Kenny Gabriel named MVP of 22nd day

Kenny Gabriel named MVP of the 22nd day of the Greek Basket League for his performance against KAOD. Gabriel had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals in the game and his ranking score was the highest of the day. This was the second time Gabriel is named MVP of the day after 18th day against Apollon Patras.

Olympiacos beat Panelefsiniakos for Greek League 22nd day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Olympiacos played without Vasilis Spanoulis, Giorgos Printezis and Stratos Peperoglou. Panelefsiniakos was following the score for more than a quarter but the half time finished with 8 points difference. In the second half the difference was broadening and reached 30 points in the end. The young Giannis Papapetrou was the top scorer of Olympiacos and the highlight of the game. Olympiacos had 30/37 free throws but only 4/17 three pointers. Panelefsiniakos made 22 turnovers. For Panelefsiniakos Kyles had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Nikou had 2 points and 7 assists, Mouhammad Faye had 14 points and 5 rebounds. For Olympiacos Bryant Dunston had 13 points and 5 rebounds, Giannis Papapetrou had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Matt Lojeski had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 20-17, 44-32, 72-47, 94-64.

Olympiacos: Petway 4, Dunston 13, Christodoulou 3, Papapetrou 17, Sloukas 10, Collins 2, Simmons 7, Lojeski 12, Agravanis 6, Mantzaris 9, Kavvadas 8, Katsivelis 3.
Panelefsiniakos:  Nikou 2, Papamakarios 7, Kyles 14, Jones 7, Magounis, Faye 14, Fisher 5, Melissaratos 2, Turner 3, Uzas 5, Mantzaris 5, Avramidis.

Rethymno Aegean beat KAOD for Greek League 22nd day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated KAOD for Greek Basket League 22nd day. KAOD had won Rethymno Aegean twice in Drama, with the last victory being the first round game, but has never won in Rethymno. The home team was much better than KAOD in the first half when the difference reached 16 points. KAOD reacted in the second half and lowered the difference but couldn't do anything better but to lose by 5 points. Rethymno Aegean won and covered the difference of one point that lost in the first round game. Kenny Gabriel was the top scorer of the game with another double double, 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals. Callistus Eziukwu had 8 points, 7 rebounds and Justin Hurtt had 15 points and 5 rebounds. For KAOD J'Covan Brown had 24 points and 4 rebounds but with 1/7 three pointers. Edin Bavčić had 8 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-14, 43-27, 58-46, 77-72

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 15, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 6, Aggelopoulos, Wright 6, Kalampokis 7, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 8, Drca 9, Gabriel 26.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Jones 12, Stiggers 7, Brown 24, Vaughn 4, Markovic, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 8, Zaras 13, Benas 4, Kolovis.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Panathinaikos for Greek League 22nd day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted Panathinaikos for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In 9 games between the two teams, Ikaros Chalkidas had only one victory back in 2012-2013 regular season. This was the 100th game for Ikaros in the Greek Basket League but most of them were as Ikaros Kallitheas, before the name and home change. Panathinaikos had a small lead in the first quarter but the half time finished with equal score, 42-42. In the second half Panathinaikos wanted to end the game and with a 13-0 run, with three pointers by Antonis Fotsis and Mike Bramos, created a two digits difference. Ikaros Chalkidas, with Ivan Aska scoring 4 points in a row, lowered the difference to 9 points but Panathinaikos has started to roll. Panathinaikos broadened the difference to 21 points in the last quarter and won a game that Ikaros Chalkidas was competitive for one half time. High accuracy for Panathinaikos that had 12/29 three pointers, 18/29 field goals and 13/16 free throws. Ikaros Chalkidas collected 28 rebounds, 12 less than Panathinaikos. Dimitris Diamantidis played 20 minutes but didn't score since he had 0/3 three pointers. Roko Leni Ukić had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Mike Bramos was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 16 points and 4/5 three pointers, looking in a great shape. Antonis Fotsis also had 4/5 three pointers with 12 points and 5 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska had 14 points, 7 rebounds and Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points. Anthony Roberson had 12 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
Quarters' scores: 19-22, 42-42, 53-68, 64-85.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 12, Woodall 1, Aska 14, Manolopoulos 8, Sutton 4, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos 5, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 5, Bempis, Persidis.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 16, Curry 5, Fotsis 12, Ukić 11, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis, Pappas 10, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 5, Wright 6.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 22nd day

PAOK hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Nea Kifisia had won the first round game by 9 points. PAOK played without Mark Payne and Nea Kifisia without Tony Crocker. PAOK started better and was leading the score for three quarters but Nea Kifisia managed to balance the game and equalize it in the end. The game went to extra time where PAOK won by nine points. Great game by Kostas Charalampidis who scored 29 points. DJ Cooper had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Double double for the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis who had 12 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nikos Liakopoulos had 17 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds. PAOK seems to secure the fourth position in the regular season.
Quarters' scores: 24-21, 45-36, 59-52, 74-74. Extra time: 92-83

PAOK: Cooper 6, Charalampidis 29, Tsochlas 4, Tsairelis 14, Dedas 5, Margaritis 13, Kalles, Bogris 12, Kaselakis 9, Liapis.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 13, Liakopoulos 17, Sioutis 6, Psathas 3, Garrett 12, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris, Adegboye 8, Kakiouzis 12, Barlos 8.

Apollon Patras lost by Aries Trikala for Greek League 22nd day

Apollon Patras hosted Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In the first round game Trikala won by 3 points Apollon Patras in the first game between two teams for the Greek League. Apollon Patras was better in the first half, with high accuracy in both field gols and three pointers, while Aries Trikala had 2/12 three pointers. Aries Trikala with Mario Matalon improved in the third quarter lowered the difference to 5 points, 50-45. Fourth quarter started again with a goal foul by Matalon which lowered the difference to 2 points. Apollon Patras replied with a 5-0 run and then Trikala's coach was charged with a technical foul. That technical foul worked as a shock for Aries Trikala that made a 14-0 run with Mike Porrini and Patrick Ewing and took the lead of the score. Stefan Perunicic with two three pointers secured the victory for his team and Mario Matalon gave his team a two digits difference. This was the first away victory for Aries Trikala. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and Lenny Daniel 8 points and 10 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Stefan Perunicic and Patrick Ewing Jr had 14 points each, Chris Evans 13 points and Marios Matalon 11 points. Patrick Ewing Jr made another double double since he collected 11 rebounds too while Chris Evans had 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-16, 40-28, 50-45, 67-74

Apollon Patras: Ross 10, Argyropoulos 1, Kaperonis, Daniel 8, Wilson 20, Lianos 7, Petrovic 6, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris 1, Milutinovic 11, Hot 3.
Aries Trikala: Evans 13, Perunicic 14, Ewing 14, Giannakidis, Petrovic, Porrini 7, Sapp 5, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 11, Fountas, Panos 1, Nikolopoulos 2. 

Kolossos Rodou beat Panionios for Greek League 22nd day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and defeated Panionios for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Kolossos and Panionios have played 20 games for Greek League and Panionios counts 5 wins in a row in total of 12 wins. Kolossos Rodou dominated first half when Panionios was poor in field goals (~30%). In the third quarter Panionios only maanged to lower the difference to 9 points but was still bad in field goals. The home team won the fourth quarter and broadened the difference of its victory to 11 points, 75-64. Bryan Hopkins, Mladen Pantić and Kostas Kakaroudis debuted with Kolossos Rodou in the Greek League. Hopkins didn't score, Kakaroudis had 5 points, 2 rebounds and Pantić had 5 points and 2 rebounds. Aggelos Tsamis was the best player of the home team with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Taylor Smith had 10 points and 7 rebounds. For Panionios Errick McCollum was the top player with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists but was alone.
Quarters' scores: 20-14, 38-28, 57-48, 75-64.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 3, Car 8, Matsamas, Georgalis 8, Hopkins, Smith 10, Stefanidis 10, Tsamis 17, Kakaroudis 7, Pantić 5, Danas, Nadjfeji 7.
Panionios: McCollum 26, Duvnjak, Carter 12, Milbourne 6, Athanasoulas 2, Batis, Skordilis, Langford 8, Michel, Simtsak 4, Kyritsis, Saloustros 6.

Ilisiakos lost by Aris for Greek League 22nd day

Ilisiakos hosted Aris for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Iliakos and Aris had played 11 games for Greek Basket League and Aris have won all of them. Ilisiakos started good and was leading the score with 9-7 before Aris made a 2-10 run and finish first quarter with score 11-17. In the second quarter Ilisiakos scored only 9 points and finished the first half with 20 points, a very poor game. In the first half Ilisiakos had 6/10 free throws, 4/26 field goals and 2/8 three pointers. Ilisiakos was missing the shots and Aris was collecting the rebounds with total 32 in the first half against 19 of Ilisiakos. In the second half Ilisiakos started with a 11-3 run and finished with partial quarter score 24-12 and one point lead, 44-43. Last quarter started with Ilisiakos leading the score but the home team blacked out and didn't score for 9 minutes(!!). Aris made a 14-0 run and took back the lead and won the game. Ilisiakos will be relegated in the second division but was fighting in most games, this game was just very bad for the team. The team didn't score for 9 minutes in the fourth quarter and scored 7 points total in the last minute. With 13/50 field goals and 4/20 three pointers from Ilisiakos Aris had the chance to collect 54 rebounds. Aris was also bad in three pointers with 3/22 but had 19/34 field goals. Cheikh Mbodj collected 12 rebounds but had only 2 points by free throws and 0/5 field goals. For Ilisiakos only Stelios Ioannou with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals was positive. For Aris Michalis Pelekanos and Giannis Athinaiou had 17 points each. Alexander Vezenkov collected 12 rebounds and had 8 points while Asimakopoulos collected 10 rebounds without scoring a point.
Quarters' scores: 11-17, 20-31, 44-43, 51-63.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 14, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 5, Chatzis, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 14, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 2, Petrovic 4, Pigram 12.
Aris: Bochoridis 3, Pelekanos 17, Gikas 7, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos, Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 8, Sarikopoulos 1, Mourtos 4, Athinaiou 17.

Greek Basket League 22nd day fixtures and results

Greek Basket League 22nd day fixtures and results

Saturday 22 March 2014
16:00 Kolossos Rodou - Panionios 75-64
16:00 Ilisiakos - Aris 51-63
17:00 Apollon Patras - Aries Trikala 67-74
18:00 PAOK - Nea Kifisia 92-83 (73-73)
Sunday 23 March 2014
15:00 Ikaros Chalkidas - Panathinaikos 64-85
16:00 Rethymno Aegean - KAOD 77-72
19:15 Olympiacos - Panelefsiniakos 94-64