2-12, -191
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*Qualified to Quarterfinal Playoffs
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ARCHIVE
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Qualifying Rounds
Regular Season: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7, Game 8, Game 9, Game 10
Top 16: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 2, Game 4, Game 5, Game 6, Game 7, Game 8, Game 9, Game 10
Game 11, Game 12, Game 13, Game 14
Playoffs: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3, Game 4
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