Olympiakos remain top of Group H in the Euroleague after beating Khimki 87-69 in Piraeus on Wednesday night.

The Reds won their second group game thanks to a terrific start. The home side built up a 22-10 win after just the first 10 minutes.

The Russians made a small inroad into this lead over the next two periods but Olympiakos finished strongly, outscoring the visitors 26-17 in the final quarter.

Israeli guard Yotam Halperin led the scoring with 15 points. He was backed up by forward Sofoklis Schortsanitis who notched up 14 points.

The result means that Olympiakos are the only team in Group H with a perfect record.

Cibona take on Caja Laboral in the group's other game on Thursday.

In the Eurocup on Tuesday both Greek sides suffered losses.

While Panellinios's 20-point loss at Bilbao (81-61) was rather predictable, the home loss of Aris by Le Mans came as a shock for the Thessaloniki side.

The French team won 72-71 thanks to a latch-ditch effort by Antoine Diot, although Aris had a lead of up to eightpoints a few minutes before the end.

Olympiakos made it to the Final Four last year and their bid to repeat that this time around got off to the perfect start in the last 16 stage on Thursday when they beat Spanish side Caja Laboral 89-85.

Former Denver Nugget Linas Kleiza grabbed 18 points for the Greek side but it was another ex-NBA player who produced the star performance - former Atlanta Hawk Josh Childress scored 21 points and claimed seven rebounds.

Olympiakos had control early opening up a 25-18 lead at the end of the frist quarter and 45-39 lead at half-time.

Chasing the game from the start, Caja Laboral didn't give up and came back to take the lead in the middle of the third quarter thanks to Fernando San Emeterio who grabbed two successive three-pointers.

But Olympiakos took control again in the fourth, Ioannis Bourousis making a three-pointer that made the game safe for the Greeks.