Eurobasket.com All-Greek A1 League Awards 2016 - May 31, 2016
Eurobasket.com All-Greek A1 League 1st Team 2016
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Player of the Year: Okaro White (206-F-92) of Aris Guard of the Year: Vassilis Spanoulis (193-SG-82) of Olympiacos Forward of the Year: Georgios Printezis (204-PF-85) of Olympiacos Center of the Year: Okaro White (206-F-92) of Aris Co-Most Improved Player of the Year: Nikos Gikas (186-PG-91) of Nea Kifisia Co-Most Improved Player of the Year: Giannoulis Larentzakis (195-SG-93) of CAI Zaragoza Bosman Player of the Year: Matt Lojeski (198-G-85) of Olympiacos Import Player of the Year: Jerel McNeal (191-G-87) of Aris Domestic Player of the Year: Loukas Mavrokefalidis (207-C-84) of AEK Athens Co-Newcomer of the Year: Trevor Releford (183-PG-91) of Kolossos Co-Newcomer of the Year: James Feldeine (193-G-88) of Panathinaikos Rookie of the Year: Okaro White (206-F-92) of Aris Defensive Player of the Year: Vasileios Kavvadas (204-C-91) of Arkadikos Coach of the Year: Giannis Sfairopoulos of Olympiacos
Olympiacos are crowned A1 champions. They survived a double-overtime drama against Panathinaikos to post the decisive victory. It all came down to the final seconds in the second overtime. Vassilis Spanoulis stepped up with late heroics for the visitors. He drained a massive three-pointer and carried the Reds to the trophy. The guests trailed by 4 points at the halftime before their 21-15 charge in the third quarter, which allowed them to level things up. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international Vassilis Spanoulis (193-82, agency: BeoBasket) who helped to win the game recording 25 points and 6 assists and Liberian-American power forward Othello Hunter (203-86, college: Ohio St., agency: David Lee Services) who added 14 points and 7 rebounds during the contest. Olympiacos' coach Giannis Sfairopoulos used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. At the losing side the former international point guard Dimitris Diamantidis (196-80) responded with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists and the former international Nikos Pappas (194-90) scored 16 points and 9 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Top scorers: Olympiacos: V.Spanoulis 25+6ast, O.Hunter 14+7reb+1ast, K.Papanikolaou 13+6reb+2ast, E.Mantzaris 13+2reb, D.Agravanis 8+9reb, D.Hackett 4+1reb+2ast Panathinaikos: N.Pappas 16+9reb, D.Diamantidis 15+6reb+6ast, J.Gist 15+7reb+2ast, N.Calathes 12+8reb+4ast, G.Papagiannis 7+4reb, A.Fotsis 6+8reb+1ast
AEK Athens earned the Bronze medals. They defeated Aris to win the consolation final series 3-1. The hosts took control from the first minutes by winning first half. But Aris won fourth quarter 17-16. However it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Aris was plagued by 28 personal fouls down the stretch. Americans were the main players on the court. The winners were led by swingman Malik Hairston (198-87, college: Oregon) who scored that evening 24 points and 5 assists (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field) and point guard J'Covan Brown (188-90, college: Texas) supported him with 22 points. Even 16 points and 7 rebounds by forward Okaro White (206-92, college: Florida St.) did not help to save the game for Aris. Point guard Dominic Waters (185-86, college: Portland St., agency: Pensack Sports) added 17 points for lost side. Four Aris players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers: AEK Athens: M.Hairston 24+4reb+5ast, J.Brown 22+2reb+3ast, D.Sakota 14+3reb+4ast, M.Antonio Carter 7+3reb+1ast, M.Milosevic 7+8reb, G.Kalambokis 6 Aris: D.Waters 17+1ast, O.White 16+7reb+3ast, J.McNeal 13+2reb+2ast, J.Cohen 10+5reb, T.Zaras 6+3reb, V.Xanthopoulos 6+4reb+4ast
Panathinaikos clinch Cup title - Mar 6, 2016
Panathinaikos - Faros 101:54
Panathinaikos earned the Greek Cup title. They eased past Faros Keratsiniou in the Final tonight. Dimitris Diamantidis (196-PG-80) scored 8 points and issued 3 assists to be named the MVP. The Final turned into a one-way traffic. Panathinaikos registered a 31:12 lead ten minutes into the game. They secured a 57:26 halftime lead. The Greens stayed in charge throughout the third term. Panathinaikos accumulated a 76:38 advantage at the final intermission and never looked back en route to a comfortable win. Vladimir Jankovic (202-F-90, agency: Octagon Europe) and James Gist (206-PF-86) produced 13 points each for the winners. Gaios Skordilis (207-C-87) responded with 14 points for Faros. Vaggelis Karaboulas (198-SF-81) had 11 points in the defeat.
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