Chris Evans named MVP of 21st day

Chris Evans named MVP of 21st day for his performance against Rethymno Aegean. Evans scored 25 points (6/10 field goals, 3/7 three pointers, 4/5 free throws), collected 12 rebounds, served 1 assist and made two steals in 35 minutes. This is the first day MVP title for Evans and the third for Aries Trikala in the season, after two day MVP titles for Patrick Ewing Junior.

Panathinaikos beat Ilisiakos for Greek League 21st day

Panathinaikos hosted Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 21st day. Panathinaikos was counting 11 victories in 11 games against Ilisiakos, a team that is fighting to avoid relegation. Ilisiakos played without DJ Stephens, a big loss for the team. First quarter was a game between the first and the last team of the league. Without tight defense Panathinaikos had 4/6 three pointers. The game was like a training for Panathinaikos and the coach Fragiskos Alvertis made his debut as coach in the Greek League. Diamantidis and Maciulis didn't play so that they will rest for Euroleague games. With 12/28 three pointers Panathinaikos played open against Ilisiakos that approached to 5 points couple minutes before the end but Nikos Pappas secured the victory for his team. Mike Bramos had 17 points, Antonis Fotsis 11 points and 9 rebounds, Nikos Pappas 16 points. For Ilisiakos Courtney Pigram had 14 points, Cheikh Mbodj 12 points and 7 rebounds, Savvas Tzougarakis 12 points and the veteran Nikos Chatzis 8 points and 7 assists.
Quarters' scores: 26-19, 46-35, 67-52, 83-77.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 17, Fotsis 11, Ukic 10, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 4, Diamantidis, Pappas 16, Giankovits 7, Diamantakos, Maciulis, Wright 8.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 5, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 9, Chatzis 8, Zoumpos 7, Dorkofikis, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 4, Tzougarakis 12, Mbodj 12, Petrovic 6, Pigram 14.

Aris lost by Olympiacos for Greek League 21st day

Aris hosted Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 21st day. Olympiacos was playing once more without the captain Vasilis Spanoulis and Giorgos Printezis. Olympiacos was counting 20 consecutive victories against Aris. Olympiacos was taking a short lead that Aris was covering in the first half. In the second quarter Aris made a 9-2 run and finished the first half leading the score by 4 points, 40-36. In the tight third quarter Olympiacos was approaching Aris to 1-2 points but the home team managed to reply and keep the difference between 2 and 4 points. Aris took a lead of 5 points in the fourth quarter but Olympiacos replied with a 5-0 run and equalized the score, 56-56 and 58-58. After many missed shots for both teams Bryant Dunston scored four consecutive points and gave his team the lead, 58-62, two minutes before the end. Alexander Vezenkov and Zisis Sarikopoulos didn't score and Lefteris Bochoridis scored only one free throw, 59-62. Bryant Dunston scored again and gave his team the victory in a difficult game. Aris was leading the score and controlling the game for more than 35 minutes but in the end Bryant Dunston scored six consecutive points that were crucial. For Aris Alexander Vezenkov had 15 points, 9 rebounds and Kostas Charisis had 6 points and 9 rebounds. For Olympiacos Vangelis Mantzaris had 7 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and Bryant Dunston 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-17, 40-36, 52-48, 59-64.

Aris: Bochoridis 8, Pelekanos 9, Gikas 6, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos, Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 15, Sarikopoulos 2, Mourtos 8, Athinaiou 5.
Olympiacos: Petway 5, Dunston 17, Perperoglou 2, Papapetrou 3, Sloukas 8, Collins 2, Simmons 1, Lojeski 15, Agravanis, Mantzaris 7, Kavvadas 4, Christodoulou.

Nea Kifisia beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 21st day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 21st day. Kolossos won the first round game in Rodos island by three points, but now Kolossos is fighting to avoid relegation while Nea Kifisia is in play offs position. First quarter was balanced but in the second quarter Nea Kifisia created a difference of 9 points. Nea Kifisia had 5/12 three pointers in the first half, while Kolossos Rodou had 2/8. Kolossos Rodou started better in the second half and with a 2-7 run managed to lower the difference but at the end of the third quarter the difference was back to 9 points, 63-54. Again in the last quarter the visitors tried to win the game but Nea Kifisia found solutions and won the game plus covered the difference of the first round game. Top scorers for Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas and Ogo Adegboye with 14 points each. Giannis Psathas also had 8 rebounds and 5 steals. The veteran Michalis Kakiouzis helped with 11 points and 7 rebounds and Saša Vasiljević didn't score but served 9 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Marko Car had 19 points with 5/5 three pointers, Nontas Papantoniou 12 points and in his debut Kostas Kakaroudis had 12 points. Taylor Smith and Osby Bambale had 9 rebounds each.
Quarters' scores: 21-19, 47-38, 63-54, 80-74.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 6, Kompodietas, Sioutis, Psathas 14, Garrett 12, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 5, Tsaldaris 8, Adegboye 14, Kakiouzis 11, Barlos 10.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 12, Car 19, Matsamas, Georgalis 2, Smith 6, Stefanidis 7, Simpson 6, Tsamis, Kakaroudis 12, Osby 10, Danas, Nadjfeji.

Aries Trikala beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 21st day

Aries Trikala hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 21st day. Rethymno Aegean had won the first round game by only two points. Aries Trikala had 9/10 field goals in the first quarter while Rethymno Aegean had 1/7 so the home team was leading the score with 26-14. First half finished with Aries Trikala leading by 12 points and Rethmyno Aegean having poor accuracy in shots, 6/19 field goals and 4/12 three pointers. Rethymno improved in three pointers in the second half but was still poor in field goals. Besides first quarter all the rest were balanced with partial scores: 14-14, 17-17, 18-18, so the first quarter was the crucial quarter of the game. Chris Evans was the top player of the game and finished the game with a double double 25 points, 12 rebounds. Mike Porrini had 2 points but 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Christos Deligiannis had 11 points with 4/5 field gols and 3/3 free throws. For Rethymno Aegean Damir Latovic had 13 points, Derek Wright 11 points and 8 assists. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 16 rebounds, collecting 14 out of 27 defensive rebounds of his team.
Quarters' scores: 26-14, 40-28, 57-45, 75-63.

Aries Trikala: Evans 25, Perunicic 3, Ewing 12, Giannakidis 6, Petrovic 6, Spanos 8, Porrini 2, Sap, Deligiannis 11, Matalon 2, Fountas, Nikolopoulos.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 8, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 11, Kalampokis 7, Kanonidis 3, Sinis 3, Latovic 13, Eziukwu, Drča 8, Gabriel 10.

KAOD beat PAOK for Greek League 21st day

KAOD hosted and beat PAOK for Greek Basket League 21st day. KAOD had won all three home games against PAOK in the previous three seasons and PAOK had won all four games in Thessaloniki, making it a couple where the home teams always win. KAOD was leading the score in the first half since PAOK had 1/10 three pointers and home team only 2 turnovers. PAOK improved in the second half, lowered the difference in the third quarter and balanced the game in the end so the game went to extra time. In the extra time PAOK started with a 4-0 run but KAOD replied with a 9-0 run and lead the score till the end. PAOK was really bad at three pointers with only 3/20 while KAOD had 11/26. For PAOK Vangelis Margaritis was the top scorer with 15 points (4/4 field goals, 7/7 free throws), 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Giorgos Dedas and Mark Payne had 12 points each, Giorgos Bogris and Kostas Charalampidis 10 points each. DJ Cooper had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists but also 0/6 three pointers and 4 turnovers. For KAOD J'Covan Brown had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Nikola Marković had only 4 points but also 12 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 22-18, 43-25, 61-58, 74-74. Extra time: 90-85.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 6, Jones 14, Stiggers 13, Brown 24, Vaughn 10, Markovic 4, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 14, Zaras 3, Benas 2, Kolovis.
PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 8, Charalampidis 10, Tsochlas 6, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 7, Dedas 12, Margaritis 15, Kalles 2, Bogris 10, Kaselakis 3, Liapis.

Panelefsiniakos lost by Apollon Patras for Greek League 21st day

Panelefsiniakos hosted Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League 21st day. Apollon Patras have won all three games between the two teams, but with very short difference, 3 points, 2 points and by only one point in the first round game. Each team had one quarter in the first half, with the home team winning the first and Apollon Patras balancing the game in the second. Like in the first half, Panelefsiniakos won the third quarter and Apollon Patras balanced the game in the fourth quarter so the game had one extra time. One minute before the end Panelefsiniakos was ahead in score by ten points, 61-51, but Apollon Patras made a 10-0 run with seven points from Jeremiah Wilson and the first successful  three pointer from the captain Nikos Argyropoulos. Apollon Patras won for fourth time Panelefsiniakos with tight score but this time needed an extra time. Mouhammad Faye and Lenny Daniel were the top scorers of their teams. Jeremiah Wilson, Lenny Daniel and Rob Jones made a double double each, first game of the season with three double doubles! Daniel had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Wilson 17 points and 13 rebounds, Jones 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-13, 35-35, 51-46, 61-61. Extra time: 66-73

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 2, Papamakarios 8, Kyles 7, Jones 14, Magounis, Faye 19, Fisher 2, Melissaratos, Turner 12, Uzas, Mantzaris, Avramidis 2.
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 12, Kaperonis, Daniel 20, Wilson 17, Lianos 3, Petrovic 10, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris, Milutinovic 3, Hot 2, Bolds 6.

Panionios beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 21st day

Panionios hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 21st day. Panionios won the first game between the two teams and also have won both games in the previous season. Panionios dominated the first quarter when took a lead of 16 points and the first half the difference was at twenty points. Ikaros Chalkidas with 1/11 three pointers and 8 turnovers in first half couldn't ask for more. The difference was getting bigger each quarter and the final difference was 35 points for Panionios. Ikaros Chalkidas finished the game with 1/16 three pointers, 15 turnovers and 11/23 free throws. Panionios had 5 players with two digits score and 11 players scoring. Errick McCollum had 15 points, Marc Carter 13 points and 5 rebounds, Vassilis Simtsak 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton made a double double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Ivan Aska added 12 more points and 3 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-7, 43-23, 67-35, 89-54

Panionios: McCollum 15, Stamatis 5, Motsenigos 2, Duvnjak 11, Carter 13, Milbourne 10, Athanasoulas 4, Batis 4, Skordilis 4, Michel, Simtsak 9, Kyritsis 12.
Ikaros Chalkidas: Woodall 2, Aska 12, Manolopoulos 5, Sutton 22, Gagaloudis 5, Spanos 2, Toliopoulos 4, Vougioukas 2, Demertzis, Richards, Bempis, Persidis.

Greek Basket League 21st day fixtures and results

Greek Basket League 21st day fixtures and results

Saturday 15th March 2014
16:00 Panionios - Ikaros Chalkidas 89-54
16:00 Panelefsiniakos - Apollon Patras 66-73 (normal time 61-61)
17:00 KAOD - PAOK 90-85 (normal time 74-74)
17:00 Aries Trikala - Rethymno Aegean 75-63
Sunday 16th March 2014
16:00 Nea Kifisia - Kolossos Rodou 80-74
Monday 17th March 2014
18:00 Aris - Olympiacos 59-64
19:15 Panathinaikos - Ilisiakos 83-77