Basketball Turkish team defeated in Barcelona

Turkish team Galatasaray Liv Hospital lost to Catalan giants Barcelona 88-61 in thefirst game of Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoff series played in Barcelona's homecourt Palau Blaugrana on Tuesday night. However, Galatasaray Liv Hospital who were in the lead in the first and secondquarters, saw Barcelona make a comeback in the last two quarters and win the gameby 27 points, resulting in a 1-0 result in favor of Barcelona. Barcelona's Slovenian forward Bostjan Nachbar was the top scorer of the match with19 points. In Galatasaray Liv Hospital, Puerto Rican playmaker Carlos Arroyo stoodout with his 14-point-performance against Barca.The second playoff game between the two sides will be played in Barcelona again.The showdown at Palau Blaugrana will tip off on April 17 at 22:00 local time inTurkey.In the other game of the day, Spanish giants Real Madrid toppled the last two years'champions of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Olympiacos from Greece by 17 points.Home team Real Madrid were victorious by defeating their Greek opponents 88-71 totake the 1-0 lead in the series.There will be two games to be played in the playoffs on Wednesday. While Russia'sCSKA Moscow will be hosting Greek team Panathinaikos, EA7 Emporio Armani Milanwill meet Israeli team Maccabi Electra in Milan.Fixtures of the remaining games in the first round of the playoffs is as follows:April 16CSKA Moscow vs Panathinaikos at 18:00 CETEA7 Emporio Armani Milan vs Maccabi Electra at 20:45 CETThe second games in Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoff stage will be played on 17-18 April. Source: Anadolu