Alba Berlin has continued its losing streak in the basketball EuroLeague
The German champions lost 76:86 (38:39) at second-placed Olympiakos Piraeus from Greece, for the Bundesliga club it was the seventh defeat in a row. Before the negative run, Alba had won the first three games on the international stage.
The Berliners, who are still unbeaten in the Bundesliga after six games, kept the game open for a long time, won the first quarter 21:18 and went into the half-time break just one point behind. Only in the last quarter was the Greek champion able to pull away decisively.
The best throwers for the Berliners were national player Maodo Lo and the Croatian Jaleen Smith with 12 points each, while the Bulgarian Aleksandar Wesenkow scored 24 points in Piraeus.