Live blogs: Barcelona, Olympiacos ace home openers by double digits!

Barcelona 91-69 Zalgiris: FINAL

Barcelona led from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer, almost always by double digits, to overwhelm visiting Zalgiris 91-69 in Game 1 of their best-of-five series on Wednesday. The favorites jumped in front 20-6 to start the game, reached a 48-31 lead at halftime, and surged again to 20-point leads in the fourth quarter on the way to victory. Sertac Sanli led five Barcelona double-digit scorers with 17 points in as many minutes, while Nikola Mirotic added 15. Barca shot 13-for-25 from downtown (52.0%) and a perfect 21-for-21 from the free throw line. Those are the most perfect free throws by an team in the playoffs ever.

Olympiacos 79-68 Fenerbahce: End of 3Q

The first-place team from the regular season defended its home court against feisty Fenerbahce. Olympiacos blew open a tight game late in the third quarter with a rain of three-point shots en route to tying the second-highest total made in a playoff game. Isaiah Canaan's fifth and sixth three-point strikes and another from Sasha Vezenkov established the game's first double-digit lead, which the Reds nursed from there thanks to 3 more shots from the arc by Shaquielle McKissic in the fourth quarter. Altogether, Olympiacos hit 16 of 29 triples (55.2%) to 9 of 20 (45.0%) for Fener. Vezenkov led the winners with 19 points and Canaan had 18, while Johnathan Motley paced the visitors with 15.

AS Monaco 67-79 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | FINAL

Maccabi completed a Game 1 ambush in Monaco by blasting the hosts 67-79. It's Maccabi's first playoff victory since 2014 and defensive dominance spelled the difference as Monaco made just 3 of 25 three-pointers. Wade Baldwin led the winners with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Lorenzo Brown followed with 15 points and Josh Nebo with 12. Alpha Diallo and Mike James scored 15 each for Monaco. Game 2 is on Thursday in Monaco.

Real Madrid 87-89 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | FINAL

In a stone thriller that went down to the final seconds, Kevin Punter buried a game-winning three-pointer in the final second for Partizan to steal home-court advantage with an 87-89 victory over Real Madrid. The hosts had held a fourth-quarter advantage of 77-70 with under 6 minutes left thanks to Gabriel Deck's inside scoring. But Partizan clawed back into the lead on a four-point play by Punter at 80-81 with 2:16 left. With an 84-84 tie with 34 seconds left, Punter's free throws put Partizan up, but Deck responded with a three-point play for an 87-86 Real lead with 21 seconds left. After a timeout, Partizan got the ball to Punter who drilled from the wing for the final score. Punter finished with 26 points for the winners while Deck had 24 for Real. Game 2 on Thursday in Madrid.