Olympiacos Piraeus is co-leader in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings for a second week in a row after grabbing a hard-fought 95-89 home victory over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Olympiacos watched its 17-point lead fall to four points before holding off Maccabi to improve to a 14-7 record, while the visitors dropped to 2-9 away from Tel Aviv and 11-10 overall.
Sasha Vezenkov paced the Reds with 23 points. Shaquielle McKissic added 13 points, while Thomas Walkup finished with 9 points and a career-best 12 assists. Roman Sorkin was unstoppable for Maccabi with 23 points and 9 rebounds in the loss. Wade Baldwin picked up 14 points and 8 assists, and Bonzie Colson had a 13-point, 11-rebound double-double.
