Milan surge into playoffs, Real edge Maccabi

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By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Euroleague winners Milan powered into the playoffs with two games to spare after an 82-73 win at Fenerbahce and eight-times champions Real Madrid stayed top of their section with a dramatic victory at Maccabi Tel Aviv. Holders Olympiakos Piraeus boosted their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals thanks to an impressive 80-63 away rout of Unicaja Malaga while their cross-town rivals Panathinaikos went down 84-62 at Barcelona, who stretched their perfect Top 16 record to 12 wins. Milan, who last won Europe's premier club basketball competition in 1988, prevailed in front of a fervent Istanbul crowd on Friday as Fenerbahce's Serb coach Zeljko Obradovic was ejected midway through the third quarter for dissent after continuous protests to the referees.

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