Green, Spanoulis lead Olympiacos past Milano

Oympiacos Piraeus left one fewer unbeaten team in the competition by sending EA7 Emporio Armani Milan to a 91-81 defeat on Tuesday at home in Peace and Friendship Stadium. Olympiacos improves to 2-1 with its second consecutive double-digit home win. Milan falls to 2-1 with its first loss. Vassilis Spanoulis shot the home team in front 13-4 early and the Reds matched that lead a couple times but couldn't shake Milan until Erick Green's back-to-back threes, including a buzzer-beater, closed the third quarter, after which the visitors did not challenge again. Spanoulis and Green led Olympiacos with 16 points each. Khem Birch added 12, while Daniel Hackett and Matt Lojeski chipped in 10 points each. Kruno Simon had 16 points for Milan, followed by Miroslav Raduljica with 14, Zoran Dragic with 13 and Alessandro Gentile with 12.