The two rivals enter tonight's a new age in their battle. Zelimir Obradovic is not around anymore, Olympiakos is the champion and Panathinaikos the contender. Many things changed.. Let's see some of the keys to tonight's game.
- Olympiakos will clearly try to play in a faster pace, run in the open court and get advantage of it's athleticism and transition offense. On the other side, Panathinaikos wants to play on a slower pace and targets to attack with it's half court offense, getting advantage of it's high 2% FG percentage with the presence of Schortsanitis.
- Kyle Hines can be Olympiakos's X-Factor with his ability to drive into the lane .Stephan Lasme is the only one who can follow Hines, but the forward-center from Gabon is not 100% ready yet. Spanoulis is the team's superstar but the Red's poison is coming off the bench. Printezis, Hines, Law..
- 2012/13 Panathinaikos doesn't have the quality of last year's team but it's obvious that has improved a lot it's athleticism in order to be competitive against his rival. The Greens must focus in the board-battle and not give second chances to their opponent. It is known that Olympiakos supports it's offense with offensive rebound.
-Coach Bartzokas has prepared Olympiakos defense against Diamantidis and Schortsanitis. The Reds will try an over play defense against the opponent's captain, denying every pass on him. The main target is to let Ukic and Ukic run Panathinaiko's offense..
Crucial point
The 3-point point shot percentage of Panathinaikos. Maybe the most important factor in tonight's game. The Greens know that they'll found good looks behind the arc, especially with Schortsanitis in the court. Olympiakoss defense will gamble, probably with Ukic or Kitchen and Maciulis, giving them in purpose some good looks in order to protect the paint.
Panionios complete the Semifinal picture - May 25, 2013
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Panionios - Aris 74-67 (2-1)
Panionios complete the Semifinal picture as they won over Aris 74:67 in the decisive third game. The hosts trailed by 1 point after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 3-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 74-67. Panionios forced 19 Aris turnovers. 31 personal fouls committed by Aris helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities [read more]
Panionios complete the Semifinal picture as they won over Aris 74:67 in the decisive third game. The hosts trailed by 1 point after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 3-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 74-67. Panionios forced 19 Aris turnovers. 31 personal fouls committed by Aris helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a quality performance of naturalized Serbian forward Vladimir Jankovic (202-90, agency: FCM) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 18 points and 11 rebounds. The former international guard Nikos Pappas (195-90, agency: FCM) helped adding 17 points. The best for the losing side was the former international forward Michalis Pelekanos (198-81, agency: FCM) with 10 points and 7 rebounds and American guard Jeremy Hunt (196-83, college: Memphis) scored 8 points and 8 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers: Panionios: V.Jankovic 18+11reb+2ast, N.Pappas 17+2ast, C.Booker 11+3reb, M.Payne 5+2reb, G.Bogris 4+3reb, G.Athanasoulas 4 Aris: D.Verginis 12+1ast, M.Pelekanos 10+7reb+2ast, G.Tsiaras 10+3ast, K.Charissis 8+6reb, J.Hunt 8+8reb+1ast, M.Pasalic 7+1reb+4ast
Panionios have secured the services of Errick McCollum (185-PG-88, college: Goshen) for the next season. The point guard is in his third pro season. He spent it with Apollon Patras in Greece. Errick McCollum averaged 15.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in A1 League. Last season the guard spent in Israel. He played for Hapoel Kfar Saba/Kohav Yair. The guard notched impressive 24.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game in the National League [read more]
Panionios have secured the services of Errick McCollum (185-PG-88, college: Goshen) for the next season. The point guard is in his third pro season. He spent it with Apollon Patras in Greece. Errick McCollum averaged 15.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in A1 League. Last season the guard spent in Israel. He played for Hapoel Kfar Saba/Kohav Yair. The guard notched impressive 24.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game in the National League. He was named into All-Israeli National League 2nd Team. The guard was also trumped National League Import Player of the Year. The Goshen College graduate started his pro career in another Israeli team Elitzur Netanya.
The sweep over PAOK is now a fact! Having the home court disadvantage the team of Coach Thanasis Giaples, AGOR managed to beat twice the team of PAOK and after the road win in Thessaloniki an easy second win came in Rethymnon and with a solid 2-0 the islanders from Crete are officially in the top four teams of the Hellenic Basketball for the season 2012-2013, for the first time in their history!!!
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The sweep over PAOK is now a fact! Having the home court disadvantage the team of Coach Thanasis Giaples, AGOR managed to beat twice the team of PAOK and after the road win in Thessaloniki an easy second win came in Rethymnon and with a solid 2-0 the islanders from Crete are officially in the top four teams of the Hellenic Basketball for the season 2012-2013, for the first time in their history!!! This time the MVP of the game was not Brent Petway (204-F-85, college: Michigan) but his fellow American Marc Antonio Carter (191-G-85, college: NC-Wilmington) in a great afternoon to lead his team with 25 points and 7 rebounds followed by Gabe Pruitt (193-G-86, college: USC) with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in just 22 minutes. About the game now, the home team was aggressive from the very beginning and right after three minutes the score was already 11-6. PAOK reacted and with Wiliam Hatcher (188-PG-84, college: Miami, OH) and Papadopoulos came back to take the lead with 13-14. The last two minutes of the first period though were totally belong to the the home team with Leonidas Kaselakis (201-F-90) from behind the arc and Aggelopoulos in his best period in the game brought the difference to 24-17 before PAOK cuts the deficit at the end with Wiliam Hatcher to 27-21. The ex player of AGOR, Dedas scored from behind the arc at the early beginning of the second period to cut the deficit a bit but Gabe Pruitt was there to score 5 points and bring the deficit to double digit for his team 38-25 and 41-25 after a while. The home team had an amazing crescent from the parameter and they managed to top up the team of Soulis Soulis Markopoulos with 50-29 by the end of the first half succeeding a solid 23-8 in the second period!! Things remain the same in the third period with PAOK not being very focused for such a game while Leonidas Kaselakis (201-F-90) on the other site continue his scoring crescent bringing his team to +24 53-29. PAOK reacted and with a 10-0 cut the deficit to 53-39 before Duvnjak's long shot reshaped the score to 56-39 three minutes before the end of the third season. PAOK couldnt react in the level that Coach Soulis Markopoulos wanted and even though the deficit was closing with Wiliam Hatcher and Charlambidiss long shots Leonidas Kaselakis (201-F-90) was there to bring the difference in its normal by the end of the third period, 65-47. The fourth and final period things remain the same as PAOK was below average and AGOR wanted to finish the story in their home court once and for all, Gabe Pruitt (193-G-86, college: USC) and Gabe Pruitt took over in the scoring while PAOK found some good scoring from Margaritis to -16, 75-58 Rethymno was not giving up and with Gabe Pruitt in the scoring line brought the deficit once more to +20 (80-60) .The rest is simply history. The periods: 27-21, 50-29, 65-47, 88-65. The scorers: AGOR: Gabe Pruitt (193-G-86, college: USC) 10, Kallinikidis 7, Gabe Pruitt 13, Aggelopoulos 3, Tsohlas 3, Duvnjak 6, Kommatos 8, Leonidas Kaselakis (201-F-90) 25, Latovic 2, Brent Petway 11 PAOK: Wiliam Hatcher 20, Leonidas Kaselakis (201-F-90) 11, Charalambidis 4, Tsairelis 7, Dedas 2, Margaritis 8, Papadopoulos 6, Kalles 6, Ambaras 5.
Olympiacos: took 2nd place (8-2) in Group C of the Regular Season, took 2nd
place (9-5) in Group F of the Top16, beat Real Madrid 100-88 in the Final !!!
Panathinaikos: took 3rd place (6-4) in Group A of the Regular Season, took
4th place (9-5) in Group E of the Top16, lost to FCB Regal Barcelona 2-3 in the
Quarterfinals !!!
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