In a thriller that went down to the wire, Olympiacos Piraeus grabbed its third straight win by downing FC Barcelona Lassa 67-69 at Palau Blaugrana on Thursday. Despite playing without star guard Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos improved to 12-5 to rank second in the standings, while Barcelona dropped to 7-10. Georgios Printezis led the winners with 16 points and 9 rebounds, but it was Vangelis Mantzaris who became Olympiacos's hero with 2 game-winning free throws with 7.4 seconds left. Petteri Koponen led Barcelona with 16 points.