FINALS

Panathinaikos - Promitheas 111-77

Panathinaikos earned the third straight A1 League title. They crushed Promitheas at home court to sweep the championship series. The game without a history. Panathinaikos led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 78 of its points in the paint compared to Promitheas' 44. They outrebounded Promitheas 42-22 including a 29-15 advantage in defensive rebounds. Panathinaikos players were unselfish on offense dishing 24 assists. It was a great evening for international center Georgios Papagiannis (217-97) who led his team to a victory scoring 16 points and 9 rebounds (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). American DeShaun Thomas (201-91, college: Ohio St.) helped adding 16 points and 5 rebounds. Five Panathinaikos players scored in double figures. The best for the losing side was American point guard Langston Hall (193-91, college: Mercer, agency: Octagon Europe) with 12 points and 8 assists and the former international power forward Michalis Tsairelis (206-88, agency: Mansfield and Associates) scored 9 points. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
Panathinaikos: G.Papagiannis 16+9reb+1ast, D.Thomas 16+5reb+3ast, M.Lojeski 13+3reb+2ast, N.Calathes 12+1reb+9ast, T.Antetokounmpo 12+1reb, K.Langford 10+3reb+4ast
Promitheas: L.Hall 12+4reb+8ast, T.Meier 10+2reb, M.Tsairelis 9+1reb+3ast, N.Gkikas 8+3reb+1ast, P.Geromichalos 7+3reb+2ast, R.Brown 6+1ast

3rd Place

AEK - Peristeri GS 91-83

AEK held off Peristeri to take 2-1 lead in the Bronze medals series. AEK made 24-of-29 free shots (82.8 percent) during the game. 26 personal fouls committed by Peristeri GS helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. It was a good game for the former international point guard Vasilis Xanthopoulos (188-84, agency: Octagon Europe) who led his team to a victory with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. International forward Charis Giannopoulos (200-89) contributed with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Center Gaios Skordilis (207-87) answered with 13 points and 8 rebounds and Ioannis Agravanis (196-98, agency: Octagon Europe) added 14 points in the effort for Peristeri GS. Four AEK and five Peristeri GS players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
AEK: V.Xanthopoulos 19+7reb+6ast, C.Giannopoulos 16+7reb+4ast, V.Hunter 15+4reb+2ast, G.York 13+1reb, D.Sakota 9+4reb, D.James 6+3reb+2ast
Peristeri GS: I.Agravanis 14+4reb, G.Skordilis 13+8reb+1ast, S.Gray 13+1reb+3ast, B.Bentil 13+2reb+2ast, E.Daniel 10+7reb+1ast, Z.Karabelas 7+3reb+3ast

Eurobasket.com All-Greek A1 1st Team 2019

Calathes

Lojeski

Papapetrou

Hunter

Bentil

Playoff MVP: Matt Lojeski (198-SF-85) of Panathinaikos
Player of the Year: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
Guard of the Year: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
Forward of the Year: DeShaun Thomas (201-PF-91) of Panathinaikos
Co-Center of the Year: Ben Bentil (206-PF-95) of Peristeri GS
Co-Center of the Year: Octavius Ellis (208-C-93) of Promitheas
Most Improved Player of the Year: Leonidas Kaselakis (202-SF-90) of Promitheas
Bosman Player of the Year: Oleksandr Lypovyy (200-G-91) of Promitheas
Import Player of the Year: Vincent Hunter (203-PF-94) of AEK
Domestic Player of the Year: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
Newcomer of the Year: Ben Bentil (206-PF-95) of Peristeri GS
Rookie of the Year: Zois Karabelas (186-PG-01) of Peristeri GS
Defensive Player of the Year: Antwaine Wiggins (203-F-88) of Ifestos
Coach of the Year: Rick Pitino of Panathinaikos

1st Team
PG: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
SF: Matt Lojeski (198-SF-85) of Panathinaikos
F: Ioannis Papapetrou (203-F-94) of Panathinaikos
PF: Vincent Hunter (203-PF-94) of AEK
PF: Ben Bentil (206-PF-95) of Peristeri GS

2nd Team
PG: Dimitris Gikas of Xanthis
SG: Rion Brown (198-SG-91) of Promitheas
PF: DeShaun Thomas (201-PF-91) of Panathinaikos
SG: Zantis Panagiotis (192-SG-98) of E.N. Paralimni
C: Nikola Milutinov (212-C-94) of Olympiacos

3rd Team
PG: Zois Karabelas (186-PG-01) of Peristeri GS
G: Vassilis Spanoulis (193-G-82) of Olympiacos
PG: Phil Goss (188-PG-83) of PAOK
SF: Christos Saloustros (201-SF-90) of Promitheas
All-Youth Team
PG: Zois Karabelas (186-PG-01) of Peristeri GS
PG: Georgios Kalaitzakis (202-PG-99) of Panathinaikos
PG: Michail Lountzis (196-PG-98) of Lavrio
SF: Ioannis Agravanis (196-SF-98) of Peristeri GS
G: Vassilios Christidis (207-C-98) of Aris

All-Defensive Team
PG: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
F: Ioannis Papapetrou (203-F-94) of Panathinaikos
: Dimitris Gikas of Xanthis
SF: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (199-SF-92) of Panathinaikos
F: Antwaine Wiggins (203-F-88) of Ifestos
G: Davion Berry (193-G-91) of Panionios
PG: Wiliam Hatcher (188-PG-84) of PAOK
G: Steven Burtt (189-G-84) of Cretan Kings
PF: DeShaun Thomas (201-PF-91) of Panathinaikos
PF: Ben Bentil (206-PF-95) of Peristeri GS

All-Domestic Players Team
PG: Nick Calathes (198-PG-89) of Panathinaikos
SG: Giannoulis Larentzakis (195-SG-93) of AEK
F: Ioannis Papapetrou (203-F-94) of Panathinaikos
PF: Georgios Printezis (204-PF-85) of Olympiacos
SF: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (199-SF-92) of Panathinaikos

All-Imports Team
PF: Ben Bentil (206-PF-95) of Peristeri GS
SG: Rion Brown (198-SG-91) of Promitheas
PF: Vincent Hunter (203-PF-94) of AEK
PF: DeShaun Thomas (201-PF-91) of Panathinaikos
C/F: Zach LeDay (201-C/F-94) of Olympiacos

All-Bosmans Team
SF: Matt Lojeski (198-SF-85) of Panathinaikos
G: Oleksandr Lypovyy (200-G-91) of Promitheas
F: Jonas Maciulis (198-F-85) of AEK
PF: Rolands Freimanis (208-PF-88) of Ifestos
C: Nikola Milutinov (212-C-94) of Olympiacos

Honorable Mention
Christos Saloustros (201-SF-90) of Promitheas
Howard Sant-Roos (200-F-91) of AEK
Dusan Sakota (210-SF-86) of AEK
Sean Evans (203-PF-88) of Ifestos
Vladimir Jankovic (202-SF-90) of Holargos
Ian Vougioukas (212-C-85) of Panathinaikos
Doron Lamb (193-G-91) of Lavrio
Chris Horton (203-C/F-94) of Kymis
Ryan Harrow (188-G-91) of Peristeri GS
Jordan Theodore (182-PG-89) of AEK

AEK - Flamengo 86-70

AEK won FIBA Intercontinental Cup and became the third Greek team that won the tournament. In the Final game the Greek side edged Flamengo 86-70 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jordan Theodore (182-PG-89, college: Seton Hall) was named the tournament's MVP.
The team from Athens opened the game with a 20-19 lead and had 7 points advantage at the halftime. Flamengo tried to recover and produced a 22-21 rally in the third quarter, but could not match the opponents at the end. AEK finished with a final 23-15 surge to seal the trophy.
Jordan Theodore stepped up with 22 points and Jonas Maciulis (198-F-85) added 17. Anderson Varejao (211-C-82) ended up with 21 points for the Brazilian side.

The Greek Cup changed owner this season as Panathinaikos with a short break of one year return back to the winning mode, after beating PAOK (in a very difficult and tough game) with 79-73, winning his 19th Greek cup from the season 1975-1976 when the Greek Basketball Cup begun officially. So Panathinaikos is the winner of 19 of 44 Greek Cups. Aris Thessaloniki is following with 8 titles, Olympiacos with 9, AEK Athens with 4, PAOK with 3 and Panionios with 1.

Another solid performance from Nick Calathes (198-PG-89, college: Florida) who was the MVP of the game with his 19 points, 9 assist, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block-shot and 5 turnovers at his 34 minutes in action!! and from a closed distance was teh veteran Langford at his 2nd game after his come back (injury list for nearly 3 months) as he scored 17 points with 5 rebounds.

But the game changer was definetely, Kilpatrick as the American ex NBAer remain in the total zero in regard to points with 0/4 shots but his defense in the last five minutes of the game and when PAOK was leading by three 67-70 were astonishing. He stole the ball twice from Phil Gosh the top performer of PAOK, he stole the ball another one time from Tepic and played amazingly defence at the end against Gosh making hiom to shot an airball..

Rick Pitino's first title is a fact, winning his first ever title of USA and the fourth in total

THE PERIODS: 15-29, 36-46, 58-59, 73-79

THE SCORERS:
PAOK: Jones 9 (3 three pointers), Margaritis 13, Zaras 3, Hatcher 23 (with 4of 6 three pointers), Garrett 10 and 15 rebounds!, Gos 15 with 4 of 10 three pointers.
Panathinaikos: Thomas 12 (10 rebounds), Langford 17 ( 5 rebounds), Papapetrou 10, Gist 14 and 8 rebounds, Kalthis 19, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 5 turnovers, Antetokounmpo 5 and Mitoglou 2