and in the final defending champions olympiakos proved to be the comeback kings once again for the second year in a row they fought back from a double digit deficit and beat a time champions real madrid one hundred eighty eight the spanish side made an explosive start going twenty seven ten up after ten minutes but in india because cut that back to four points by the break and the league's m.v.p. . then led the charge with twenty one points all in the second half as the greek side went on to clinch their third year early crown and become only the third team to win back to back finals michael genco party. now on to cycling where maxine waters on more from the ghetto shit team has won the five rings of moscow road race the event is held annually on may the ninth which is celebrated in russia as the end of. a victory over the nazis in world war two the race is a stepping stone towards the pro tour richard from portland has war. the family of rings of moscow has one of the oldest races in the world from what its beginnings back in one thousand twenty is now developed into a popular event on t

in that decider olympiakos was set to face real madrid who reached their first league final in eighteen years after coming back to be arch rivals barcelona in an all spanish cecil contest. the cattle inside edge that had early on taking the first quarter eight hundred eleven however reale braley did a second to take a six point halftime lead. to regain the advantage fifty one forty eight up after three quarters before philip it is scored eleven points in the fourth quarter blitz as madrid took control and ran out seventy four to sixty seven when is. the match to decide third place was a thriller between says guy in barcelona with the russian side holding on at the death to win seventy four seventy three in the third quarter will. again tied at thirty five apiece his car put together a thirteen to zero run but the rallied in the fourth draw level and with thirty six seconds left one car pulls number or sank a three pointer to put them a point ahead but in a frenzied finale aaron jackson smashed the lead back for tears and massa missed the chance to win with the last attempt of the game t

the celebrations but the russian champions have little time to rest on their laurels as they face olympiakos in the euro league semifinals in london on friday and would have revenge on their minds off the losing last year's final to one last gasp bosky from the greek outfit. i feel like the teams are real good state right now and we really want to do whatever it takes to bring a better title here so with a partisan focus on well the coaches that has been doing a real good job preparing us the last time see is called one the continent's top tournament was on the culture messina five years ago but with a tenuous precious back in charge all the ingredients seem to be in place for another european success i don't feel that we are. here in a special position. because of me we have here because of our team improved during the year so our players made i think a lot of step forward and because of this they became do. for them team for the team that we were having knocked over the team that we were at in the summer and generally. they are how the war. took us to the file and i would say messina schoo