On this day six years ago, EuroLeague scoring king Vassilis Spanoulis produced another great moment for his beloved Olympiacos Piraeus when his three-pointer with half a second to go to lifted the Reds over archrival Panathinaikos Athens, his former team, 68-65 in the last round of the Top 16 of that season.

The buildup

The Greek derby was the Game of the Week in the EuroLeague and the buzz was considerable. The Reds were back-to-back defending champions and they had lost to the Greens in Round 7 by just 4 points, so revenge was on their minds. Panathinaikos led for most of the game, with the lead reaching 29-41 early in the third quarter. However, Olympiacos built a comeback that was completed by Kostas Sloukas with a three that tied the game at 63-63. Loukas Mavrokefalidis dunked at the other end for the Greens with 4 seconds to go to make it 65-65 and then, Spanoulis hit his first three-pointer of the night after four misses to give the win to the Reds amid a frenzy at Peace and Friendship Stadium and snapping a three-game losing streak to the archrival.

The numbers of the game

Before hitting the three, Spanoulis had been held to just 6 points. Bryant Dunston with 12 points and Vangelis Mantzaris with 11 where the main players to keep the Reds in the mix. The hosts missed Georgios Printezis because of injury and the Greens managed to make good use of that. Mavrokefalidis had 17 points for Panathinaikos and Ramel Curry added 10. Olympiacos finished the game making just 11 of 31 threes and just 7 of 19 free throws.

What happened next

That win allowed Olympiacos to leapfrog the Greens and advance to the playoffs from third place, where it would meet Real Madrid. It took all five games in the series, but Los Blancos made their return to the Milan Final Four and in the process dethroned the Reds. Panathinaikos finished fourth and was swept in the playoffs by CSKA Moscow.