Fenerbahce beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16 Round One

Fenerbahce hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 Round One. Panathinaikos was not good at the first quarter, then managed to balance the game in the second quarter but then Diamantidis got a light injury and left the game. Without Diamantidis Panathinaikos seemed to lack that something that could help the team steal the game at the end.

Fenerbahce - Panathinaikos 82-75
Quarters' scores: 28-18, 46-43, 62-58, 82-75
Fenerbahce (Obradovic): Hickman 2, Udoh 16, Andic 12 (3), Bogdanovic 12 (2), Sloukas 4, Vesely 12, Kalinic, Dixon 9, Datome 15 (2).
Panathinaikos (Djordjevic): Pavlovic 10, Yaknovic 8 (2), Fotsis 6 (2), Raduljica 14, Pappas 6, Feldeine, Diamantidis 5 (1), Gist 14 (3), Calathes 9 (1), Kuzmic 3.
Quick stats: Sloukas 0/6 FG, Feldeine 0/7 FG, Calathes 6 turnovers, Udoh 7 rebounds, Fotsis 2/2 FG + 6 rebounds.

Olympiacos beat Barcelona for Euroleague Top 16 round 1

Olympiacos hosted and beat Barcelona for Euroleague Top 16 round 1.

Olympiacos - Barcelona 74-62
Quarters' scores: 14-14, 39-26, 56-40, 74-62
Olympiacos: James 6, Hunter 10, Papapetrou 8 (1), Spanoulis 11 (1), Strawberry 8 (1), Milutinov 2, Printezis 7, Agravanis 6 (2), Mantzaris 6 (2), Hackette 8 (2), Athinaiou 2.
Barcelona: Doellman 4, Ribas 8 (2), Lawal, Abrines 3 (1), Navarro 1, Satoransky 12 (1), Vezenkov 3 (1), Erickson, Samuels 7, Oleson 5 (1), Perperoglou 3 (1), Tomic 16.
Quick stats: Spanoulis 9 assists, Papapetrou 7 rebounds, Navarro 0/5 FG, Ribas 8 assists, Samuels 1/6 FG + 5/10 FT.

Faros - PAOK Cup semi final referee call

Faros won PAOK for the Greek Cup semi finals but PAOK complains for the last crucial call of the referees. Papamakarios has the ball and Schortsianitis plays defense on him, blocking the shot with his hands. The referees called it a foul, PAOK complained for travelling, who was right?

Olympiacos signed Darius Johnson Odom

Olympiacos signed Darius Johnson Odom. The 26 years old American guard parted ways with Trabzonspor and will continue the season in Greece and Euroleague with Olympiacos. Johnson-Odom was selected 55th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, but moved to Los Angeles Lakers and played mainly for the Los Angeles D-Fenders in the NBA D-League.
In 2013 he played some games for Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia and for Sichuan Blue Whales in China. In 2014 he played some games for Springfield Armor and signed a 10 days contract with  Philadelphia 76ers but he did not play. His first full season was 2014-2015 with Pallacanestro Cantù and he started this season in Turkey with Trabzonspor. In Turkey he averaged 11.2 points and 3.5 assists and in Eurocup he averaged 7.6 points. Odom played two games against Aris for Eurocup, scoring 11 points in the home win and 13 points in the road defeat.

One more player in Euro league top 16! Darius Johnson Odom moved from Trabzonspor to Olympiacos!

— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) December 28, 2015

Schortsianitis continues with PAOK

Schortsianitis continues with PAOK. The 30 years old center started the season in Serbia for Red Star and came to PAOK in November with a two months unpaid contract. There was an option for mutual renewal after the 31st of December and since PAOK qualified for Eurocup Top 32 and Sofo is happy, the player continues until the end of the season.

AEK released Malcolm Armstead

AEK released Malcolm Armstead. The 26 years old American played only three games with AEK and after the addition of DJ Cooper was not into the team's planning. Armstead continues in Turkey with Büyükşehir Belediyespor.

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 eleventh day

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 eleventh day

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
Kolossos Rodou - AEK 85-86
Quarters' scores: 11-15, 31-33, 59-57, 72-72. ET: 85-86
Kolossos: Larentzakis 24 (1), Georgalis, Releford 26 (3), McGhee 3, Lewis 5 (1), Manolopoulos 3(1), Davis 12, Linden, Ahonen 5(1), Saloustros 7 (1).
AEK: Cooper 20 (4), Sakota 12 (4), Carter 10, Katsivelis 10 (1), Mavroeidis 7, Armstead 4(1), Papantoniou, Milosevic 1, Mavrokefalidis 18 (3), Kalampokis 4.
Quick stats: DJ Cooper 11 assists + 9 rebounds + 4/9 3p, McGhee 7 rebounds, Releford 11/14 FG + 3 assists + 4 steals, Sakota 4/7 3p.

Apollon Patras - Lavrio 90-73
Quarters' scores: 22-29, 49-45, 67-60, 90-73.
Apollon: Argyropoulos 10, Verginis 17, Mastrogiannopoulos, Pahlmblad 2, Jawara 10, Dillard 20, Pelekoudas, Kouzeloglou 3, Bazinas, Meier 12, Saddler 10, Woods 6.
Lavrio: Young 13, Krubally 15, Tsiros, Sakellariou 7, Perrakis 2, Kaklamanakis, Giannakopoulos 3, Kaponis, Bebis, Hamilton 8, Barlos 13, Bolds 13.
Quick stats: Woods 7 rebounds, Jawara 6 assists, Krubally 6 rebounds, Young 7 assists, Pahlmblad 1/7 FG, Dillard 7 fouls won, Bolds 6 rebounds + 4 assists.

PAOK - Trikala 82-67
Quarters' scores: 26-4, 38-27, 65-46, 82-67
PAOK: Tepic 18, Vasileiadis 11, Margaritis 12, Schortsianitis 8, Hatcher 8, Liapis, Kakaroudis 8, Tsochlas 8, Dedas 5, Kottas, Duvnjak 2, Markovic 2.
Trikala: Cadougan 5, Dowell 6, Tsiaras 6, Conger 13, Teague, Soko 21, Tsiloulis, Karathanasis 11, Kales, Robinson 5, Varytimiadis.
Quick stats: Vasileiadis 8 rebounds, Hatcher 6 assists, Soko 8 rebounds + 5 assists + 5 steals, PAOK 1 offensive rebound!, Tepic 4/5 3p, Margaritis 4/4 FG + 4 rebounds, Cadougan 2/8 FG.

Arkadikos - Korivos Amaliadas 88-89
Quarters' scores: 28-20, 47-44, 63-70, 88-89.
Arkadikos: Kavvadas 17, Van Ostrum 21 (4), Stefanidis 17 (1), Brown 6 (1), Nuutinen 7 (1), Ireland 8, Karamalegkos, Labropoulos 4, Kallinikidis 8(2), Tzougarakis.
Korivos: Davis 16 (1), Pouliniatis, Christodoulou 9 (1), Harding, Charitopoulos 11, Trotter 10 (1), Georgakis, Slaftsakis 2, Vasilopoulos 2, Council 15 (3), Harris 20 (2).
Quick stats: Kallinikidis 6 rebounds, Harris 11 rebounds, Council 7 assists, Kavvadas 5/5 FG.

Panathinaikos - Kavala 88-54
Quarters' scores: 25-15, 44-26, 72-36, 88-54
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 8 (1), Feldeine 14 (4), Gist 8, Calathes 6 (1), Kuzmic, Yankovic 9, Fotsis 5(1), Raduljica 8, Pappas 13(1), Diamantidis 2, Papagiannis 15, Lountzis.
Kavala: Laser 20 (4), Van der Mars 5, Kalaitzidis, Jones 3, Robinson 2, Stamboulis 2, Gkelios 2, Giannakidis 18 (6), Livas, 2 Demertzis.
Quick stats: Papagiannis 10 rebounds, Charalampopoulos 8 rebounds + 1/6 3p, Feldeine 4/7 3p, Van der Mars 10 rebounds, Giannakidis 6/9 3p.

Thursday 24th December 2015
Rethymno Cretan Kings - Kifisia 74-61
Quarters' scores: 22-13, 34-28, 57-43, 74-61
Rethymno: Kloof 13 (1), Schizas 7, Schaftenaar 8, Giannopoulos 11 (1), Stone 11, Madden 5 (1), Harrow 13 (1), Carter 6.
Kifisia: Lowery 11 (1), Stiggers 5 (1), Kaselakis 10, Glyniadakis 7, Popovic 1, Stamatis 2, Chrysikopoulos 4, Hogue 7, EL-Amin 8 (2), Smith 6.

Olympiacos - Aris 76-64
Quarters' scores: 19-16, 34-37, 56-55, 76-64
Olympiacos: Spanoulis 15 (2), Strawberry 14 (1), Milutinov 2, Printezis 6, Mantzaris 2, James 2, Hunter 14, Papapetrou 10 (1), Agravanis 2, Hackette 7 (1), Athinaiou 2
Aris: Pelekanos 8, White 5 (1), Waters 10 (1), Hagins 14, McNeal 14 (1), Xanthopoulos, Zaras 7(1), Cohen 3 (1), Mourtos 3, Simtsak.

Faros Keratsiniou made the best start ever in A2 League!

Faros Keratsiniou made the best start ever in A2 League! With 11 wins in 11 games Faros broke Dafni's record from 1998, when the team had 10 wins in a row before being defeated by Makedonikos.
The next record for Faros is the winning strike, with KAOD having 19 wins in a row in the 2010/2011 season.

Stefanos Dedas is Gaziantep's new head coach

Stefanos Dedas is Gaziantep's new head coach. The Greek coach was the assistant of Jure Zdovc, but the Slovenian coach left Gaziantep for AEK and Dedas did not follow him since he had an offer from Gaziantep to become the head coach.

Stefanos Dedas will be the head coach of @gantepbasketbol . Another step up in his carreer. Great basketball mind ready to lead Antep

— Nikolaos Spanos (@nikolaosspanos) December 20, 2015

AEK agreed terms with Jurij Zdovc

AEK agreed terms with Jurij (Jure) Zdovc. The 49 years old Slovenian is the new coach of AEK, replacing Dragan Sakota. Zdovc signed a 2.5 years contract (1.5 + 1) until the summer of 2018.
Zdovc has played for Iraklis and Panionios in Greece, and was the coach of Iraklis in 2005-2006 season.

As a player he has won one Euroleague, two French Championships, two Slovenian Championships, three Slovenian Cups.
As a coach he has won one Croatian and three Slovenian Cups, and one Slovenian and one Bosnian Championships. In 2012 he was named coach of the year for the Eurocup with Spartak St. Petersburg. Before AEK Zdovc was the head coach of Gaziantep in Turkey, with Stefanos Dedas being his assistant coach. Dedas did not follow Zdovc in AEK, as he is now the head coach of Gaziantep.

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 tenth day results

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 tenth day results

Trikala - Arkadikos 82-54
Quarters' scores: 18-17, 35-28, 59-38, 82-54
Trikala (Flevarakis): Cadougan 15 (1), Dowell 5 (1), Tsiaras 3, Conger 25 (3), Teague 5, Soko 16 (1), Tsiloulis, Karathanasis, Kalles 2, Robinson 11 (2), Varytimiadis.
Arkadikos (Kastritis): Labropoulos 4, Van Oostrum 11 (3), Stefanidis 8 (2), Brown 8 (2), Nuutinen 9 (1), Karamalegkos 1, Kavvadas 10, Kopsaftis, Konstantinou 3 (1), Kallinikidis, Tzougarakis.
Quick stats: Conger 11/12 FG + 8 rebounds, Stefanidis 5 assists, Cadougan 7/9 FG, Brown 3/9 FG, Kavvadas 7 fouls won.

Kavala - Kolossos Rodou 72-85
Quarters' scores: 13-20, 39-40, 47-61, 72-85
Kavala (Giatzoglou): Laser 11, Kemp 5, Van der Mars 7, Kostov 23 (5), Robinson 7 (1), Tapoutos 16 (1), Kalaitzidis 2, Giannakidis, Demertzis, Jones 1.
Kolossos Rodou (Lykogiannis): Larentzakis 14 (2), Linden, Releford 23 (5), McGhee 8, Lewis 13 (3), Billis, Oikonomopoulos, Manolopoulos, Davis 8, Georgallis 3 (1), Ahonen 14 (4), Saloustros 2.
Quick stats: Van der Mars 8 rebounds, Larentzakis 7 rebounds, Releford 4 assists, Manolopoulos 0/5 FG.

AEK - Rethymno Cretan Kings 86-70
Quarters' scores: 23-11, 49-32, 69-52, 86-70
AEK (Manolopoulos): Cooper 4, Milosevic 10 (2), Mavrokefalidis 19, Carter 10 (2), Katsivelis 3, Armstaid 5 (1), Papantoniou 5(1), Sakota 2, Sarikopoulos 2, Kalampokis 11 (1), Mavroeidis 15.

Rethymno: Kloof 25 (2), Schizas, Harrow 17 (1), Stone 10 (1), Carter 11 (1), Madden 4, Giannopoulos 3, Tsakaleris, Matalon.
Quick stats:  Mavrokefalidis 8 rebounds, DJ Cooper 11 assists, Giannopoulos 7 rebounds, Rethmyno 10 assists, Kloof 9 fouls won.

Lavrio - PAOK 62-78
Quarters' scores: 12-20, 27-43, 44-64, 62-78
Lavrio (Serelis): Young 13, Krubally 4, Tsiros 3 (1), Giannakopoulos 6 (1), Barlos, Bolds 14 (1), Bakas, Nikolakopoulos 2, Perrakis 13 (3), Kaklamanakis, Kaponis 5, Bebis 2
PAOK (Markopoulos): Tepic 9 (1), Vasileiadis 9 (1), Margaritis 20, Schortsianitis 5, Hatcher 15 (2), Liapis 2, Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 3, Dedas 6 (2), Kottas 2, Duvnjak 5 (1), Markovic 2.
Quick stats: Krubally 6 rebounds, Tepic 7 rebounds, Tsochlas 8 assists, Lavrio 10 assists, Margaritis 9/10 FG.

Aris - Apollon Patras 82-50
Quarters' scores: 29-11, 35-26, 60-42, 82-50
Aris (Priftis): Dimas 2, Pelekanos, Flionis 5, White 22 (3), Waters 9 (1), Diplaros 1, Zaras 6, Hagins 8, Cohen 10, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 3, McNeal 14 (1).
Apollon (Mexas): Jawara 4, Argyropoulos 5(1), Mastrogiannopoulos 4, Pahlmblad, Dillard 22 (2), Kouzeloglou 4, Bazinas, Meier 4, Saddler 1, Woods 6.
Quick stats: Hagins 8 rebounds, Waters 6 assists, Dillard 5 rebounds + 6 assists, Aris 8 turnovers + 17/18 FT, Apollon 3/20 3p, Pahlmblad 0/5 FG (-7 ranking!), Apollon 7 assists + 2 offensive rebounds!

Korivos Amaliadas - Panathinaikos 57-75
Quarters' scores: 14-20, 29-39, 47-57, 57-75
Korivos (Markopoulos): Davis 15 (2), Harding, Vasilopoulos 4, Council 2, Harris 15, Sinetos, Poulianitis 3 (1), Charitopoulos 7 (1), Trotter 5 (1), Vardakastanis, Georgakis 6, Batis.
Panathinaikos (Djordjevic): Pavlovic 3 (1), Feldeine 25 (3), Gist 10, Calathes 2, Kuzmic 9, Charalampopoulos, Jankovic 16 (2), Fotsis 2, Raduljica 6, Diamantidis 2, Papagiannis.

Kifisia - Olympiacos 73-75
Quarters' scores: 16-14, 34-34, 50-56, 73-75
Kifisia (Papapetrou): Lowery 15, Stiggers 2, Kaselakis 3, Hogue 12, Glyniadakis 18, El-Amin 10 (2), Gkikas 6 (2), Stamatis, Chrysikopoulos 4, Smith 3.
Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Papapetrou 8, Strawberry 11, Milutinov 3, Printezis 13 (1), Mantzaris 7 (1), James 6, Hunter 6, Tsairelis 10, Hackette 11 (1), Athinaiou.
Quick stats: Hogue 11 rebounds, Milutinov 8 rebounds, Gkikas 6 assists, Athinaiou 5 assists, Olympiacos 18/27 FT.

Doukas signed Alexis Kyritsis

Doukas signed Alexis Kyritsis. The 33 years old Greek guard will play for his third team in A2 League, after Papagos and Doxa Lefkadas. Kyritsis started his career from Papagos, and has also played for Aris, Marousi, AEK, PAOK, Kavala, Ilisiakos, Panathinaikos, Ikaros Kallitheas, Panionios in the Basket League Greece. He has played in Eurocup and in Euroleague, and had won the Greek Cup twice, the first with Aris in 2004 and the second with Panathinaikos in 2012.

Sotiris Manolopoulos replaced Dragan Sakota in AEK

AEK appointed Sotiris Manolopoulos as new coach. The team decided to release Dragan Sakota from the head coach position and the experienced Serbian is now the team's General Manager. Sotiris Manolopoulos joined AEK two months ago and is now the head coach of the team.

Kifisia signed Muhammad El-Amin

Kifisia signed Muhammad El-Amin. The 28 years old American returns to Greece after a very good season with Apollon Patras, when he was the fifth in points scored and third in fouls won in the first round of Basket League 2014-2015. Against Kifisia El-Amin was the top scorer of Apollon with 22 points. El-Amin started this season in Italy for Reggia JuveCaserta.

Rethymno signed Rashad Madden

Rethymno signed Rashad Madden. After rumours about the deal, the team officially announced that Madden replaced Relphorde until the end of the season. 

Euroleague 2015-2016 tenth day results

Euroleague 2015-2016 tenth day results

Panathinaikos beat Zalgiris in Kaunas and qualified third in his group, avoiding a series against Olympiacos in the Top 16.

Zalgiris Kaunas - Panathinaikos 72-75
Quarters' scores: 16-21, 36-34, 58-52, 72-75
Zalgiris: Vene, Lekavicius 9, Pocius 8, Kalnietis 5, Motum 2, Jankunas 13, Vougioukas 9, Javtokas 2, Hanlan 19, Ulanovas 5.
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 12, Yankovic 3, Fotsis 6 (2), Raduljica 6, Pappas 1, Feldeine 14 (2), Diamantidis 6, Gist 5, Calathes 14, Kuzmic 8.
Quick stats: Zalgiris 5/16 3p, Jankunas 11 rebounds, Hanlan 7/7 FG, Calathes 6 rebounds + 6 assists, Pavlovic 10 rebounds.

Nikos Chatzis retired

Nikos Chatzis retired. The 39 years old Greek guard announced that he retires as a player and will continue his career in basketball as a coach. In his announcement he highlights the European Under 16 Championship that he won in 1993, and the World Under 19 Championship that he won in 1995.
Chatzis started his career in AEK where he played for ten years in a row (1995-2005) and another two (2007-2009) after playing for a year in Olympiacos and one year in Panionios. In 2009 Chatzis moved to Ilisiakos and his last team was Arkadikos in A2 League. With AEK he had won twice the Greek Championship (2000, 2001) and in 2000 he also won the Saporta Cup. Chatzis played 554 games in the A1 League of Greece and scored 5.200 points, becoming the top scorer of the Greek Basket League in 30th March 2014.

Eurocup 2015-2016 tenth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 tenth day results

Aris beat Banvit, covering the points difference of the fifth day game, and qualified in the first place of its group.
PAOK beat Lietuvos in Rytas, like it had done in Thessaloniki for the fifth day game, and qualified to the Top 32 round.
AEK beat Neptunas but this was not enough to qualify to the next round, but the team exited Eurocup 2015-2016 with another home win.

Aris - Banvit 72-53
Quarters' scores: 16-17, 33-29, 51-46, 72-53
Aris: Dimas, Pelekanos, Flionis 2, White 12, Waters 6, Diplaros, Zaras 5, Hagins 12, Cohen 10, Mourtos 5, Simtsak, McNeal 20 (4).
Banvit: Ulusoy, Fortson 8, Johnson 20, Slaughter 2, Gecim 4, Simmons, Vidmar 6, Moerman 6, Altunbey, Yildirim, Yolmaz, Carmichael 5.
Quick stats:  Hagins 9 rebounds, White 8 rebounds, Waters 8 assists, McNeal 4/5 3p + 3/13 2p, Fortson 6 rebounds + 5 assists, Vidmar 8 rebounds, Slaughter 0/7 FG.

AEK - Neptunas 75-71
Quarters' scores: 22-19, 33-34, 53-60, 75-71
AEK: Papantoniou 5, Sakota 5, Hairston 9, Milosevic 7, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 27, Carter 10, Sarikopoulos 2, Katsivelis 1, Kalampokis 7, Mavroeidis 2.
Neptunas: Ewing 22, Siksnius 4, Mazeika 11, Girdziunas 5, Bader 5, Sarakauskas 1, Zavackas 11, Grant 9, Biruta, Butkevicius 3.
Quick stats: Mavrokefalidis 9 rebounds + 8 fouls won, Ewing 9 assists.

Lietuvos Rytas - PAOK 81-88
Quarters' scores: 23-25, 50-45, 68-64, 81-88
Lietuvos: Juskevicius 15 (4), Lukauskis, Laprovitola 3 (1), Lavrinovic 18 (2), Gailius 10(2), Orelik 12 (2), Janavicius 5 (1), Kavaliauskas 10, Runkauskas, Giedraitis 8, Gudaitis.
PAOK: Tepic 6, Vasileiadis 17 (3), Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas, Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 3, Kottas, Schortsianitis 23, Duvnjak 9 (3), Markovic 7, Hatcher 18 (2).
Quick stats: Janavicius 6 assists, Schortsianitis 10 rebounds + 10/14 FG, Duvnjak 3/4 3p.

Apollon Patras eyes Karamo Jawara

Apollon Patras eyes Karamo Jawara. The 24 years old Norwegian forward graduated from North Carolina Central where he played three years in the NCAA. Jawara started this season in Romania with U Banca Transilvania Cluj where he averages 5.3 points and 3.1 rebounds in 8 games. He will replace the Serbian Bosnian Dejan Cup who had 1+6 months contract but did not satisfied the team with his performance.

Lavrio signed Demarius Bolds

Lavrio Demarius Bolds. The 31 years old American guard returns to Greece after 2013-2014 season when he played for Apollon Patras and was the top in steals in the league, while he was the 5th in ranking, 2nd in points scored and 2nd in steals in the first round. Bolds then played in Al Rayyan Doha of Qatar, where he was team mate with Patrick Ewing, and he started this season in Turkey with Final Spor Genclik. Bolds graduated from Missouri Western and he has also played in England for London Lions and in Czech Republic for BC Kolin.

Rethymno eyes Rashad Madden

Rethymno's couch Skourtopoulos is not happy with the performance of Marcus Relphorde and the team is already eyeing Rashad Madden. The 23 years old American guard graduated from Arkansas where he played four years in the NCAA with the  Arkansas Razorbacks. Madden started his professional career in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław where he averaged 9.7, 4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 10 games for the domestic league and 9.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 6 games in FIBA Europe Cup.

Euroleague 2015-2016 ninth day results.

Euroleague 2015-2016 ninth day results.

Olympiacos beat Limoges in France, like in Greece for the fourth day game, even without Young, Spanoulis, Lojeski, but with James Shawn in his first game with the reds in Euroleague. Again Limoges was bad at three pointers and Mantzaris scored more than ten points.

Limoges CSP - Olympiacos 67-76
Quarters' scores: 15-20, 36-46, 48-65, 67-76
Limoges: Schaffartzik 5 (1), Wojciechowski 2, Daniels 10, Gatens 8 (2), Westermann 14 (2), Payne 2, Camara 6, Boungou-Colo 2, Traore 14, Zerbo 4.
Olympiacos: James, Hunter 6, Papapetrou 11 (2), Strawberry 9 (1), Tsairelis 4, Milutinov 4, Mouratos, Printezis 13 (1), Agravanis, Mantzaris 12 (2), Hackette 9 (2), Athinaiou 8 (2).
Quick stats: Westermann 5 assists, Traore 6 rebounds, Athinaiou 5 assists, Olympiacos 10/22 3p, Limoges 5/18 3p.

Panathinaikos - Zielona Gora 82-51
Quarters' scores: 26-23, 47-33, 67-47, 82-51.
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 2, Charalampopoulos, Yankovic 10, Fotsis 9, Raduljica 6, Feldeine 8, Diamantidis 6, Gist 14, Calathes 18, Papagiannis 1, Kuzmic 8.
Zielona Gora: Bost 5, Reynolds 8, Szewczyk 6, Ponitka Mar. 2, Ponitka Mat. 11, Gruszecki, Hrycaniuk 5, Zamojski 3, Borovnjak 3, Koszarek 8.
Quick stats: Panathinaikos 12/22 FT, Calathes 7/8 FG + 7 assists + 3 steals, Kuzmic 9 rebounds, Jankovic 4/5 FG + 5 rebounds, Borovnjak 1/10 FG, Gruszecki 0/6 FG.

Eurocup 2015-2016 ninth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 ninth day results

Steaua Bucharest - Aris 67-77
Quarters' scores: 8-18, 29-39, 51-54, 67-77
Steaua: Paul 8(2), Amis 12, Nicoara 10, Lee 2, Rasic 7 (1), Cooper 6, Ikovlev 8 (2), Marinovic 14 (4)
Aris: Xanthopoulos 2, Pelekanos 3(1), Cupkovic 8, White 16 (2), Waters 8 (1), Zaras, Hagins 11, Cohen 4, Mourtos 4, McNeal 21 (2).
Quick stats: Marinovic 4/9 3p, Amis 9 rebounds, Rasic 8 assists, White 12 rebounds, Waters 6 assists, Hagins 7 rebounds. 

Hapoel Jerusalem - AEK 82-78
Quarters' scores: 31-20, 43-37, 61-55, 82-78
Hapoel: Duncan 4, Gaffney, Rowland 17, Eliyahu 22,, Halperin 9, Timor, Smith 14, Janning 16 (4), Fischer.
AEK: Papantoniou 3, Atic, Hairston 10, Milosevic 8, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 16, Sarikopoulos 2, Katsivelis 9, Kalampokis 15, Mavroeidis 15.
Quick stats: Smith 9 rebounds + 4 steals, Rowland 7 assists, Eliyahu 8 rebounds + 9/11 FG, Janning 4/6 3p, Duncan 1/8 FG, Mavrokefalidis 9 rebounds + 6 assists, Milosevic 8 rebounds, Katsivelis 6 assists.

PAOK - Avtodor Saratov 104-99
Quarters' scores: 35-21, 49-44, 76-74, 104-99
PAOK: Tepic 16, Liapis, Vasileiadis 27 (6), Tsochlas 9, Dedas 4, Margaritis, Kottas, Schortsianitis 27, Kamaras, Duvnjak 2, Markovic 8, Hatcher 11.
Avtodor: Stoll 21 (5), Lukashov 6, Bekkiev, Klimenko 6, Chappell 12 (3), Koleshnikov 6 (1), Brooks 14 (1), Zabelin 13 (1), Peterson 19 (3), Makiev 2.
Quick stats: Avtodor 16/31 3p, Stoll 5/7 3p + 10 assists, Schortsianitis 9/10 FG + 9/13 FT + 10 fouls won, Vasileiadis 7 rebounds + 6/11 3p + 7/7 FT.

Olympiacos agreed terms with Shawn James

It is official Olympiacos agreed terms with Shawn James. The Greek team paid the 20.000 euros fee for the release of James from Bilbao and has added injury terms on his new contract. James will replace Patrick Young and has penned a contract until the end of the season.
The 32 years old American center graduated from Northeastern University with the 9th in the all time ranking for blocks and five triple doubles in the NCAA. He went undrafted in the NBA Draft 2008 and then started his professional career in Israel for Bnei Hasharon. After three years he moved the Israeli Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv and played in Euroleague. In the summer of 2014 he moved to Italy for Emporio Armani Milano and after one year he moved to Spain for Bilbao Basket where he started this season.

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 ninth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 ninth day 

Saturday 5th December 2015
Apollon Patras - PAOK 69-68
Quarters' scores: 12-13, 32-32, 51-48, 69-68
Apollon: Pahlmblad, Dillard 22 (1), Pelekoudas, Meier 9 (3), Saddler 23 (1), Argyropoulos 6 (1), Verginis 5 (1), Kouzeloglou, Woods 4
PAOK: Tepic 6, Margaritis 15 (1), Schortsianitis 15, Duvnjak, Hatcher 9 (1), Liapis, Vasileiadis 4, Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 8 (2), Dedas 5 (1), Markovic 6.
Quick stats: Woods 8 rebounds, Vasileiadis 7 rebounds, Dillard 6/10 2p + 1/6 3p + 5 assists, Saddler 9/12 FG, Schortsianitis 6/6 FG + 7 fouls won, PAOK 5/21 3p.

Rethymno Cretan Kings - Kavala 84-74
Quarters' scores: 28-28, 52-43, 66-52 84-74.
Rethymno: Kloof 5 (1),Schizas 4, Relphorde 2, Schaftenaar 15 (1), Giannopoulos 10 (2), Tsakaleris 2, Harrow 16 (1), Stone 23 (2), Carter 7, Matalon.
Kavala: Laser 18 (2), Kemp 5, Van der Mars 4, Tapoutos 27 (3), Kostov 12 (1), Kalaitzidis, Giannakidis, Livas, Jones 3, Robinson 5 (1).
Quick stats: Stone 11 rebounds, Jones 8 rebounds, Schaftenaar 5 assists, Laser 5 rebounds.

Aris - Kifisia 81-68
Quarters' scores: 18-15, 42-33, 61-57, 81-68.
Aris: Pelekanos 3 (1), White 19 (3), Waters 6, Hagins 14, McNeal 16 (1), Xanthopoulos, Cupkovic 8 (1), Flionis, Zaras, Cohen 11 (1), Mourtos 4, Simtsak.
Kifisia: Gikas 8 (2), Kaselakis 13 (1), Chrysikopoulos 2, Hogue 3, Glyniadakis 8, Lowery 15 (2), Stiggers D. 5 (1), Popovic 2, Stamatis, Stiggers J. 5 (1), Smith 7, Spyridonidis.
Quick stats: Hagins 8 rebounds, Xanthopoulos 5 assists, Kaselakis 8 rebounds, Gikas 5 assists, Lowery 7 fouls won + 3/10 FT, Kifisia 9 assists. 

Arkadikos - Lavrio 98-90
Quarters' scores: 24-17, 48-37, 74-59, 98-90
Arkadikos: Kavvadas 20, Van Oostrum 24, Stefanidis 4, Brown 17, Nuutinen 13, Ireland 2, Karamalegkos, Labropoulos 8, Kopsaftis 2, Konstantinou, Kallinikidis 8.
Lavrio: Young 26, Krubally 7, Nixon 15, Giannakopoulos 10, Barlos 12, Tsiros 1, Sakellariou 1, Perrakis 5, Bebis, Evans 13.
Quick stats: Kavvadas 9 rebounds +8/8 FG, Stefanidis 7 assists, Krubally 6 rebounds, Nixon 8 fouls won + 6 assists, Arkadikos 11/23 3p.

Kolossos Rodou - Korivos Amaliadas 94-73
Quarters' scores: 24-18, 54-33,73-53, 94-73.
Kolossos: Larentzakis 11 (1), Linden 5 (1), Releford 17 (1), McGhee 12, Lewis 12 (4), Manolopoulos, Davis 11, Georgalis 2, Ahonen 16 (4), Saloustros 8.
Korivos: Davis 16 (4), Christodoulou 8 (1), Charitopoulos 6, Council, Harris 10, Poulianitis, Harding 8 (1), Trotter 8 (2), Georgakis, Slaftsakis 9, Vasilopoulos 8 (2).
Quick stats: McGhee 9 rebounds + 2/7 FT, Releford 8 assists, Slaftsakis 6 rebounds, Ahonen 4/6 3p, Lewis 4/6 3p, Korivos 24/65 FG.

Sunday 6th December 2015
Olympiacos - AEK 79-71
Quarters' scores: 17-9, 41-32, 59-43, 79-71
Olympiacos: Papapetrou 9, Strawberry 12 (1), Milutinov, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris 17, Hunter 9, Tsairelis, Toliopoulos, Mouratos, Printezis 12 (2), Hackett 5 (1), Athinaiou 10(2)
AEK: Cooper 12 (2), Hairston 2, Mavrokefalidis 25 (3), Katsivelis, Mavroeidis 2, Armstead 12 (1), Papantoniou, Milosevic 6, Carter 2, Sarikopoulos 6, Kalampokis 4.
Quick stats: Strawberry 8 rebounds, Mantzaris 6 assists + 0/7 3p, Mavrokefalidis 9 rebounds + 5/13 2p, Agravanis 0/4 3p, Armstead 1/5 3p.

Monday 7th December 2015
Panathinaikos - Trikala 77-64
Quarters' scores: 21-11, 44-25, 60-45, 77-64
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 6 (1), Feldeine 5 (1), Gist 8, Calathes 15 (3), Kuzmic 6, Pavlovic 3, Fotsis 13 (2), Raduljica 2, Pappas 5, Diamantidis 4, Papagiannis 8.
Trikala: Cadougan 14, Dowell, Soko 13, Conger 15, Teague, Tsiloulis, Karathanasis 5 (1), Tsiaras 2, Kaller 4, Robinson 11 (1), Kalogiannidis.
Quick stats: Trikala 2/19 3p, Trikala 7 assists, Calathes 9 rebounds + 8 assists, Soko 10 rebounds, Diamantidis 0/5 3p, Papagiannis 2 blocks.

Kifisia, Papatheodorou and referees got penalties for the game against Apollon

Coach Elias Papatheodorou got a penalty of one game day plus 2.750 euros fine for his behaviour in the game of Kifisia against Apollon Patras of the eight day of Basket League Greece 2015-2016. For the same reason the team of Kifisia got a 3.300 fine. The three referees of the game Karakatsounis, Deslis and Poursanidis were not included in the forthcoming games referee list due to their bad performance in the same game.

Papagos unhappy with Karagiannis

The coach Nikos Karagiannis left Papagos for Peristeri and his previous team published an ironic announcement about the coach. Papagos claims that the coach was unemployed when they trust him and offered him a contract but after only 22 days he left the club for personal reasons. When the board asked him if he had agreed with another club he denied it but days after he agreed terms with Peristeri.

Peristeri and Papamarkos parted ways

Peristeri and Kostas Papamarkos parted ways. The Greek coach was blamed for the two consecutive defeats and the two sides agreed on a mutual contract release after almost a season. The new coach of Peristeri is Nikos Karagiannis who left Papagos.

DJ Cooper apologized and continues with AEK

DJ Cooper apologized and continues with AEK. The American Bosnian came to Athens for AEK less than a month ago but the team called the player to apologize for disciplinary issues. There were rumours about doping test but the team made it clear that only official announcements are valid. Cooper apologized and continues with AEK for the rest of the season.

Kavala signed Tyler Laser

Kavala signed Tyler Laser. The 27 years old American point guard graduated from Eastern Illinois, where he played four years in the NCAA. Laser started his professional career in Sweden with Solna and then moved to Cyprus where he played for ENAD, APOEL Nicosia and AEK Larnaca. He has also played in Bulgaria for Tundja Yambol and Levski Sofia.

Eurocup 2015-2016 eight day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 eight day results

AEK lost by Nizhny but did not lose the points' difference of the third day win. Mavrokefalidis did not play but Mavroeidis had a great game and made a double double, like Berzins and Khvostov did for Nizhny.
Aris beat Unics Kazan again, like the Greek team did in Russia. Aris collected only 23 rebounds, 1 more than Parakhouski and Kaimakoglou together, but did only 6 turnovers! Langford had a lot of pressure with 12 fouls won.
PAOK lost easily by Besiktas in Thessaloniki but beat them in Turkey in over time with a winning shot by William Hatcher.

Nizhny Novgorod- AEK 86-79
Quarters' scores: 19-25, 44-52, 63-63, 86-79
Nizhny Novgorod: Rudd 21 (3), Zaryazkhko, Ivlev 9 (1), Antonov 11 (3), Mahalbasic 8, Khvostov 5 (1), Berzins 12 (1), Strebkov 15 (3), Kirdiachkin 5(1).
AEK: Papantoniou 3(1), Sakota 10 (1), Hairston 15 (1), Milosevic 10 (2), Carter 2, Sarikopoulos 3, Katsivelis 5, Kalampokis, Mavroeidis 26.
Quick stats: Berzins 13 rebounds, Khvostov 10 assists, Niznhy 13/26 3p, Mavroeidis 10 rebounds + 9/13 FG + 8/10 FT, Katsivelis 6 assists.

Besiktas - PAOK 73-75 (62-62)
Quarters' scores: 17-12, 34-20, 45-41, 62-62. OT: 73-75
Besiktas: Wolters 16, Guler 2, Taskiran, Akyol 12 (2), Elonu 8, Hamilton 9 (1), Darden 11, Murphy 14 (3), Senli 1.
PAOK: Tepic, Liapis, Vasileiadis 10 (2), Kakaroudis, Tsochlas, Dedas 5 (1), Margaritis 8, Schortsianitis 9, Duvnjak 4 (1), Markovic 7, Hatcher 32 (3).
Quick stats: Murphy 12 rebounds, Wolters 9 rebounds + 0/5 3p, Hatcher 11/12 FT + 3/7 3p, Vasileiadis 2/8 3p, Margaritis 6/6 FT + 5 rebounds.

Aris - Unics Kazan 76-70
Quarters' scores: 13-20, 32-34, 56-55, 76-70.
Aris: Xanthopoulos 1, Pelekanos, White 6 (1), Waters 19 (3), Zaras 5 (1), Hagins 14, Cohen 14 (2), Mourtos 2, Simtsak, McNeal 15 (1).
Unics Kazan: Langford 25 (1), Ponkrashov 6, Parakhouski 11, Colom 11 (1), Banic, Panin, Kaimakoglou 11 (2), Williams 4, Milaknis.
Quick stats: Cohen 6/6 FT + 3/10 FG, Hagins 6 rebounds + 5/8 FG, McNeal 4 assists, Aris 24 rebounds + 6 turnovers, Parakhouski 13 rebounds, Kaimakoglou 9 rebounds, Ponkrashov 7 assists, Langford 12 fouls won.