Batiste: Nothing is over; we still have more fighting to do - Feb 9, 2010 (by Kostas Papadopoulos)
Mike Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) wrote interesting things for one more time at his blog at the Greek sports site gazzetta.gr. And what distinguishes mostly is his ambition and perspective that he and his team Panathinaikos have a lot more to do during the current season:
'Hi my friends!
Nothing is over. We still have more fighting to do. Against Maroussi, I honestly think we played good [read more]
Mike Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) wrote interesting things for one more time at his blog at the Greek sports site gazzetta.gr. And what distinguishes mostly is his ambition and perspective that he and his team Panathinaikos have a lot more to do during the current season: 'Hi my friends! Nothing is over. We still have more fighting to do. Against Maroussi, I honestly think we played good. We had 10 points lead, but then we started to be impatient, we had some turnovers, some missed shots and Maroussi got back into the game; before William Keys (188-G-77, college: N.Mexico St.) executed two very big shots! From 9 meters, with hands on his face. What can you do? This result got us in a really deep hole at TOP16. But we have 4 more games to fight. And WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT till the end. Against Maroussi we didn't execute well from the perimeter. Something that happened also against Panellinios, but on Sunday we had the patience, along with the energy, to find the best solution. Of course you are going to shoot open shots; but this time once we got the lead all of us wanted to play smarter, to take care of the ball and the game. There are many games we had a lead and lost it. For example, against Maroussi we were ten points ahead, which is a big lead when it comes at TOP16. Even a six point lead, is a big lead. But at Panellinio's court, we played smart. Which means, we learnt a lot from last week's defeat: to be patient, not to rush things or want to do anything so fast. Our defence was great, so we wanted to play smart at offense. Usually when we get a lead we are like... 'hm its ok' and we take shots we don't need to take; we make things in a way we must not do. And all of these hurt us at the past. Mostly turnovers and quick shoots and by that way me miss the chance to recover from defence; cause there was no time to do our job right at the other end. Yesterday we didn't do that.a lot! I have to say we understood a lot last Friday, when our fans came to visit and show their support, their belief in us. To be honest, at first, when I saw them I didn't know it was for a good purpose cause I have seen many things in this life. So I was worried. I didn't know what to expect. In my mind... I was ready for everything. But when I understood what was going on, I appreciated the moment. Their support gave as an extra motivation to play hard on Sunday. Hopefully we'll take some of this motivation to Barcelona. You see at sports there are victories and defeats. The only sure thing is that we are going to fight at Barcelona and to win. It's the kind of games which can turn the season around; like last year against Malaga. We will see... Anyway, what our fans did, was to make me want to fight ever harder at next games. I don't know if we are gonna go down; but I am sure that good things happen if you are fighting with all your power for what you want. The trip to Barcelona is too long; but this time we are leaving one day earlier, because of the strike at the airport. So we'll have the time to get some rest, to get ready for this big game. We still have life and games to play! As for Barca's appeal, you've got to understand the rules. You cannot touch the ball after it goes to the rim and the time has been expired. The ball was touched and even if I agree with the ref''s decision (he said it wasn't going in, anyway), you have to follow the rules. And this rule is in the book. So; if you don't follow this one, then you might as well not follow the rest of them! I hope the judge rules what is in the book. To count the basket. And... you can understand why, right?'
AGOR - Ikaroi Serron 58-59
Thriller win for Ikaroi Serron, who got 19 points and 7 rebounds from Filipp Simeonidis (204-F-80, agency: Court Side). Kostas Totsios (191-G-78) followed with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. In defeat, Ivan Vukadinov led the scorers with 17 pts, while Damir Latovic had double-double of 12 points and 16 rebounds. Ikaroi Serron 6-10, AGOR 8-8.
Olimpiada P. - Iraklis 78-75
Olimpiada managed to beat Iraklis handing it third loss of the season [read more]
AGOR - Ikaroi Serron 58-59 Thriller win for Ikaroi Serron, who got 19 points and 7 rebounds from Filipp Simeonidis (204-F-80, agency: Court Side). Kostas Totsios (191-G-78) followed with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. In defeat, Ivan Vukadinov led the scorers with 17 pts, while Damir Latovic had double-double of 12 points and 16 rebounds. Ikaroi Serron 6-10, AGOR 8-8.
Olimpiada P. - Iraklis 78-75 Olimpiada managed to beat Iraklis handing it third loss of the season. Yannis Gagaloudis (191-G-78) led the hosts with 22 points and 6 assists. Kostas Kakaroudis (204-C-83) also had very important role adding 15 points and 7 rebounds. The team from Thessaloniki got 22 points and 7 rebounds from Vladimir Petrovic-Stergiou. Olimpiada 10-6, Iraklis 13-3 (same as Ikaros Esperos).
Perama - Near East 92-74 Perama was better than Near East coming just a step away from it with 6-10 record. The winners had 5 players with double-digits in scoring, with Stefan Maistorovic (198-F/G-85) leading the way with 19 pts. Nikos Michalos (192-G-77) was on fire in loss with 27 pts (5 rebounds).
Amyntas - KAOD 67-55 Amyntas grabbed valuable home win against KAO Dramas improving its score to 7-9. Savvas Dorkofikis (201-F-82) led the hosts with 16, while Char Samothrakis (189-G-83) and Fedonas Pagonis added 15 points each. In KAO Dramas (10-6), Giannis Kiriakopoulos delivered 19 pts.
Pagrati - Arkadikos 85-76 Both teams had 10-5 before this meeting and Pagrati celebrated important win. Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) was it leading player with 24 points. Tasos Harismidis (203-F-81) secured a great help adding 18 points and 10 boards. In the loosing squad, Slobodan Tosic netted 17 pts.
Egaleo - OFI 68-77 Egaleo wasn't able to survive against OFI, dropping to 3-13. At the same time, visitors joined Ermis Lagkada with 5-11 score. Alexis Bardas (189-F-81) was totally the best player in this victory draining 27 points (6 triples). The hosts got 16 points from Christo Karavolas (197-F-83, agency: Court Side).
Ikaros Esperos - Ermis Lagk. 86-62 Ikaros Esperos destroyed Ermis Lagkada joining Iraklis on top of A2 standings with 13-3 record. Alexis Falekas (190-G-76, agency: FCM) paced Ikaros Esperos to victory scoring 15 points. Vaggel Karaboulas (198-F-81) added 11. Tasos Dimitriadis replied with 14 points and 10 rebounds for Ermis Lagkada, who dropped to 6-10.
Xanthi - Dafni 95-84 Xanthi was too strong for Dafni joining it with 7-9 record, G Anagnostopoulos (190-G-81) and Alexandros Panagiotopoulos (202-F-80, agency: FCM) stepped up for the hosts with 27 and 22 points respectively. They had 14 rebounds together. In Dafni, Nikos Tsoutsos collected 19 points and 5 boards.
A1, Round 15: Marousi beats Olympiakos, PAO stays on top alone - Feb 7, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Marousi BC - Olympiakos 82-74
Marousi beat Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus and is now figuring in the second position of the Greek league. After last Thursday's thriumph over the triple crowners, team of Panathinaikos, Head Coach Giorgos Bartzokas check mate head Coach Panayiotis Yiannakis and beat him easily with 82-74 in a game which finished a couple of hours ago [read more]
Marousi BC - Olympiakos 82-74 Marousi beat Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus and is now figuring in the second position of the Greek league. After last Thursday's thriumph over the triple crowners, team of Panathinaikos, Head Coach Giorgos Bartzokas check mate head Coach Panayiotis Yiannakis and beat him easily with 82-74 in a game which finished a couple of hours ago. Marousi proved once more that is a Euroleague great team and this seazon will not be an easy task for Panathinaikos and Olympiakos to win the trophy without a fight. Top scorer and top performer was Konstantinos Kaimakoglou (206-C/F-83) who scored 19 points and dashed down 8 rebounds, not to mentio the very good defense over the the NBAers of Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus who couln't help the teams as both Linas Kleiza and Josh Childress were in a bad day. Very good performance from Gordon Lukas (191-G-84, agency: Edge Sports, college: Virginia Tech) 14 points, 9 assists and 5 stolen balls in his best game since he arrived in Greece, William Keys (188-G-77, college: N.Mexico St.) scored 12 points, Dimitrios Mavroidis (208-C-85) 11 points and 8 rebounds and Pat Kalathis who added 11 points and 5 rebounds showing that he is in a very good shape the last few weeks. *by Chris Mammides
Aris - PAOK 69-59 Aris celebrated valuable win against PAOK joining it with 7-8 score. Mihalis Kakiouzis (206-C-76) shined for the hosts with 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kiki Clark (173-G-84, college: St.Peter's) netted 16 points. In defeat, Kenny Gregory (197-G/F-78, college: Kansas) had 16 pts and 7 boards.
VAP Kolossos - Trikalla 82-58 VAP Kolossos blasted Trikalla staying alone on the fifth place with 8-7 record. Lans Harris (196-G-84, college: Kansas St.) and David Monds (205-F-83, college: Oklahoma St.) paced the hosts to victory with 18 and 15 points respectively. Monds needed one more rebound for double-double. In Trikalla (4-11), Savo Djikanovic (211-C-75, agency: Beo Basket) nailed 12 pts.
Panellinios - Panathinaikos 63-75 PAO recovered from the Euroleague defeat against Marousi and managed to beat Panellinios 63-75. Nikola Pekovic (210-C-86, agency: Beo Basket) stepped up for the Greens with 14 points. Vassilis Spanoulis (193-G-82, agency: Beo Basket) had 11 and three players followed him with 10 points each. Olympiakos failed in this round, meaning that PAO stays on top alone with 14-1 record. Panellinios (9-6) got 21 points from Roderick Blakney (181-G-76, college: S.Carolina St.).
AEK - Panionios 89-56 AEK had an easy job against Panionios celebrating fifth victory of the season. Taurean Green (183-G-85, college: Florida) led the scorers in AEK with 15, while Torin Francis (210-F-83, college: Notre Dame) and Prodromos Nikolaidis (201-F-78) followed with points 14 each. Francis pulled down 13 rebounds beside that. In Panionios (7-8), Giannis Kalambokis (195-G-78, agency: FCM) delivered 19 pts.
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