Olympiacos beat KAOD for Basket League eighth day

Olympiacos beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League eighth day. Olympiacos played tight defense on KAOD who had 0/6 three pointers in the first half. Dimitris Agravanis had 10 points in seven minutes in the first half with 1/1 two pointers, 2/2 three pointers and 1/1 free throws. Othello Hunter had 9 rebounds out of 19 team rebounds in the first half. KAOD had 0/3 three pointers in the third quarter but improved and with partial score 20-14 lowered the difference to 17 points. In the last quarter KAOD did not complete its counter attack and Olympiacos won by 18 points. KAOD could not expect more with 3/13 three pointers and 18/43 two pointers. For the home team Rod Odom had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Guy-Marc Michel had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Eric Atkins had 6 points and 4 assists. For the winners Vangelis Mantzaris had 17 points, Dimitris Agravanis had 12 points, Othello Hunter had 12 rebounds and 6 points, Vasilis Spanoulis had 8 points and 6 assists.
Quarters' scores: 11-23, 25-48, 45-62, 64-82

KAOD: Slaftsakis 13, Trotter 2, Johnson, Georgakis 2, Atkins 6(1), Odom 14(2), Spyridonidis, Michel 12, Zaras 10, Loe 4, Chrysikopoulos 1, Kolovis.
Olympiacos: Petway 11(3), Hunter 6, Dunston 9, Spanoulis 8, Darden, Sloukas 8(1), Lafayette 8, Christodoulou, Agravanis 12(2), Mantzaris 17(4), Kavvadas 3.

AEK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day

AEK hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day. The first half was tight but in the third quarter AEK with partial score 30-16 created a secure difference. For the winners Carl English had 28 points, 7 assists and 7 fouls drawn. Dusan Sakota had 24 points and 7 rebounds, Zisis Sarikopoulos had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Tomas Delininkaitisi had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Taylor Smith had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, Aggelos Tsamis had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 41-41, 71-57, 96-73

AEK: Delininkaitis 11, Sakota 24, Kaselakis 3, Polytarchou 2, Kamperidis, Williamson 7, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 17, Boutris, Milosevic 4, English 28, Nikolic.
Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis 2, Siologkas, Jamar 8, James 23, Smith 9, Stefanidis, Liden, Tsamis 14, Haggins 3, Buljan 14.

PAOK beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eighth day

PAOK hosted Panelefsiniakos for Basket League eighth day. Both teams played without their captains, since both Kostas Charalampidis and Dimos Avramidis were injured. With Julian Vaughn having 13 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter PAOK finished the first quarter leading by 2 points. In the second quarter Panelefsiniakos balanced the score, 26-26, and finished the first half leading by 6 points, 31-37. In the second half PAOK improved in three pointers and with Julian Vaughn and Marc Carter took the lead in the third quarter and kept in until the end. For the winners Julian Vauhgn made a double double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Carter had 17 points and Jake Odum had 10 points. For Panelefsiniakos Nikola Markovic had 15 points, Frank Robinson had 10 points, Ned Cox had 9 points and Stelios Ioannou had 8 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-19. 31-37, 50-44, 69-59

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 5, Liapis, Carter 17 (3), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 3 (1), Dedas 3 (1), Margaritis 6 (1), Kottas, Odum 10 (1), Vaughn 19, Saloustros 2.
Panelefsiniakos (Koustenis): Cox 9 (1), Robinson 10 (1), Tsakaleris, Vasilopoulos 7 (1), Athanasoulas 3, Markovic 15 (3), Dorkofikis 5, Ioannou 8 (1), Kalles 2.

Nea Kifisia beat Aries Trikala for Basket League eighth day

Aries Trikala hosted Nea Kifisia for Basket League eighth day. The home team took the lead in score by 10-5 and 13-7 but Nea Kifisia counter attacked and finished first quarter ahead by 7 points, 21-28. Adnan Hodžić had 10 points in the first quarter. Nea Kifisia preserved the score difference until the end and beat Trikala in their home for second year in a row. Aries Trikala have the best offense of the Basket League but also have the second worse defense of the League so they count three consecutive home defeats. For the home team Adnan Hodžić had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Justin Ingram had 17 points, Nate Bowie had 13 points and 6 assists. For the winners all players scored. Dimitris Mavroeidis had 17 points, Dimitris Tsaldaris had 15 points, Nikos Barlos had 14 points, Uros Duvnjak had 13 points. Nikos Liakopoulos had 8 assists, 6 points and 4 rebounds. Patrick Ewing Junior had 8 points against his previous team.
Quarters' scores: 21-28, 40-50, 56-72, 89-96.

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 17 (2), Nikolopoulos, Tracey 10 (2), Bowie 13 (2), Cupkovic 9 (1), Pano 2, Spanos 3, Matalon 7 (1), Kadji 8, Hodžić 20.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Remecun 2, Kafkis 2, Ewing 8, Liakopoulos 6, Popovic, Mavroeidis 17, Kakiouzis 9, Tsaldaris 15 (2), Duvnjak 13 (2), Davis 10 (3), Barlos 14 (2).

A2 Greece 2014-2015 eighth day results

A2 Greece 2014-2015 eighth day results

Saturday 29th November 2014
Psyhiko - OFI 78-58
Livadia - Ermis Lagada 81-61
Doxa Lefkadas - Aetos 80-71
Lavrio - Filippos Veroias 90-75
Pagrati - Ilisiakos 94-91
Iraklis - Kavala 61-88
Arkadikos - Ethnikos 79-60

Retyhmno Aegean beat Apollon Patras for Basket League eighth day

Retyhmno Aegean hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League eighth day. In the first quarter Apollon Patras made a 9-0 run from 10-9 to 10-18 and finished it with two points lead, 21-23. Apollon Patras was leading the score in the second and third quarters but in the end Rethymno Aegean won the game leaving the visitors without any road win in the Basket League 2014-2015. For the winners Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Complete performance by Vincent Council who had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Chaisson Allen had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and Dejan Kravic had 15 points and 8 rebounds. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 27 points with 6/11 three pointers and 5 assists. Gaios Skordilis had 19 points and 8 rebounds, Brandon Penn had 12 points but also 0/7 three pointers, Marios Batis had 7 assists and 6 points.
Quarters' scores: 21-23, 41-43, 68-71, 88-81

Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 8(1), Schizas 4, Koumpouras 7(1), Council 17(1), Allen 13(1), Kalampokis, Faye 20(1), Sinis 4, Chilaris, Kravic 15, Alihodzic, Doulgerakis.
Apollon Patras: Skordilis 19(1), Argyropoulos 4, Galloway 4, Penn 12, Fitzpatrick 7(1), Antonakis, Batis 6(2), El-Amin 27(6), Molfetas 2, Niforas, Georgalis.

Panionios beat Aris for Basket League eighth day

Panionios hosted and beat Aris for Basket League eighth day. Luke Hancock had a massive first quarter with 5/5 field goals, 1/1 free throws and with 13 points led Panionios.Panionios kept this small lead in the whole game and beat Aris easier than expected. This was the second win in a row for Panionios, after six defeats, but it was the first against a strong opponent. For the winners Luke Hancock finished the game with 24 points, Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Tony Woods had 8 points and 6 rebounds, William Coleman had 6 rebounds and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 4 assists. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 8 points and 6 assists. Panionios had 7 turnovers in the whole game and none in the third quarter but also collected only 3 offensive rebounds in total.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 37-31, 59-47, 71-65

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 2, Petropoulos, Verginis 7(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnand 12(3), Stamatis, Woods 8, Coleman 4, Korolev 10(1), Pruitt 4, Hancock 24(5)
Aris: Pasalic 8(2), Gikas 3(1), Reed 11(1), Thomas 8(1), Karathanasis 2, Vezenkov 14(2), Naymick 11, Mourtos 5, Symtsak 2, Adegboye 1.

Panathinaikos beat Bayern Munich for Euroleague seventh day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Bayern Munich for Euroleague seventh day. The Greek champions stayed undefeated in their home and qualified to Euroleague Top 16. Panathinaikos finished the first half without any turnovers, flawless game by the greens. AJ Slaugher had a good day and Loukas Mavrokefalidis played for Esteban Batista too. For Bayern Munich Bo McCalebb had 15 points, John Bryant had 9 points and 9 rebounds, Robin Benzing had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Heiko Schaffartzik had 0/6 three pointers and James Gist had 1/8 field goals. Panathinaikos is getting more and more points by the new Greek players and the team seems to roll.
Quarters' scores: 18-12, 44-33, 65-51, 87-72

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 17(3), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 13(1), Fotsis 14(3), Pappas 10(2), Mavrokefalidis 16, Diamantidis 7(1), Gist 2, Blums, Wright 6
Bayern: McCalebb 15(1), Schaffartzik 5, Micic 7(1), Staiger, Benzing 14(2), Dedovic, Stimac 5, Zipser 2, Savanovic 13, Idbihi 2, Jagla, Bryant 9.

Laboral Kutxa beat Olympiacos for Euroleague seventh day

Laboral Kutxa beat Olympiacos for Euroleague seventh day. Olympiacos counted 6 victories in 6 games but this winning strike ended in Spain. Vasilis Spanoulis scored 27 points and passed Mike Batiste in the fourth scorer of all times in Euroleague but did not celebrate his record with a victory. The reds were in a bad day and in the last quarter Sfairopoulos and Agravanis were charged with a technical foul each for complaining. Great game for ex-Olympiacos player Mirza Begić who had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Thomas Heurtel had 18 points and Davis Bertans had 17 points.
Quarters' scores: 24-17, 44-37, 68-52, 89-70.

Laboral Kutxa (Navaro): Iverson 3, Causeur 9 (3), Shengelia 14, Perkins, Tillie, Begic 12, Vujacic 4, San Emeterio 12 (1), Heurtel 18 (1), Bertans 17 (3).
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway, Hunter 4, Dunston 12, Spanoulis 27 (1), Sloukas 5 (1), Agravanis 7, Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas, Lafayette 6 (1), Darden 7.

Thanksgiving in Greece. Life overseas.

Thanksgiving in Greece. Live of athletes overseas can sometimes be lonely but it is Thanksgiving and people share food and wishes.

Happy thanksgiving my beautiful people
— LaMarcus Reed (@lreed31) November 27, 2014

Our dinner dedicated to our Americans for Thanksgiving day & to our captain Kostas Charalampidis. He always with us. pic.twitter.com/zQV1LjXdAA
— PAOK BC the official (@PAOKbasketball) November 27, 2014

Hosting thanksgiving dinner for the foreigners here. who would've thought. Lol. #Overseaslife
— kenneth kadji (@kadji35) November 27, 2014

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighth day fixtures

Saturday 29 November 2014
17:00 Rethymno Aegean - Apollon Patras 81-81
17:00 Panionios - Aris 71-65
17:00 Aries Trikala - Nea Kifisia 89-96
17:00 PAOK - Panelefsiniakos 69-59
Sunday 30 November 2014
13:00 AEK - Kolossos Rodou 96-73
17:00 KAOD - Olympiacos 62-82
Monday 1 December 2014
17:30 Korivos Amaliadas - Panathinaikos 59-72

Kostas Charalampidis got injured but renews with PAOK

Kostas Charalampidis got a total rupture of the patellar tendon in the last Eurocup game against Zielona Gora and will remain inactive for three to four months but PAOK BC has decided to use the option in Kostas Charalampidis' contract and hence immediately activated the second season of his contract, which is now valid through the 2015-16 season.

Zielona Góra beat PAOK for Eurocup seventh day

Zielona Góra hosted and beat PAOK for Eurocup seventh day. PAOK started with a 6-0 run but the home team took the lead before the end of the first quarter taking advantage of the technical foul that Odum was charged for flopping. The game was tight but PAOK was charged with three technical fouls for flopping and Jake Odum was sent off with expulsion due to two technical fouls. In the last minute Marc Carter made the score 78-75 but that was all for PAOK. The Greek team lost but Zielona Góra did not cover the difference of the first game.
Kostas Charalampidis got injured and he may be out of action for some weeks.
Quarters' scores: 20-16, 36-34, 59-53, 84-77

Stelmet Zielona Góra (Adamek): Cel 2, Troutman 4, Burtt 13 (1), Hanas 8 (2), Hosley 17, Kucharek, Johnson 7 (1), Hrycaniuk 8, Zamojski 14 (4), Koszarek 11 (2).
PAOK: Langford 13 (1), Liapis, Charalampidis 6, Carter 10 (2), Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 3 (1), Dedas 6 (2), Margaritis 5, Odum 12 (1), Vaughn 19, Saloustros 3 (1).

Vincent Council named MVP of Basket League seventh day

Vincent Council named MVP of Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventh day for his performance against Panelefsiniakos. The player of Rethymno Aegean had 22 points, 3/3 free throws, 8/11 two pointers, 1/2 three pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and made 2 turnovers leading his team to its second road win.

Panelefsiniakos and Aaric Murray part ways

Panelefsiniakos and Aaric Murray part ways. After seven games and three months Murray and Panelefsiniakos part ways. The American averaged 10 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 21 minutes per game.

Panathinaikos beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day. Panathinaikos did not face problems against KAOD and AJ Slaughter had a great game after time. KAOD had Eric Atkins with 18 points and 6 assists, Rob Loe with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Guy-Marc Michel had 6 rebounds and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos all available players played and scored. George Papagiannis debuted and scored his first two points. AJ Slaughter had 28 points with 5/8 three pointers, Dimitris Diamantidis had 11 points and 4 assists, Esteban Batista had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and Julian Wright made two impressive blocks.
Quarters' score: 26-15, 42-30, 63-40, 86-55.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 28(5), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 5(1), Fotsis 3, Pappas 5, Mavrokefalidis 5(1), Diamantidis 11(1), Batista 9, Wright 4, Blums 8(2), Papagiannis 2.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 2, Johnson 3(1), Georgakis 3, Atkins 18(2), Odom, Spyridonidis 3(1), Michel 6, Zaras 4(1), Loe 8(2), Chrysikopoulos 8(1), Kolovis.

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Basket League seventh day

Olympiacos hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League seventh day. PAOK was undefeated in the league but Olympiacos did not face any problems to beat the visitors and was leading the score for 40 minutes with ease. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points and 5 assists. Tremmell Darden had 11 points, 8 rebounds and Dimitris Agravanis had 11 points. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 12 points and Marc Carter had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Olympiacos had 10/24 three pointers while PAOK had 5/17 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 40-31, 66-42, 80-55

Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 7 (1), Hunter 10, Dunston 3, Spanoulis 15 (1), Darden 11, Sloukas 5 (1), Lafayette 8 (2), Mouratos, Christodoulou, Agravanis 11 (2), Mantzaris 10 (3), Kavvadas.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 6, Liapis 2, Charalampidis 12 (1), Carter 10 (2), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochldas 5 (1), Dedas 5 (1), Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 1, Vaughn 2, Saloustros 6.

Apollon Patras beat Aries Trikala for Basket League seventh day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League seventh day. This was the third victory for Apollon in three games in Patras. Apollon Patras dominated first quarter and finished it with 15 points lead. Aries Trikala improved its offence in the second quarter but Apollon Patras preserved the difference. Brandon Penn finished first half with 15 points while the visitors had 2/11 three pointers. Visitors improved in the second half and started third quarter with a 9-0 run. Three minutes before the end the score was 73-70 but Apollon Patras with a 10-0 run won a game in which the home team never lost the lead in score. For the winners Brandon Penn had 26 points, Kevin Galloway had 17 points, Gaios Skordilis had 8 rebounds, Muhammad El-Amin had 11 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Kenny Kadji had 24 points, 6 rebounds and Slaven Cupkovic had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 21-6, 43-27, 64-49, 83-70

Apollon Patras: Skordilis 4, Argyropoulos 8, Galloway 17, Penn 26, Fitzpatrick 10, Antonakis 2, Batis, El-Amin 11, Pelekoudas , Molfetas 5, Niforas, Georgalis.
Aries Trikala: Ingram 4, Nikolopoulos 9, Tracey 6, Bowie 4, Cupkovic 10, Panos 3, Spanos 6, Kamariotis, Matalon 4, Kadji 24, Houhoumis.

A2 Greece 2014-2015 seventh day results

A2 Greece 2014-2015 seventh day results

Saturday 22nd November 2014
OFI - Pagrati 86-87
Ermis Lagada - Psyhiko 63-72
Aetos - Livadia 78-79
Lavrio - Doxa Lefkadas 72-55
Filippos Veroias - Ethnikos 69-74
Kavala - Arkadikos 70-60
Ilisiakos - Iraklis (POSTPONED)

Rethymno Aegean beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League seventh day

Panelefsiniakos hosted Rethymno Aegean for Basket League seventh day. Rethymno started better the game and took the lead in score which it preserved in the second quarter. Both teams had 3/12 three pointers in the first half. The second half was balanced with each team scoring 22 points in the third and 18 points in the fourth quarter. Rethymno Aegean had 28/48 two points shots and won a game that did not have many three pointers. For Panelefsiniakos Elijah Johnson and Giannis Athanasoulas had 12 points each. Frank Robinson had 11 points and 4 assists. For the winners Vincent Council had 22 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Dejan Kravic made a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds while Giannis Sinis missed it with 9 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 12-21, 30-40, 52-62, 70-80.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 11, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 3, Murray 1, Athanasoulas 12, Markovic 3, Dorkofikis 6, Ioannou 9, Johnson 12, Kalles 9, Avramidis.
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 10, Schizas, Koumpouras 9, Council 22, Allen 6, Kalampokis 5, Faye 7, Sinis 9, Hilaris, Kravic 10, Alihodzic 2, Doulgerakis.

Panionios beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day

Panionios hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League seventh day. This was the first victory for Panionios in Basket League 2014-2015 after six defeats! Korivos started the game with a 5-14 run and finished first half leading the score by four points but in the second quarter Panionios balanced the game. With a 10-2 run Panionios finished first half leading by four points with Yaroslav Korolev making another great game. Korivos approached Panionios to one point at the end of the third quarter but did not manage to win the game. The visitors collected 7 rebounds more than Panionios but also made 17 turnovers. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 23 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, Tony Woods had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Dimitris Verginis had 14 points and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 7 points and 5 rebounds. For Korivos Amaliadas Guille Rubio made a double double with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Rob Lowery had 20 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 14-18, 39-35, 53-52, 74-69.

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 7, Verginis 14, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 2, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 14, Coleman 6, Korolev 23, Pruitt, Hancock 8.
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 20, Giannakidis 8, Aggelopoulos 5, Papapetrou, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis 2, Filippakos, Garrett 8, Rubio 21, Galiotos, Archimandritis.

AEK beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League seventh day

Nea Kifisia hosted AEK for Basket League seventh day. Nea Kifisia was leading the score in the first quarter but AEK counter attacked and was leading the score in the half time. Dimitris Mavroeidis finished first half with 12 points but his team had made 10 turnovers. Second half was balanced since each team scored 20 points in the third quarter and 19 points in the last quarter. AEK celebrated its second victory after the return of coach Dragan Sakota. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Mavroeidis made another double double with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Cade Davis had 17 points, 4 rebounds and the experienced Michalis Kakiouzis had 6 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. For the winners Carl English had 22 points and 5 rebounds,  Milan Milošević had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Nontas Papantoniou had 10 points and Dusan Sakota had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 36-41, 56-61, 75-80.

Nea Kifisia: Remekun, Kafkis 5, Liakopoulos 7, Popovic, Pesakovic 5, Mavroeidis 29, Psathas, Kakiouzis 6, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 4, Davis 17, Barlos 2.
AEK: Papantoniou 10, Delininkaitis 6, Sakota 4, Kaselakis 8, Polytarchou, Kaberidis, Williamson 8, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 10, Milosevic 12, English 22, Nikolic.

Kolossos Rodou beat Aris for Basket League seventh day

Aris hosted Kolossos Rodou for Basket League seventh day. Mike James returned to good games and Kolossos Rodou dominated first quarter in Thessaloniki against Aris with partial score 9-25. Aris balanced the game in the second quarter but did not lower the difference. Aleksandar Vezenkov finished first half with 10 points and 9 rebounds while Mike James had 17 points. In the first half Aris had 2/16 three pointers. In the third quarter the home team counter attacked and lowered the difference in one digit number but could not continue in the last quarter and Kolossos celebrated a great victory in Thessaloniki against Aris. Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 21 points and 12 rebounds. LeMarcus Reed had 14 points and Vasilis Symtsak had 9 points. For the winners Mike James had 28 points and 7 rebounds, Jamelle Hagins made a double double with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Tom Liden had 16 points.
Quarters' scores: 9-25, 28-43, 48-55, 65-77

Aris: Pasalic 8, Manolopoulos, Gikas, Reed 14, Thomas 3, Poulianitis, Charisis, Vezenkov 21, Naymick 4, Mourtos, Simtsak 9, Adegboye 6.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 5, Siologkas, Kareem, James 28, Smith 2, Stefanidis, Liden 16, Tsamis 7, Hagins 19, Buljan.

Giorgos Diamantopoulos returns to Panionios

Giorgos Diamantopoulos returns to Panionios. The 34 years old Greek player returned to Panionios as he wished. Diamantopoulos started his career from Papagou and continued with Panionios where he was named Greek League Top Scorer of the season 2002-2003. Diamantopoulos played a year for Olympiacos before returning to Panionios. Then he left Greece and continued his career in Italy for Roseto Basket, then Spain second division for La Palma, Russia for Samara, back to Greece for Kolossos and Maroussi, then Cyprus for Achilleas and Switzerland for Vacallo Basket. In the previous season Diamantopoulos played in the third division of Greece for Doxa Lefkadas, helping the team getting promoted. Diamantopoulos will not debut against Korivos Amaliadas today.

Ogo Adegboye renews with Aris for season

Ogo Adegboye signed an one month contract to replace the injured Torey Thomas but his performance led Aris team to renew his contract for the whole season. In four games with Aris Adegboye averages 11.25 points, 1.75 rebounds and 1 steal.

AEK released David Kyles

AEK released David Kyles. AEK signed the player on September but the new coach Dragan Šakota is not satisfied with his performance so the two sides agreed on mutual termination of his contract. Kyles played 4 games with AEK in the Basket League 2014-2015 averaging 5 points, 1.75 rebounds, 1.5 assists in 19 minutes per game.

Panathinaikos beat Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague sixth day

Panathinaikos beat Turow Zgorzelec in Poland for Euroleague sixth day. This was the first away victory for Panathinaikos in Euroleague 2014-2015. Panathinaikos had 23/28 free throws and 8 rebounds more than Turow. Great game for Loukas Mavrokefalidis who had 21 points (5/6 2p, 1/1 3p, 8/8 free throws), 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Nikos Pappas also had a great game with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad game for AJ Slaughter who had 0/5 field goals and 4 personal fouls. For Turow Tony Taylor and Chris Wright had 13 points each, Damian Kulig had 11 points but also 5 turnovers. Panathinaikos made its first away win with Diamantidis playing only for 27 minutes and almost secured next round promotion.
Quarters' scores: 22-25, 33-44, 51-61, 69-79.

Turow Zgorzelec: Collins 6, Kulig 11, Chylinski 8, Karolak 5, Jamaraz, Gospodarek, Dylewicz, Moldovenau 5, Nikolic 6, Taylor 13, Wright 13, Zigeranovic 2.
Panathinaikos: Charalampoupoulos, Slaughter, Bochoridis 1, Giankovits 6, Pappas 14, Mavrokefalidis 21, Diamantidis 6, Gist 16, Batista 4, Blums 6, Wright 5.

Olympiacos beat Valencia for Euroleague sixth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Valencia for Euroleague sixth day. Olympiacos expanded its victory strike to 6-0 but it needed a free throw from Vasilis Spanoulis 11 seconds before the end in order to beat Valencia who was a close to a great victory. For the winners Spanoulis had 15 points and 7 assists, Dimitris Agravanis had 8 points and 10 rebounds, Bryant Dunston had 14 points. For Valencia Pau Ribas, Bojan Dubljevic and Vladimir Lucic had 16 points each.
Quarters' scores: 26-21, 45-40, 54-60, 77-76.

Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 5, Hunter 7, Dunston 14, Spanoulis 15 (2), Sloukas 6, Agravanis 8 (1), Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas, Lafayette 9 (3), Darden 11 (1).
Valencia (Perasovic): Ribas 16 (1), Nedovic 6, Sato 5 (1), Lishchuk 5, Lucic 16 (3), Dubljevic 16 (2), Vives 8 (1), Martinez, Loncar 2, Aguilar, Harangody.

Aries Trikala signed Adnan Hodžić

Aries Trikala signed Adnan Hodžić. The 26 years old American Bosnian is 2.04 meter high and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team. In the previous season Hodžić played in Qatar for Al Arabi averaging 20.9 points and 10.3 rebounds in 16 games. He graduated from Lipscomb Univercity where he played in the NCAA and was named Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 2010 and AP honorable mention All-American 2010. After USA Hodžić played in Germany for Walter Tigers Tübingen and in Switzerland for BBC Monthey.

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day and equalized the defeat in Izmir in the first round game. PAOK was leading the score in first quarters. The game was interrupted at 32-25 for due to fans holding an insulting banner and later while the score was 66-60 Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off due to complaining but his team made an 8-0 run and took the scoring lead. Dixon made the score 70-75 on 38th minute when the game was once more interrupted by the referees and the final score was 74-79 for the visitors. For PAOK the captain Charalampidis had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Jake Odum had 10 and 6 assists. For Pınar Karşıyaka Darryl Strawberry had 23 points, Bobby Dixon had 16 points and 8 assists. PAOK had a great chance to secure the second place of the group but with only 9 points in the last quarter missed it.
Quarters' scores: 24-20, 45-41, 65-57, 74-79

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 1, Liapis 8 (2), Charalampidis 18 (4), Carter 7 (1), Kakaroudis 8 (2), Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas 1, Margaritis 6, Odum 10 (1), Vaughn 8, Saloustros 2.
Pınar Karşıyaka (Sarica): Demir 9, Palacios 6, Hersek 5 (1), Strawberry 23 (3), Koc, Dixon 16 (2), Sonsirma, Gabriel 5, Altay 5, Diebler 10 (2), Senturk.

Pınar Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off after this reaction..

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventh day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 seventh day fixtures

Saturday 22nd November 2014
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - Rethymno Aegean 70-80
17:00 Aris - Kolossos Rodou 65-77
17:00 Nea Kifisia - AEK 75-80
17:00 Apollon Patras - Aries Trikala 83-70
17:00 Panionios - Korivos Amaliadas 74-69
Sunday 23rd November 2014
12:30 Olympiacos - PAOK 80-55
17:30 Panathinaikos - KAOD 86-55

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League sixth day

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean in Rethymno for Basket League sixth day. The coach of Olympiacos Giannis Sfairopoulos was not at his bench due to illness. Olympiacos started the game with a 9-0 run but Rethymno managed to be competitive up to the end. The second and third quarters finished with the score difference below three points but in the fourth quarter Olympiacos allowed Rethymno to score only 5 points and won the game. Rethymno was poor at three pointers, 2/22 shots. For Olympiacos Bryant Dunston and Oliver Lafayette had 11 points each, Vangelis Mantzaris had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Brent Petway had 7 rebounds and 5 blocks. For Rethymno Aegean Vincent Council had 16 points, Mouhammad Faye had 13 rebounds and 7 points, Trevis Simpson had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 11-19, 27-29, 49-50. 54-64

Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 10 (1), Schizas, Koumpouras 4, Council 16, Allen 7 (1), Kalampokis, Faye 7, Sinis, Cheilaris 2, Kravic 4, Alihodzic 4.
Olympiacos: Petway 4, Hunter 6, Dunston 11, Spanoulis 8, Darden 4, Sloukas 5 (1), Lafayette 11 (2), Agravanis 6, Mantzaris 9 (1).

AEK beat Apollon Patras for Basket League sixth day

AEK hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League sixth day. In Dragan Šakota's debut as the coach of AEK in the Basket League his team managed to beat Apollon Patras in a very tight game. AEK shot many three pointers but was not accurate, 9/36, but had more rebounds and less turnovers than Apollon Patras. Dragan's son Dušan Šakota and Carl English were the leaders for the winners with 19 and 21 points respectively. Nontas Papantoniou served 9 assists, Milan Milošević collected 13 rebounds and Tomas Delininkaitis had 0/7 three pointers. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 23 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 13 points, 7 rebounds and Nikos Argyropoulos had 10 points and 4 assists. Giannis Georgalis did not score in 20 minutes before being fouled out.
Quarters' scores: 16-14, 39-38, 51-53, 67-64.

AEK: Papantoniou 5 (1), Delinikaitis 6, Sakota 19 (1), Kaselakis 2, Polytarchou, Williamson, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 6, Milosevic 8 (2), English 21 (6), Nikolic.
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 10, Galloway 8 (1), Penn 5 (1), Fitzpatrick 13 (3), Antonakis, El-Amin 23 (4), Pelekoudas 2, Molfetas, Niforas 3 (1), Georgallis.

A2 Greece 2014-2015 sixth day results

A2 Greece 2014-2015 sixth day results

Iralkis - OFI 90-88
Psyhiko - Aetos 77-61
Doxa Lefkadas - Fililppos Veroias 83-71
Livadia - Lavrio 64-67
Arkadikos - Ilisiakos 87-65
Ethnikos - Kavala 67-66
Pagrati - Ermis Lagada 75-68

A2 League Table

1. Lavrio 11
2. Ethnikos 11
3. Kavala 10
4. Arkadikos 10
5. Psyhiko 10
6. Doxa Lefkadas 10
7. Iralkis 10
8. Pagrati 9
9. Filippos Veroias 9
10. OFI 8
11. Aetos 8
12. Livadia 8
13. Ilisiakos 7
14. Ermis Lagada 6

Korivos Amaliadas beat Aris for Basket League sixth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat Aris for Basket League sixth day. With Pasalic, Reed and Thomas Aris started the game with a 4-20 score in the first five minutes. Pasalic had 8 points with 3/3 shots and 1/1 free throw in the first quarter. Korivos Amaliadas improved in the second quarter and approached Aris. In the half time Rob Lowery had 15 points, Guillem Rubio had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 17 points and Torey Thomas had 11 points! In the second half the home team counter attacked. First it lowered the difference to three points in the third quarter and won the game in the end by four points. Korivos had 24/33 free throws and 45 rebounds! Great victory for Korivos Amaliadas who managed not to collapse after a very bad first quarter. Great game by Rob Lowery who had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks! Sasa Vasiljevic added 15 points, Guille Rubio had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Darrius Garret had 8 rebounds, 6 points and 4 blocks. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Muhamed Pasalic had 19 points but only 2 points in the second half, Torey Thomas had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-25, 41-45, 55-58, 73-69.

Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Lowery 19, Giannakidis 3, Aggelopoulos 3, Papapetrou, Davis 4, Vasiljevic 15, Kanonidis 6, Filippakos, Garrett 6, Rubio 15, Archimandritis.
Aris: Pasalic 19, Manolopoulos, Reed 7, Thomas 11, Poulianitis, Charisis, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 23, Naymick, Mourtos, Symtsak 6, Adegboye 3.

KAOD beat Panionios for Basket League sixth day

KAOD hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League sixth day. Panionios had 3/12 two points shots in the first quarter and KAOD did not shoot any three pointers. Panionios improved in the second quarter and balanced the game. KAOD had 4/6 three pointers in the second quarter and Panionios had 5/5 two pointers. Yaroslav Korolev had 10 points and Tony Woods had 5 points and 5 rebounds in the first half. Panionios continue its counter attack and the third quarter finished with the visitors leading the score by 4 points. Like in the previous game against PAOK Panionios collapsed in the last quarter and the team of KAOD won by 11 points. For KAOD Rob Loe had 16 points and 5 rebounds, Linos Chrysikopoulos had 11 points, Obie Trotter had 7 assists and 9 points. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 22 points and 7 rebounds, Luke Hancock had 13 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds before being fouled out. Panionios continues without victory after six games in the Basket League, would be a miracle if avoids relegation.
Quarters' scores: 18-11, 37-36, 53-57, 80-69.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 9, Trotter 9, Johnson 2, Georgakis 2, Atkins 7, Odom 9, Spyridonidis, Michel 5, Zaras 10, Loe 16, Chrysikopoulos 11, Kolovis.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 4, Verginis 9, Koukoulas 1, Spyropoulos, Strnad 1, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 7, Colemen 6, Korolev 22, Pruitt 6, Hancock 13.

Panelefsiniakos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League sixth day

Aries Trikala hosted Panelefsiniakos for Basket League sixth day. Steve Panos had 7 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter and helped his team taking the lead. Aries Trikala scored 17 points in the first and second quarter but Panelefsiniakos doubled its score in the second quarter and took the lead of the game. Elijah Johnson had 14 points with 4/5 three pointers and 4 rebounds in the first half while Steve Panos had 10 points and 5 rebounds. The home team won the even quarters and the visitors won the odd quarters. Aries Trikala finished the third quarter with one point lead but in the end Panelefsiniakos celebrated its second victory in a row with its new coach Jimmy Koustenis. For the winners Elijah Johnson had 19 points and 6 rebounds, Aaric Murray had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, Giannis Athanasoulas had 9 points and 6 rebounds and Frank Robinson had 8 points and 3 assists. For Aries Trikala Steve Panos had 16 points and 6 rebounds before being fouled out. Nate Bowie and Slaven Cupkovic had 15 points each and Antonis Spanos had 3 blocks. Nemanja Miljkovic was fouled out without any shot.
Quarters' scores: 17-13, 34-39, 52-51, 65-70.

Aries Trikala: Ingram 10, Nikolopoulos, Tracey 4, Bowie 15, Cupkovic 15, Panos 16, Spanos 5, Kamariotis, Matalon, Varytimiadis, Houhoumis, Miljkovic.
Panelefsiniakos: Cox 6, Robinson 8, Tsakaleris 1, Vasilopoulos 3, Murray 12, Athanasoulas 9, Markovic 5, Dorkofikis 4, Ioannou 1, Johnson 19, Kalles 2, Avramidis.

Nea Kifisia beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League sixth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Nea Kifisia for Basket League sixth day. The home team troubled Nea Kifisia's defense that made five fouls in the first four minutes of the game while Kolossos had zero. First quarter finished with the home team leading the score but in the second quarter Nea Kifisia improved and tightened its defence. In a balanced third quarter Nea Kifisia preserved a secure difference. Kolossos Rodou did not manage to counter attack and Nea Kifisia won the game returning to victories. Another great game and a double double by Dimitris Mavroeidis with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Uros Duvnjak was the top scorer with 19 points and Nikos Liakopoulos had 10 points and 7 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Jamelle Hagins had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and Mike James had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-17, 34-42, 50-59, 64-73.

Kolosos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Laretzakis, Siologkas, Kareem 7, James 11, Smith, Stefanidis 7, Liden 2, Tsamis 8, Hagins 20, Kanichis, Buljan 9.
Nea Kifisia: Remecun 2, Kafkis 4, Liakopoulos 10, Popovic, Pesakovic 12, Mavroeidis 15, Psathas 2, Kakiouzis 7, Tsaldaris 2, Duvnjak 19, Davis, Barlos.

Barcelona beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague fifth day

Barcelona hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague fifth day. Panathinaikos was not accurate in three pointers and made its second defeat in two away Euroleague games. Panathinaikos was competitive until 28-30, but Justin Doellman with 7 consecutive points gave Barcelona the lead by 43-33 and then his team rolled. Panathinaikos had a poor 2/20 three pointers and only 9 assists. For the winners Ante Tomic had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Juan Carlos Navarro and Brad Oleson had 12 points each. For Panathinaikos only Esteban Batista had more than 10 points and Diamantidis had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists but 0/4 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 47-38, 64-56, 78-69

Barcelona: Doellman 9, Huertas 8 (2), Abrines 1, Navarro 12 (2), Satoransky 6, Thomas 2, Oleson 12 (2), Lampe 12 (2), Nachbar, Tomic 16.
Panathinaikos: Slaughter 5, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 6, Fotsis 5 (1), Pappas 8 (1), Mavrokefalidis 7, Diamantidis 9, Gist 9, Batista 14, Blums 4 (1).

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixth day

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixth day

Saturday 15th November 2014
17:00 Aries Trikala - Panelefsiniakos 65-70
17:00 KAOD - Panionios 80-69
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - Nea Kifisia 64-73
17:00 Korivos Amaliadas - Aris 73-69
Sunday 16th November 2014
15:00 AEK - Apollon Patras 67-64
17:00 Rethymno Aegean - Olympiacos 54-64
Monday 17th November 2014
19:00 PAOK - Panathinaikos (POSTPONED)

Olympiacos beat Galatasaray for Euroleague fifth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Galatasaray for Euroleague fifth day. Olympiacos continues undefeated in Euroleague 2014-2015 with five victories in five games. WIth double shot accuracy and half turnovers than its opponent Olympiacos could not lose the game. Olympiacos had 29/41, 70% two points accuracy while Galatasaray had 14/37, a poor 37%. Olympiacos finished the game with only 6 turnovers and 26 assists while Galatasaray had only 9 assists. The reds were leading the game with ease and in the last four minutes with a 26-1 run they smashed Galatasaray with 27 points difference! Othello Hunter finished the game with a double double, 17 points and 10 rebounds. Vasilis Spanoulis had 16 points and 7 assists, flawless game for Vangelis Mantzaris who had 15 points with 6/6 shots.

Quarters' scores: 26-13, 49-39, 68-53, 93-66.

Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 7(1), Hunter 17 (10 rebounds), Dunston 8, Spanoulis 16(1), Sloukas 1, Christodoulou, Agravanis 10, Mantzaris 15(3), Kavvadas, Katsivelis 3(1), Lafayette 9(2), Darden 7(1).

Galatasaray (Ataman): Micov 8(1), Erceg 5(1), Jawai 9, Gonlum 6, Vougioukas 3, Aldemir, Aradori 7, Arroyo 14(2), Guler 4, Arslan 10(2), Arar, Ural.

Coach Mexas renews with KAOD for one more year

KAOD counts only one victory in five games but the board feels confident with coach Kostas Mexas and renewed his contract for one more year, until the summer of 2016. Mexas signed his first contract as head coach this summer with KAOD but he has been in the team since 2011. KAOD board made a rare move in a League where five coaches have already been fired within first five games.

AEK part ways with Rick Jackson

AEK part ways with Rick Jackson. AEK had agreed terms with the player but one day after the team announced that they won't offer a contract to the American due to poor physical condition. This is the second time within a month, after Kevinn Pinkney, that AEK agrees terms with a player and did not pen a contract.

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Panathinaikos renews Jānis Blūms contract for two years

Panathinaikos signed Jānis Blūms with a 1+1 months contract in order to replace the injured DeMarcus Nelson but the Lithuanian had good games and the Greek champions announced today the renewal of his contract for two years. The contract offers Panathinaikos a renewal option on 2015 summer..

PAOK beat Budućnost for Eurocup fifth day

PAOK hosted and beat Budućnost Voli Podgorica for Eurocup fifth day. Budućnost took an early lead with 9-7 but PAOK made a 13-0 run and did not lose the scoring lead again in the game. Julian Vaughn had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Kevin Langford had 11 points and 8 rebounds, Marc Carter had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. For Budućnost William Sheehey had 15 points, Cedomir Vitkovic had 11 points and Aleksandar Chapin had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. PAOK with 4 victories in 5 games is in now in the second place of Eurocup Group F.
Quarters' scores: 20-13, 42-25, 63-34, 80-60.

PAOK: Langford 11(1), Liapis, Charalampidis 10(2), Carter 19(2), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 9(3), Kottas, Odum 3, Vaughn 16, Saloustros 5(1).
Budućnost Voli Podgorica: Cook 5, Sehovic 8(2), Planinic 2, Subotic 2, Dasic 3(1), Sheehey 15(1), Vitkovac 11(2), Popovic 6, Capin 6(2), Rikic 2.

Giannis Athanasoulas named MVP of Basket League fifth day

Giannis Athanasoulas named MVP of Basket League fifth day. Athanasoulas scored 21 points against AEK with 1/1 free throws, 4/4 two pointers and 4/5 three pointers, had 5 rebounds, 4 assists and his performance was ranked with 27 points.

Vasilis Xanthopoulos turned down Andorra

The Greek player had an offer by Bàsquet Club MoraBanc Andorra to replace the injured Victor Sada but he preferred to stay in Panionios. The team approached Xanthopoulos since he is experienced in the Spanish ACB Liga with Obradoiro and would have another Greek (Giorgos Bogris) in the team.

Panionios agreed terms with William Coleman

Panionios signed William Coleman. The 26 years old American forward returns to Greece after 2012-2013 season when he played in the Basket League for Kavala with Vangelis Alexandris as head coach. Coleman started his career in Miami Dade and besides Kavala has also played in Israel for Hapoel Holon, in FYROM for Rabotnicki, in Montenegro for Buducnost Voli Podgorica and in France for Le Mans.

AEK agreed terms with Rick Jackson

AEK signed Rick Jackson. The 25 years old center graduated from Syracuse where he played four years and then was undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft. Jackson started his career in France for Chorale Roanne Basket. After a year in France he returned to USA for Austin Toros in the NBA D-League. In the previous season Jackson played in Israel for Hapoel Gilboa Galil. Jackson has also played on Team USA (Under 18) at the semi-annual Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim, Germany in 2006. One day after the agreement AEK announced that the team will not offer a contract to Jackson.

Kolossos Rodou signed Aris Lykogiannis as head coach

Kolossos Rodou signed Aris Lykogiannis as its new head coach. Lykogiannis had worked for Sporting, Pagrati in Greece and Solna Vikings in Sweden but his best work was with Ikaros Chalkidas (former Ikaros Kallitheas) from 2009 to 2012. Ikaros Chalkidas hired him a year ago to replace Kalafatakis but released him only two months later. The Greek coach will change the team roster since the team does not seem satisfied with its foreign players except Mike James.

Nea Kifisia signed Nikos Barlos

Nea Kifisia signed Nikos Barlos. The 35 years old Greek player was searching for his new team, first he agreed terms with Panionios but he did not played for the club since it failed to get a valid license on time, and the player was in talks with Apollon Patras and Rethymno Aegean. Finally Barlos agreed terms and signed a new contract with Nea Kifisia where he was playing in the previous season.

Kolossos Rodou released Michalis Koutalianos

Kolossos Rodou released Michalis Koutalianos. The Greek coach was member of Kolossos' technical staff since 2003 and in March 2014 he was promoted to head coach when Dimitris Priftis left the club for Panathinaikos.

AEK signed Dragan Šakota as head coach

AEK signed Dragan Šakota as head coach. The 62 years old Greek-Serbian coach returns to AEK after 11 years. Šakota started his coaching career in Yugoslavia for IMT Beograd, Zadar and Cibona before moving to Greece for PAOK, Apollon Patras, Iraklis, Peristeri, AEK and Olympiacos. In 2005 he returned to Serbia for Red Star and after two years he moved to Italy for Fortitudo Bologna and Turkey for Trabzonspor and  Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi. In 2006, Šakota coached the Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Dragan Šakota will coach his son Dušan Šakota, who is currently the best player of AEK.

AEK and coach Vangelis Ziagkos part ways

AEK and coach Vangelis Ziagkos part ways. AEK announced that Vangelis Ziagkos is no longer the coach of the team, highlighting that the cooperation ended but the door is always open for Ziagkos.

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Olympiacos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fifth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fifth day. Olympiacos with 8/10 field goals in the first quarter created a difference of 14 points that became 20 points in the half time and did not face troubles to beat Aries Trikala. Brian Tracey was in a good day with 20 points, 4/5 two pointers, 2/3 three pointer, 5 rebounds and 4 assists but could not expect more against Olympiacos. Nate Bowie had 11 points and 6 assists, Steve Panos had 8 rebounds, Slaven Cupkovic had 19 points and 6 rebounds. For the winners Hunter and Petway had 12 points each. Vasilis Spanoulis served 6 assists, Dimitris Agravanis collected 7 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 3/3 three pointers and 6 assists.
Quarters' scores: 31-17, 54-34, 71-52, 87-72.

Olympiacos: Petway 12(2), Hunter 12, Dunston 8, Spanoulis 10(1), Darden 2, Sloukas 11(3), Lafayette 6, Christodoulou, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris 10(1), Kavvadas 4, Katsivelis 7(2).
Aries Trikala: Ingram 2, Nikolopoulos, Tracey 20(2), Bowie 11, Cupkovic 19(5), Panos 6, Spanos, Kamariotis, Matalon 8(1), Thodos, Varytimiadis, Kadji 6.

Giannis Rodostoglou scored 41 points for Aetos against Pagrati

Aetos beat Pagrati for A2 Greece fifth day and Giannis Rodostoglou made a unique game. The 31 years old forward of Aetos scored 41 points with 8/10 free throws, 8/10 two pointers, 6/6 three pointer, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

A2 Greece fifth day results

A2 Greece 2014-2015 fifth day results

OFI  - Arkadikos 67-75
Ermis Lagada - Iraklis 25-16 (Interrupted on 12)
Aetos - Pagrati 96-67
Lavrio - Psyhiko 83-70
Doxa Lefkadas - Livadia 77-68
Filippos Veroias - Kavala 60-76
Ilisiakos - Ethnikos 67-69

Aries Trikala signed Nemanja Miljkovic

Aries Trikala signed Nemanja Miljkovic. The 24 years old Serbian started his career in Serbia with Zemun, then moved to Austria for Zepter Vienna, Poland for Stelmet Zielona Góra, Slovenia for Grosuplje and Estonia for Parnu. Miljkovic is 204cm high and plays as power forward and center.

Panathinaikos beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League fifth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League fifth day. Rethymno Aegean finished the first quarter leading the score and troubled Panathinaikos until the end. Dimitris Diamantidis had 21 points, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 rebounds. Esteban Batista finished the game with a double double, 13 points and 12 rebounds, plus five fouls drawn. Double double for Rethymno's Mouhammad Faye with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Vincent Council had 17 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, Chaisson Allen had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. James Gist is returning to good games with 7 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. In his debut with Rethymno Fahro Alihodzic had 6 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound and 1 steal in 15 minutes. Panathinaikos continues undefeated in the League and Rethymno will keep the good game against the champions.
Quarters' scores: 14-16, 37-30, 61-49, 79-70.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 9, Bochoridis, Giankovits 10, Fotsis 2, Pappas 3, Mavrokefalidis 6, Diamantidis 21, Gist 7, Batista 13, Blums 3, Wright 2.
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 9, Schizas, Koumpouras, Council 17, Allen 9, Kalampokis, Faye 21, Sinis 2, Hilaris, Kravic 6, Alihodzic 6, Doulgerakis.

Aris beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifth day

Aris hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifth day in a game without fans. Aris was leading the game with ease but in the end Nea Kifisia tried to steal the victory with Uros Duvnjak. Aris had 12/27 three pointers but also made 17 turnovers. For the winners Aleksandar Vezenkov had 16 points, Ogo Adegboye had 13 points and 4 assists, Drew Naymick had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Muhamed Pašalić had 9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Nikola Pešaković had 16 points and 5 rebounds, Dimitris Mavroeidis had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Panagiotis Kafkis had 12 points and 4 assists, Uros Duvnjak had 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-14, 43-31, 61-51, 83-80

Aris : Pasalic 9(2), Manolopoulos, Gikas 3(1), Reed 8(1), Thomas 8(2), Vezenkov 16(3), Naymick 10, Mourtos 5(1), Symtsak 11, Adegboye 13(2).
Nea Kifisia: Remecun 5, Kafkis 12(2), Ewing, Liakopoulos 6, Pesakovic 16(4), Mavroeidis 12, Psathas 8, Kakiouzis 4, Tsaldaris, Duvnjak 13(2), Davis 4.

PAOK beat Panionios for Basket League fifth day

Panionios hosted PAOK for Basket League fifth day. Panionios was about to make its first victory and led the score 55-52 two minutes before the end but PAOK was more focused with an 8-0 run made the score 55-60. PAOK had more players to score and won a tough game. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 20 points, Gabe Pruitt and Vasilis Xanthopoulos had 10 points each and Tony Woods had 5 points and 8 rebounds. In his debut Luke Hancock had 7 points. For PAOK Julian Vaughn made a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Charalampidis had 11 points, Marc Carter had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Christos Saloustros had 6 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 33-35, 38-46, 61-65.

Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos 10, Verginis 4, Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnad 3, Motsenigos, Stamatis, Woods 5, Fitzpatrick 2, Korolev 20, Pruitt 10, Hancock 7.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Lanford 4, Liapis, Charalampidis 11, Carter 9, Kakaroudis 4, Tsochlas 5, Dedas, Kottas, Odum 9, Vaughn 17, Saloustros 6.

Panelefsiniakos beat AEK for Basket League fifth day

Panelefsiniakos hosted and beat AEK for Basket League fifth day. The debut of coach Koustenis brought the first victory for Panelefsiniakos who reached AEK in the League table. In a very tight game Panelefsiniakos with three consecutive three pointers in the third quarter creatd a difference, 55-48, that kept until the end and won the game. Great game by Giannis Athanasoulas with 21 points, 4/4 two pointers and 4/5 three pointers, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Aaric Murray had 13 points and 9 rebounds, Stelios Ioannou had 12 points, Fotis Vasilopoulos had 5 points and 5 assists. For AEK Dusan Sakota had 23 points, Carl English had 11 points and 5 assists, Leonidas Kaselakis had 4 points and 7 rebounds. In his debut Tomas Delininkaitis had 10 points and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 20-17, 33-34, 57-53, 81-72.

Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 3, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 5, Murray 13, Athanasoulas 21, Markovic 2, Dorkofikis 9, Ioannou 12, Johnson 8, Kalles 4, Avramidis.
AEK: Papantoniou 3, Delininkaitis 10, Sakota 23, Kaselakis 4, Polytarchou 6, Kamperidis 2, Williamson, Tsiakos 8, Sarikopoulos 2, Milosevic 3, English 11, Nikolic.

Korivos Amaliadas beat KAOD for Basket League fifth day

Korivos Amaliadas hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League fifth day. KAOD was leading the score for three quarters but lost in the end by Korivos in Amaliada. Korivos defense was tight in the last quarter and KAOD scored only 7 points. In the last minute Sasa Vasiljevic with a three pointer gave his team a great victory. For the winners Rob Lowery had 17 points and Josh Magette had 5 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Guille Rubio in his debut had 16 points and 6 rebounds, great addition for Korivos. For KAOD Rod Odom had 23 points and 9 rebounds, Linos Chrysikopoulos had 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and Eric Atkins had 7 points and 5 assists. In his debut Obie Trotter had 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
Quarters' scores: 19-24, 42-45, 53-62, 71-69.

Korivos  Amaliadas: Magette 5, Lowery 17, Giannakidis 3, Aggelopoulos 7, Papapetrou, Davis, Vasiljevic 11, Kanonidis 6, Filippakos, Garrett 6, Rubio 16, Batis.
KAOD: Slaftsakis 7, Trotter 5, Johnson 2, Georgakis 3, Atkins 7, Odom 23, Spyridonidis, Michel 3, Zaras 7, Loe 2, Chrysikopoulos 10, Kolovis.

Apollon Patras beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League fifth day

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League fifth day. Before the game Apollon Patras was in the bottom of the table but in its home the team improves a lot and Kolossos Rodou had a very poor game. Kolossos finished the first half with 21 points, Tsamis had 11 points, and only 1 assist, again Tsamis served it. Mike James had 0/6 shot and 0 points in the first half. Apollon Patras won with ease since the team had 14/31 three pointers. For Apollon Patras Brandon Penn had 19 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick made a double double with 15 points, and 11 rebounds, El-Amin had 12 points and Marios Batis had 8 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. For Kolossos Rodou Angelos Tsamis had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and Jamelle Hagins had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Galloway played 20 minutes but did not score.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 35-21, 58-39, 71-55.

Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 3, Galloway 3, Penn 19, Fitzpatrick 15, Antonakis 8, Batis 8, El-Amin 12, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 3, Niforas, Mastrogiannopoulos, Georgallis.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 1, Siologkas, Kareem 7, James 9, Smith, Stefanidis 6, Liden, Tsamis 13, Hagins 11, Buljan 8.

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague fourth day

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade for Euroleague fourth day. In a full of fans stadium and friendly atmosphere Olympiacos beat Red Star in Giannis Sfairopoulos' Euroleague debut. With Vasilis Spanoulis leading the score for another game with 14 points and 4 assists, Olympiacos made its fourth win in four games. Dimitris Agravanis had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 points. For Crvena Zvezda Boban Marjanovic had 13 points and 14 rebounds, while Jaka Blazic and Nikola Kalinic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 14-13, 26-37, 36-50,  57-62

Crvena Zvezda (Radonjic): Williams 7(1), Dangubic 2, Mitrovic 4, Lazic 5, Blazic 10 (2), Kalinic 10, Marjanovic 13, Jenkins 2, Jovic, Zirbes 4.
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 8 (2), Hunter 2, Dunston 11, Spanoulis 14 (3), Sloukas 4, Agravanis 8 (2), Mantzaris 7, Katsivelis, Lafayette 5 (1), Darden 3 (1).

Panathinaikos beat Armani Milano for Euroleague fourth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Armani Milano for Euroleague fourth day. Panathinaikos started with 3/3 three pointers and Armani Milano loose defense helped the home team to build a difference and keep it. In the third quarter Panathinaikos made a 13-0 run and cleared the game. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 15 points and 4 rebounds, Dimitris Diamantidis had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. For Armani Milano Joe Ragland had 13 points, 7 assists and Samardo Samuels had 18 points.
Quarters' scores: 23-13, 44-30, 71-43, 90-63

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 11(1), Bochoridis, Giankovits 9(2), Fotsis 7(1), Pappas 11(1), Mavrokefalidis 5, Diamantidis 6(1), Gist 9(1), Batista 15, Blums 8(2), Wright 9.
Armani Milano: Ragland 13(3), Brooks 11(1), Gentile, Melli, Meacham, Kleiza 4, James 3, Hackett 9(1), Samuels 18, Moss 5(1)

AEK signed Tomas Delininkaitis

AEK signed Tomas Delininkaitis. The 32 years experienced Lithuanian started his career in Neptunas and then moved to Lietuvos Rytas. After Lithuania Delinikaitis moved to Ukraine for Azovmash Mariupol and Budivelnyk Kyiv, in Spain for CB Murcia, in Greece for PAOK, back to Lithuania for Zalgiris Kaunas, back to Ukraine for Cherkaski Mavpy, then in Lithuania for Riga and finally Turkey for Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi. He is a member of Lithuania Mens National team. An experienced player that will help AEK.

Rethymno Aegean signed Fahro Alihodzic

Rethymno Aegean signed Fahro Alihodzic. The 26 years old Bosnian will replace Roeland Schaftenaar as long as he will be out of action due to an eye injury. Alihodzic played two years for UAB Blazers in the NCAA Division I.

AEK released Cashmere Wright

AEK released Cashmere Wright. The American averaged 5.0 points, 2.75 assists and 2.25 rebounds in 5 games but did not satisfied Vangelis Ziagkos with his performance and the club announced the end of his contract wishing him good luck.

Apollon Patras signed Giannis Georgallis

Apollon Patras signed Giannis Georgallis. The 31 years old Greek forward moves for the second time in his career from Kolossos Rodou to Apollon Patras. Georgallis started his career in Kolossos before moving to Apollon for six years, then one year in Panellinios, two years in Panionios, back to Panellinios, back to Kolossos Rodou and now back to Apollon Patras. Georgallis will debut against his former team Kolossos Rodou.

Korivos Amaliadas signed Guille Rubio

Korivos Amaliadas signed Guille Rubio. The 32 years old Spanish forward will play for the first time outside Spain where he had a great career in ACB League with Manresa, Unicaja Málaga, Cajasol Banca Cívica, CB Estudiantes, San Sebastián Gipuzkoa Basket Club and CB Valladolid. Rubio was member of the U20 Spain national team and in the previous season he was named MVP of the fourth day of ACB 2013-2014.

Korivos Amaliadas released Fedor Dmitriev

Korivos Amaliadas released Fedor Dmitriev. The 29 years old experienced Russian came to Amaliada with high expectations but did not meet the standards averaging 1.5 points, 1.75 rebounds and 1.25 assists after 4 games.

PAOK beat Ventspils for Eurocup fourth round

PAOK beat Ventspils for Eurocup fourth round. Marc Carter with 11 points led PAOK in the first quarter that finished with score 12-19. In the second quarter Ventspils balanced the game and the first half finished with equal score, 30-30. In the third quarter the home team took the lead by 44-41 but PAOK managed to counter attack and even lead by 8 points, 49-57. In the end a steal by Odum, free throws by Charalampidis and three pointers by Tsochlas and Landford gave PAOK the second away victory. For Ventspils Troy Barnies had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Akselis Vairogs had 15 points, Mire Chatman had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. For PAOK Kevin Langford had 7 points and 7 rebounds, Marc Carter had 17 points and 9 rebounds, Julian Vaughn had 14 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 12-19, 30-30, 44-45, 63-66

Ventspils: Barnies 13(1), Lajesmeiers 3(1), Vairogs 15(2), Ate, Butjankovs 6, Gulbis 5, Graziulis, Peiners 2, Chatman 15(2), Meiers, Grant 4.
PAOK: Langford 7(1), Charalampidis 7(1), Carter 17(3), Kakaroudis 8, Tsochlas 7(1), Dedas, Odum 4, Vaughn 14, Saloustros 2.

KAOD released Nikola Vasojevic

KAOD released Nikola Vasojevic. After only three games KAOD released the Serbian player. The team announced Obie Trotter who will replace him.

KAOD signed Obie Trotter

KAOD signed Obie Trotter. The American-Hungarian point guard is 1.85m high, was born on 1984 in USA but holds Hungarian passport and he is member of the National Team of Hungary. He graduated from Alabama A&M but was not drafted so he started his career in Germany with Gießen 46ers. Trotter has also played in France for Étendard de Brest, in Finland for Torpan Pojat, in Hungary for Szolnoki Olaj, in Russia for Nizhny Novgorod and Triumph Lyubertsy. In the previous season he played in Hungary for Szolnoki Olaj.

Aggelos Tsamis and Mike James named MVPs of the fourth day

Aggelos Tsamis and Mike James of Kolossos Rodou named MVPs of the fourth day. In the victory against Panelefsiniakos Angelos Tsamis scored 25 points, collected 12 rebounds and served 6 assists while Mike James added 22 points and 6 rebounds and both got 34 points in the ranking system.

Roeland Schaftenaar will have an eye surgery

Roeland Schaftenaar started a good season averaging 16.5 points per game with Rethymno Aegean but will have an eye surgery probably for a retinal detachment.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifth day

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fifth day

Saturday 8th November 2014
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - AEK 81-72
17:00 Panionios - PAOK 61-65
17:00 Korivos Amaliadas - KAOD 71-69
17:00 Aris - Nea Kifisia 83-80
17:00 Apollon Patras - Kolossos Rodou 71-55
Sunday 9th November 2014

17:00 Panathinaikos - Rethymno Aegean 79-70
Monday 10th November 2014
18:00 Olympiacos - Aries Trikala

A2 Greece fourth day results

A2 Greece 2014-2015 fourth day results

Saturday 1st November

Iraklis - Aetos 76-66
Psyhiko - Doxa Lefkadas 77-62
Ethinikos - OFI 68-63
Arkadikos - Ermis Lagada 84-60
Pagrati - Lavrio 73-71
Livadia - Filippos Veroias 75-48
Kavala - Ilisiakos 86-56

Panionios signed Luke Hancock

Panionios signed Luke Hancock. The 24 years old forward was named Most Oustanding Player of the NCAA Final Four for the season 2012-13 with the Louisville Cardinals, when he also won the NCAA championship.
Hancock joined the Orlando Magic for the Orlando Summer League and the Houston Rockets for the Las Vegas Summer League. A month ago he signed with the Memphis Grizzlies but the team released him only a two weeks later.
Hancock will help Panionios avoid relegation in a very tough season.

Olympiacos released Cedric Simmons

Olympiacos released Cedric Simmons. The 29 years old center could only play in Euroleague with Olympiacos and this season he didn't play at all in three Euroleague games. In the previous season he averaged 3.8 points and 3 rebounds in 22 games in Euroleague and 4.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in the Basket League. Simmons will continue his career in Italy and Euroleague with Dinamo Basket Sassari.

Christos Deligiannis in hospital with pericarditis

Christos Deligiannis is in hospital with pericarditis. The Greek player of Aries Trikala felt ill and went to hospital for medical exams. The results were pericarditis and the athlete will stay in hospital for further exams and recovery.
We wish him a fast recovery and hope to see him back soon and healthy in the basketball courts.

Perastika Christos Deligiannis sou euxomai Grhgorh anarwsh...
— T. Antetokounmpo (@Adeto_kouboS) November 3, 2014

Jimmy Koustenis is Panelefsiniakos new coach

Jimmy Koustenis is Panelefsiniakos new coach. The American Greek coach started his career as the assistant coach of Argyris Pedoulakis in Peristeri and Panellinios and of Nenad Markovic and Minas Gekos in Panionios. In 2012 he was the head coach of Peristeri and in 2013 the head coach of Ilisiakos. Koustenis started this season with Ethnikos Piraeus in the A2 division but will now coach Panelefsiniakos and will try to avoid relegation.

Olympiacos beat AEK for Basket League fourth day

Olympiacos beat AEK in OAKA for Basket League fourth day.  In the debut of Sfairopoulos with Olympiacos AEK managed to trouble the reds in the first quarters with a 9-4 lead and 15-14 first quarter score. In the second quarter Olympiacos took the lead with Vasilis Spanoulis having 14 points in the first half. The home team counter attacked again in the third quarter but could not follow in the last and Olympiacos won by 19 points. Great game by Vasilis Spanoulis with 14 points and 5 assists and Othello Hunter had 6 points and 7 rebounds. For AEK Dusan Sakota had 15 points, Zisis Sarikopoulos had 7 points and 6 rebounds, Leonidas Kaselakis had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 15-14, 30-44, 52-65, 62-81.

AEK (Ziagkos): Papantoniou 4, Kyles, Sakota 15(1), Kaselakis 10(1), Polytarchou, Wright 6, Kamperidis, Williamson 3, Tsiakos 3, Sarikopoulos 7, Milosevic 5 (1), English 9 (1).
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 8(2), Hunter 6, Dunston 5, Spanoulis 22(2), Sloukas 9, Lafayette 7(1), Lojeski 9(1), Agravanis 7(2), Mantzaris 8(2), Kavvadas, Katsivelis.

Panathinaikos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fourth day

Panathinaikos beat Aries Trikala in Trikala for Basket League fourth day. Panathinaikos took the score lead from the first quarter. In the second quarter Panathinaikos created a difference of 15 points, 23-38, but Trikala made a 13-0 run, 36-38 and managed to finish the quarter only six points behind, 42-48. Trikala had 2/11 three pointers in the first half. Steve Panos finished the first half with 11 points and Diamantidis with 12 and 3/6 three pointers. In the second half Trikala attacked and Panathinaikos was not that tight in defense so the home team approached to two points, 54-56. Blums and Fotsis with three pointers secured the game for Panathinaikos that made a 13-3 run and the difference went up to 18 points, 60-78. For Aries Trikala Steve Panos had 14 points, Christos Deligiannis had 11 points and 5 rebounds and Nate Bowie had 9 assists. Mario Matalon had 7 assists and 4 points and Slaven Čupković had 13 points. For Panathinaikos Dimitris Diamantidis had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Janis Blums had 12 points with 4/6 three pointers, Vlantimir Giankovits had 14 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Vasilis Charalampopoulos had 7 points and 5 assists. AJ Slaughter had a bad day with 0/5 field goals and 0/2 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 18-27, 42-48, 60-72, 70-92

Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 9, Nikolopoulos , Tracey 7, Bowie 2, Cupkovic 13, Panos 14, Spanos 8(2), Deligiannis 11, Matalon 4, Varytimiadis, Kadji 2, Houhoumis.
Panathinaikos (Ivanonivc): Charalampopoulos 7(1), Slaughter, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 14(1), Fotsis 10(2), Mavrokefalidis 3, Diamantidis 18(5), Gist 11(1), Batista 11, Koniaris 2, Blums 12(4), Wright 6.

Nea Kifisia beat Apollon Patras for Basket League fourth day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League fourth day. Nea Kifisia continued with impressive victories and remains in the top of the League table. With Michalis Kakiouzis making a double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds and 10 of its players scoring the home team won Apollon Patras who had its foreign players in a bad day. Besides Kakiouzis for Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos had 8 points and 4 assists, Cade Davis had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Giannis Psathas had 8 crucial points and Uros Duvnjak had 5 points and 5 rebounds. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 22 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 7 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Penn had 0/7 three pointers but also had 8 rebounds. Kevin Galloway didn't score and Apollon Patras' coach Vetoulas charged him for not being focused in the game.
Quarters' scores: 22-17, 41-27, 55-41, 63-54.

Nea Kifisia: Remecun 5, Kafkis, Ewing 2, Liakopoulos 8, Pesakovic 2, Mavroeidis 6, Psathas 8, Kakiouzis 12, Tsaldaris 5(1), Duvnjak 5, Davis 10(1).
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 10, Galloway, Penn 7, Fitzpatrick 7(1), Antonakis, Batis 8(2), El-Amin 22(2), Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas. 

PAOK beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day. It was the first game of the Basket League Greece that a father and a son, Soulis and Charis Markopoulos, played against each other as head coaches of the two opponents. The faher had previously won the son in a friendly game for the Patras Cup and he repeated the same for the Basket League. For the winners Apollon Tsochlas had 17 points, Giorgos Dedas had 16 points and Julian Vaughn had 11 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 18 points, Dwayne Davis had 14 points and Sasa Vasiljevic had 12 points.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 46-32, 59-52, 84-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis 3(1), Charalampidis  5(1), Carter 9(1), Kakaroudis 3 (1), Tsochlas 17 (3), Dedas 16 (4), Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 11, Saloustros 11
Korivos Amaliadas (Ch. Markopoulos): Magette 3, Lowery 18, Gianakidis, Angelopoulos 2, Papapetrou, Davis 14 (1), Vasiljevic 12 (1), Kanonidis 7 (1), Filippakos, Garret 8, Dmivtriev 3 (1), Galiotos 4.

Rethymno Aegean beat Panionios for Basket League fourth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League fourth day. Panionios with Vangelis Alexandris as its new coach was more competitive but did not celebrate its first victory and will struggle to avoid relegation. For Rethymno Aegean Roeland Schaftenaar made a double double with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Fanis Koumpouras had 10 points and 5 assists. Trevis Simpson, Chaisson Allen and Mouhammed Faye had 9 points each. For Panionios Yaroslav Korolev had 14 points and 8 rebounds and the new addition Gabe Prewitt had 12 points with 4 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 14-17, 32-31, 52-49, 75-65.

Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 9 (1), Schizas, Koumpouras 10, Schaftenaar 25 (4), Council 8, Allen 9 (2), Kalampokis, Faye 9 (1), Sinnis, Cheilaris  3 (1), Kravic 2, Doulgerakis.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos 3 (1), Petropoulos, Verginis 9 (1), Spyropoulos, Strnand 5 (1), Motsenigos, Billis, Stamatis 2, Woods 14, Fitzpatrick 6, Korolev 14 (2), Prewitt 12 (4).

Aris beat KAOD for Basket League fourth day

Aris beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League fourth day. Aris was leading the score in the whole game but KAOD counter attacked in the end and 14 seconds before the end Spyridonidis equalized the score, 72-72. Moourtos missed two free throws but Aleksandar Vezenkov was there to collect the rebound and score two free throws which gave his team the victory. Another great game for KAOD's captain Thodoris Zaras with 26 points and 5 assists. For KAOD Rob Loe added 9 points and 5 rebounds, Michel had 7 points and 7 rebounds, Diamantis Slaftsakis had 6 rebounds, 4 points and 3 assists. For Aris Ogo Adegboye had 17 points, LeMarcus Reed had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 10-15, 31-34, 46-58, 70-74

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4, Vasojevic 5, Johnson 2, Georgakis, Atkins 8, Odom 2, Spyridonidis 5(1), Michel 7, Zaras 26(4), Loe 9(1), Chrysikopoulos 2.
Aris: Pasalic, Gikas 6(1), Reed 9(1), Vezenkov 13(1), Naymick 12, Simtsak 2, Adegboye 17(2).

Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day. With Angelos Tsamis scoring 25 points, collecting 12 rebounds and serving 6 assists, Mike James adding 22 points and 6 rebounds and Taylor Smith adding his 11 points and 9 rebounds  Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos more difficult than the final score misleads. For Panelefsiniakos Periklis Dorkofikis had 11 poitns and 5 rebounds, Aarick Murray had 12 points, Frank Robinson and Nikola Markovic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 21-20, 38-38, 61-62, 83-68

Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis, Kareem 2, James 22, Smith 11, Stefanidis 8, Linden, Tsamis 25, Haggins 7, Buljan 8.
Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 10, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 7, Murray 12, Markovic 10, Dorkofikis 11, Ioannou 9, Johnson 5, Kalles, Avramidis.

Olympiacos signed Giannis Sfairopoulos as head coach

Olympiacos signed Giannis Sfairopoulos as head coach. The 47 years old Greek coach will lead the team that Giorgos Bartzokas won two Euroleague cups before resigning a month ago. Sfairopoulos signed a two years contract. The Greek coach had worded for PAOK as assistant and head coach, for the Greek national team, Olympiacos and CSKA Moscow as assistant coach and for Kolossos Rodou and Panionios as head coach. With Panionios he was voted as the fourth best coach of the Basket League 2013-2014 and the Basket League 2012-2013.

Olympiacos beat Neptūnas for Euroleague third day

Olympiacos beat Neptūnas for Euroleague third day. Olympiacos needed an extra time to beat Neptūnas but even like this made its third victory in three games. The home team had 0/10 three pointers in the first half and was behind in score but in the second half they made a 7-0 run and balanced the game. In the end of the normal time Shakur missed a chance to win the game by missing a free throw and in extra time Olympiacos won the game. Vasilis Spanoulis had a great game with 34 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Kostas Sloukas helped his team with crucial shots and 13 points. Simas Galdigas finished the game with a double double, 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 15-17, 30-38, 55-55, 76-76 OT: 81-85.

Neptūnas: Mazeika 11, Girdziunas 4, Nacius, Sinica, Dimsa 5, Gailius 16, Galdikas 13, Shakur 13, Beliauskas, Zavackas 14, Vasylius, Butkevicius 5.
Olympiacos: Petway 9, Hunter, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 34, Sloukas 13, Christodoulou, Agravanis, Mantzaris, Kavvadias, Katsivelis, Lafayette 3, Lojeski 10.