Euroleague News & Results from Day 2 of Euroleague Top 8.  Game two MVP Erazem Lorbek was named Game 2 MVP of the four games played on Thursday.

• Olympiacos 79-73 Real Madrid (discuss): Olympiacos wins second straight over Real Madrid to take 2-0 lead in series.  Lynn Greer led the Greek club with 21 points, and was supplemented by great play from Georgios Printezis, whom hit 9 of 11 shots to score 18 points.  Printezis also grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds.  Nikola Vujcic added 14 points, and Theodoros Papaloukas 12 points.  Real Madrid was led by Felipe Reyes’ 23 points and 9 rebounds, followed by former University of Michigan star Louis Bullock’s 22 points. (discuss/boxscore)

• Regal Barcelona 85-62 Tau Ceramica (discuss): A Balanced attack from Fran Vazquez (14 points and 10 rebounds), Jaka Lakovic (17 points), Juan Carlos Navarro (14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), and Ersan Ilyasova (16 points and 10 rebounds) leads FC Barcelona in a blowout win over Tau Ceramica 85-62.  With the win in game two of the Euroleague Top 8, FC Barcelona even series at 1-1.  Igor Rakocevic led all-scorers with 18 points for Tau Ceramica, and Will McDonald added 14. (discuss/boxscore)

• Panathinaikos 79-84 Montepaschi Siena (discuss): Montepaschi Siena rode Terrell McIntyre again, this time they won their gane over Panathinaikos to even the series at 1-1.  McIntrye, a guard from the US, scored a game-high 24 points and dished out a game-high 4 assists.  McIntyre got help from Rimantas Kaukenas whom scored 22 points for Siena.  For Panathinaikos, Mike Batiste led the Greek club with 16 points, mostly from the charity stripe where he was 12-14. Nikola Pekovic scored 13 points and Antonis Fotsis pulled down 10 rebounds for Pana. (discuss/boxscore)

• CSKA Moscow 77-50 Partizan Belgrade (discuss): Taking advantage of a great first quarter where CSKA led 21-6, the Russian club coasted from there.  Partizan couldn’t find a way to stop Slovenian Erazem Lorbek (pictured) a second-straight game.  The 6-10 forward/center scored 21 points and had 7 rebounds, both team highs and was named Euroleague playoffs – game 2 MVP.  Terrence Morris and Ramunas Siskauskas each added 11 points, and Nikos Zisis 10 points to help pace CSKA.  On Partizan’s side, Stephane Lasme scored 15 points and was the only player in double-figures. (discuss/boxscore)

Links and Resources: Euroleague playoff quarter-finals – game 2 Discussion Thread (Interbasket)