Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to Olympiacos 95-94 in dramatic fashion as the Greeks mounted a late game comeback to take the victory from the jaws of defeat and drop the yellow-and-blue’s Euroleague record to 1-4 on the season.

Oded Katash’s squad stayed in front from the get go as they controlled the play thanks to Lonnie Walker, Jaylen Hoard, Roman Sorkin as well as Jeff Dowtin from deep while Nikola Milutinov, Sasha Vezenkov and Tyler Dorsey responded but were down by 13 points midway through the fourth quarter. However, Milutinov filled the basket and Vezenkov scored the eventual winning basket from inside the paint with 17 seconds left as Walker’s last gasp jumper at the final buzzer went off the iron to hand Gregorios Bartzokas’s squad the win.

Dowtin scored 24 points, Walker added 15 points while Hoard and Sorkin each had 12 points in the win. Milutinov scored 23 points, Veznekov put in 21 points and Dorsey scored 18 points in the loss.

“Very tough loss for us,” Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach Oded Katash said. “It’s a really bad feeling. For most of the game, for 35 minutes we controlled the game in a way where we stuck to our game plan and showed big heart. It’s a really tough loss and we have to keep our heads up and keep fighting.”

“Maccabi also deserved to win the game,” Olympiacos Head Coach Georgios Bartzokas began. “But we scored 30 points in the last quarter and we had a 11-0 run to win the game. We had a few defensive stops at the end especially on Walker. Every game counts in the Euroleague.”

Jaylen Hoard, Roman Sorkin and Lonnie Walker all scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Nikola Milutinov found points as did Tyler Dorsey who scored from the inside and a pair from the outside while Sasha Vezenkov put the ball in the hoop but buckets by TJ Lead, Jeff Dowtin and Jimmy Clark gave the yellow-and-blue a 24-19 lead after ten minutes of play.

Vezenkov and Donta Hall started the second quarter with points, Roman Sorkin scored in the inside as Hoard and Oshae Brissett both dunked, Alec Peters and Saban Lee found points, Walker and Brissett both went from deep, Milutinov continued to fill the basket but Walker hit a buzzer beater to end the half with Maccabi in front 48-40.

Vezenkov went from deep to begin the third quarter and then added a pair of baskets while Sorkin responded with two buckets of his own, Marcio Santos and Jeff Dowtin scored, Hall put down a monster dunk, but Santos with a 3-point play, Dowtin with a triple from way downtown along with Waker’s jam ay the buzzer gave Maccabi a 70-65 lead after thirty minutes of action.

Dowtin drained a pair from downtown to get the final frame rolling, Dorsey scored but Dowtin went from deep yet again as did John Dibartolomeo while Hoard dunked as well to give the yellow-and-blue a 86-73 lead midway through the period.

Milutinov piled in the points, Dowtin and Tyson Ward traded triples while Vezenkov scored under the hoop to take the lead as Walker had a chance to win the game but his off balanced shot at the buzzer went off the rim and Olympiacos came all the way back from double digits to take the win.