We won our opening game in the Euroleague group stage with a victory over Spanish team Caja Laboral. We won the game after falling behind in the third quarter by 85 points to 81. Our top scorer was Printezis with 17 points ably assisted with Spanoulis with 16.

The game was a real to-and-fro match with ourselves being behind at the end of the first quarter, taking the lead at halftime, falling behind at the end of the third quarter before finally surging ahead in the final quarter.

Mantzouris and Spanoulis were our best players in the opening of the game with Sloukas and Printezis being good in the second quarter. Dorsey and Hines dominated the third quarter whilst the final period was marked by good performances by Perperoglou and Spanoulis.

The final scores were :-

Olympiakos 85-81 Caja Laboral
1st Quarter : Olympiakos 18-23 Caja Laboral
2nd Quarter : Olympiakos 48-37 Caja Laboral
3rd Quarter : Olympiakos 65-66 Caja Laboral
4th Quarter : Olympiakos 85-81 Caja Laboral

Olympiakos : Hines 6, Low 4, Antic 9, Spanoulis 16, Perperoglou 14, Dorsey 7, Sloukas 6, Mavroeidis 1, Printezis 17, Papanikolaou 5, Mantzaris