体坛英语新闻：Galatasaray crushed by Olympiakos 72-54 in Euroleague Basketball

ANKARA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Defending Turkish champions Galatasaray Liv Hospital were overpowered by the Greek Olympiakos Thursday in Euroleague Basketball.

Led by Vassilis Spanoulis and Bryant Dunston, the Greeks took the game under control almost immediately, inflicting an 8-0 run to finish the first quarter eight points ahead at 18-10.

After a balanced second quarter, during which Spanoulis scored his 200th three-pointer in the Euroleague, Olympiakos stepped up a gear on the third by increasing the gap to 20 points after a 9-0 run.

The gap widened to 26 points with three minutes left, when Galatasaray's big man Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Olympiakos' Mirza Begic got into a brawl following a rebound.

The last few minutes allowed Galatasaray to bring the final score under 20 points while Olympiakos cruised for its seventh victory in as many games.

Galatasaray drops to 4-3 but remains second with hopes of qualifying for the next stage still intact.