Just 48 hours after losing by 21 points to Barcelona, Maccabi almost prevailed in the same court over Olympiacos .
However, the Greeks got the 95-94 win to get a 3-2 record, while Maccabi dropped to 1-4.
Olympiacos is still missing Evan Fournier, Thomas Walkup, Keenan Evans, and Shaq McKissic, but Nikola Milutinov and Sasa Vezenkov scored 23 points each, while Tyler Dorsey added 18.
Jeffrey Dowtin Jr. was the star of Maccabi with a career game of 24 points on 8/9 FG, including six made threes.
Lonny Walker added 15 points but missed the chance to be the hero of the night, and Jalen Hoard had a double-double (12 p. 10 r.).
A rollercoaster ride
Maccabi opened the game leading 24-22 after the first period and built a 48-40 halftime advantage.
Olympiacos reacted, and near the e