A1 Basket Greece: 14th day

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Ivan Aska named MVP of 14th day

Ivan Aska named MVP of Greek Basket League14th day. Aska helped his team Ikaros Chalkidas, to win a crucial game against Rethymno Aegean. Aska played 36 minutes and had 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 4 fouls drawn. In the first round game Gabe Pruitt of Rethmyno Aegean was named MVP of the first day, which highlights the importance of the games between Ikaros Chalkidas and Rethymno Aegean. This is the second time Aska is named MVP of the day, after sixth day against KAOD. Also it is the third time that a player from Ikaros Chalkidas is named MVP of the day, two times Aska and one time Sutton.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Panathinaikos won Olympiacos for Greek League 14th day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 14th day. Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos in OAKA in the previous season with 60-64 score and also won in the first round game in Piraeus. Panathinaikos starting five were Diamantidis, Ukić, Mačiulis, Gist and Lasme. Starting five for Olympiacos were Mantzaris, Spanoulis, Lojeski, Printezis and Dunston.The game started with three consecutive missed three pointers, two for Olympiacos and one for Panathinaikos. Then Giorgos Printezis scored four points. Panathinaikos scored after 3 minutes in the game with Stephane Lasme, Roko Leni Ukić equalized the score and Ramel Curry gave the lead to Panathinaikos for the first time with 7-4 score. Vasilis Spanoulis with his first three pointer gave the lead to Olympiaocs by 9-10 but Ramel Curry with his second three pointer replied. Panathinaikos had 3/6 three pointers, while Olympiacos only 1/8 in the first quarter. Ramel Curry had 10 points in the first quarter. Olympiacos started second quarter with a 5-0 run and equalized the score, 17-17. Panathinaikos scored 3 points in the first 7 minutes of the second quarter, but then scored 6 points in a row. First half finished with Panathinaikos ahead in score by two points, 27-25. Mat Lojeski finished first half with 8 points and 5 rebounds. Olympiacos' coach Bartzokas was charged with a technical foul after the half time, due to complaining at coaches' decisions. In the second half Dimitris Diamantidis was charged with his third foul and Olympiacos took the lead with 28-31. Stephane Lasme felt sick and remained in the bench for the third quarter. Panathinaikos with a 5-0 run took back the lead by two, 35-33. With another 5-0 run in the end of the third quarter Panathinaikos finished ahead by 4, 41-37. The two teams were nervous in the last minutes with 6 consecutive turnovers from both teams to keep the score in low levels. Dimitris Diamantidis scored his first three pointer of the game and gave his team ten points lead, 52-42, two minutes before the end. Panathinaikos won a tight game and secured the first place of the Greek Basket League normal season. Olympiacos had a poor 13% in three pointer and made three more turnovers than Panathinaikos, 19 vs 16. For Panathinaikos Ramel Curry was the top scorer with 12 points. Dimitris Diamantidis had 10 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. James Gist and Antonis Fotsis had 6 rebounds each. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski scored 10 points and had 8 rebounds, with Bryant Dunston having 8 points and 8 rebounds. Vasilis Spanoulis had 3 points with 1/8 three pointers and 0/2 two pointers.

Quarters' scores: 17-12, 27-25, 41-37, 58-48.

Dimitris Diamantidis today vs Olympiacos at OAKA @ESAKE_OPAP pic.twitter.com/K0whAzQ2kO
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) January 20, 2014

Panathinaikos: Bramos 9, Curry 12, Batiste, Fotsis 6, Ukić 2, Lasme 4, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 10, Gist 10, Pappas, Giankovits, Mačiulis 3.

Olympiacos: Moon, Dunston 8, Spanoulis 3, Perperoglou 4, Sloukas 4, Collins 2, Simmons 3, Lojeski 10, Printezis 8, Mantzaris 6, Kavvadas, Katsivelis.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Ikaros Chalkidas defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 14th day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 14th day. First 8 minutes were tight but Ikaros Chalkidas finished the first quarter with an 8-0 run and 10 points difference. That difference didn't change in the rest of the game. The home team was keeping Rethymno in distance and won a crucial game. Both teams were accurate at three pointers, 10/24 for Ikaros Chalkidas and 10/28 for Rethymno Aegean. Ikaros Chalkidas won the game with high accuracy in two pointers, 26/33, while Rethmyno Aegean had the half shots successful, 18/43. Great game from Ivan Aska with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton contributed 16 points more, Ryan Richards 15 points and Sotiris Manolopoulos 11 points and 6 rebounds. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright had 31 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. Kenny Gabriel scored 20 points and collected 8 rebounds but also made 5 turnovers. The new player Callistus Eziukwu had 9 points and 8 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 29-19, 49-39, 64-55, 89-78.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 13, Govens 6, Aska 15, Manolopoulos 11, Sutton 16, Gagaloudis 10, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic 3, Richards 15, Bempis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 31, Kalampokis 4, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 9, Arbet 3, Gabriel 20.

Aris defeated KAOD for Greek League 14th day

Aris hosted and defeated KAOD for Greek Basket League 14th day. First quarter was bad for Aris that had 0/8 three pointers while KAOD had 67% in all shots, 4/6 free shots, 4/6 two pointers and 2/3 three pointers. Lazeric Jones finished the first quarter with 11 points. Aris made a 6-0 run in the second half and took the lead by two points. Lefteris Bochoridis scored the first three pointer for Aris, after 11 failed attempts, making the score 25-22. First half finished with Aris ahead by 9 points. Aris had 1/16 three pointers but with only 4 turnovers and 10/16 two pointers was ahead in score. KAOD had 13 turnovers in the first half, which were the main reason of being behind in score. Aris improved having 5/13 three pointers and only 10 more turnovers in the second half and broadened the difference to 20 points in the third half. KAOD didn't counter attacked and the game finished with a broad victory for Aris. Kostas Charisis finished the game with a double double, 10 points and 10 rebounds. For KAOD Lazeric Jones finished the game with 19 and Benas with 11 points.

Quarters' scores: 14-18, 35-26, 58-38, 77-59.

Aris: Bochoridis 9, Hunt, Pelekanos 13, Tsakaleris 11, Asimakopoulos 4, Poulianitis, Charisis 10, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 9, Mourtos 9, Athinaiou 12, Mitoglou.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 8, Jones 19, Stiggers 7, Brown 9, Vaughn, Marković, Spyridonidis, Bavčić, Zaras 3, Benas 11, Chrysikopoulos, Kolovis 2.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Nea Kifisia defeated Aries Trikala for Greek League 14th day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 14th day. Nea Kifisia started better than Aries Trikala the first half, with Tony Crocker and Darrius Garrett leading their team. Nea Kifisia made only 4 turnovers in the first half and had double accuracy than Aries Trikala in two pointers, 73% vs 32%, finishing the first half ahead by 18 points. Aries Trikala complained about referees, since Patrick Ewing Junior was charged with 3 fouls after only 4 minutes in the game. It was almost sure that Aries Trikala will improve in the second half. With Jeremy Granger, Patrick Ewing Junior and Chris Evans made a 9-0 run and lowered the difference from 18 points to only 2 points, 53-51. Nea Kifisia replied with Darrius Garret and two consecutive three pointers from Vasiljevic, broadening the difference to two digits again, 61-51. Nea Kifisia won by 23 points since it had higher shot accuracy, more rebounds and more assists. Tony Crocker was the top scorer with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Darrius Garrett had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Saša Vasiljević with 5/9 three pointers and 17 pointers helped his team with crucial shots. The veteran Michalis Kakiouzis with 5/5 two pointers and 2/2 free throws was a reliable player when needed. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans had 18 points and 8 rebounds, Jeremy Granger 15 points and 8 rebounds, Patrick Ewing Junior 16 points and Giannakidis 11 points and 5 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 29-15, 49-31, 69-61, 98-75.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljević 17, Liakopoulos 11, Crocker 20, Kompodietas, Sioutis, Psathas, Garrett 9, Woods 8, Tsaldaris 8, Adegboye 6, Kakiouzis 12, Barlos 6.

Aries Trikala: Evans 18, Perunicic 3, Ewing 16, Giannakidis 11, Petrovic 4, Lekakis, Porrini 8, Granger 15, Deligiannis 8, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Georgakis 2.

Ilisiakos lost from Apollon Patras for Greek League 14th day

Ilisiakos hosted and lost from Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League 14th day. Ilisiakos took the lead in score with 10-6 but then Apollon made an 11-0 run and finished the first quarter ahead by 10 points. In the second quarter it was Ilisiakos' turn to make an 8-0 run and lower the difference of the first half to 4 points. Ilisiakos lowered the difference to two points, in the beginning of the second half, but Apollon Patras replied and the difference reached 16 points, 41-57. Apollon Patras blacked out and Ilisiakos made a 13-0 run with Antonakis, Chatzis and Anderson. In the last quarter Ilisiakos equalized the score two times but Apollon Patras with two three pointers by Wilson and Bolds was keeping the lead. Great victory for Apollon Patras that had 11/24 three pointers. Ilisiakos was bad in three pointers 5/23 but had 24/28 free throws and 43 rebounds. Cheikh Mbodj made his first double double with 13 points (9/12 free throws) and 14 rebounds. Kevin Anderson had 24 points and 6 rebounds. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 17 points. Demarius Bolds 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. The new players of Apollon Patras were good with Roland Ross having 15 points, 5 assists and Andreja Milutinović 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Quarters' scores: 19-29, 37-41, 54-57, 67-76.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 2, Antonakis 8, Smith, Chatzis 8, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 2, Stephens 8, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 2, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 13, Anderson 24.

Apollon Patras: Ross 15, Argyropoulos 2, Kaperonis, Daniel 13, Wilson 17, Lianos 5, Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas 2, Molfetas, Zafeiris, Milutinović 7, Bolds 15.