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By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Fenerbahce Istanbul reached the Euroleague knockout stages with a 98-77 home rout of Emporio Armani Milan while triple former winners Olympiakos Piraeus suffered a 74-73 setback at Laboral Kutxa Vitoria on Friday. In the day's other fixture, Panathinaikos blew away already-qualified Real Madrid 85-69 to boost their hopes of progressing with the second group stage heading for a frantic finale in the last three rounds. An expensively-assembled Fenerbahce team celebrated their eighth straight win thanks to a majestic second-half performance as Serbia guard Bogdan Bogdanovic scoring a game-high 25 points. "I wish to thank the fans for lifting us after we trailed at halftime and we played very good basketball after the break," Fenerbahce's Serb coach Zeljko Obradovic, who has won a record eight Euroleague titles with four different clubs, told Euroleague television.
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