Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day fixtures.

Saturday 21st March 2015
17:00 Aris - Panionios
17:00 Apollon Patras - Rethymno Aegean
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Aries Trikala
17:00 Panelefsiniakos - PAOK
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - AEK
Monday 23rd March 2015
17:00 Panathinakos - Korivos Amaliadas
18:00 Olympiacos - KAOD

Stephane Lasme named MVP of Greek League 23rd day

Stephane Lasme named MVP of Greek League 23rd day. Lasme had 18 points, 9/13 field goals, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in 24 minutes against Kolossos Rodou. This is the second day that a player of Panathinaikos is named MVP after 16th day and James Gist.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 23rd day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Kolossos Rodou had only victory against Panathinaikos in 19 games and this was for the play offs. Panathinaikos' coach Fragiskos Alvertis used all available players and the team had its ups and downs. Panathinaikos started with a 20-8 score that Kolossos made 28-24, Panathinaikos made it again 35-24 and the first half finished with score 49-45. In the second half Panathinaikos was better and Kolossos Rodou couldn't follow the rotation so the difference went up to two digits. All twelve players of Panathinaikos played and scored at least two points. Stephane Lasme had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Roko Leni Ukić scored 8 points with 4/4 shots and no turnovers, Ramel Curry had 14 points. For Kolossos Rodou Kostas Kakaroudis and Mladen Pantić scored 18 points each, with Kakaroudis having 6 rebounds and Pantić 8 rebounds too. Nontas Papantoniou scored 8 points and missed a unique double double since he also had 10 assists. Taylor Smith had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 28-24, 49-45, 74-56, 102-69

Panathinaikos: Bramos 7, Curry 14, Fotsis 2, Ukić 8, Lasme 18, Mavrokefalidis 8, Diamantidis 11, Gist 10, Pappas 4, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 4, Wright 8.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 8, Car 6, Matsamas, Georgalis 5, Hopkins, Smith 10, Stefanidis 2, Tsamis 2, Kakaroudis 18, Pantić 18, Danas.

Panionios beat PAOK for Greek League 23rd day

Panionios hosted and defeated PAOK for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Panionios had won PAOK in the first round game by 91-100 in Thessaloniki. Panionios was leading the score in the first half and PAOK balanced the game in the second one. In the last minutes Kostas Charalampidis scored a three pointer, Errick McCollum didn't score and the game went to extra time. In the extra time DJ Cooper was leading PAOK but he also was the crucial player that missed the final attack. In a very productive game, where the partial total score of each quarter was more than 35 points, Panionios had more rebounds and less turnovers. The two teams had the same three pointers 10/26 and the same successful field goals 22 with the home team shooting 6 more than PAOK. For Panionios Errick McCollum had 20 points, Vasilis Simtsak had 12 points, 9 rebounds and Giannis Athanasoulas had 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 26 points, Mark Payne had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Michalis Tsairelis had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 30-23, 37-33, 63-63, 83-83. Extra time: 95-92

Panionios: McCollum 20, Duvnjak 4, Carter 10, Milbourne 9, Athanasoulas 6, Batis 13, Skordilis, Langford 8, Michel, Simtsak 12, Kyritsis, Saloustros 13.
PAOK: Payne 24, Cooper 16, Charalampidis 26, Tsochlas, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 12, Dedas 6, Margaritis 1, Kalles, Bogris 5, Kaselakis 2, Liapis.

Nea Kifisia beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 23rd day

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Nea Kifisia played without Tony Crocker who had a knee surgery earlier this week. The home team with high shot accuracy and 14 more rebounds controlled the game, although Nea Kifisia had double turnovers than Rethymno. For Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas had 16 points and 6 rebounds, Dimitris Tsaldaris had 20 points and Nikos Liakopoulos had 13 points and 8 assists. For Rethymno Aegean had Luka Drča had 14 points, Kenny Gabriel had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Eziukwu had 10 points and 4 rebounds. 
Quarters' scores: 24-14, 43-35, 64-54, 84-76.

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 2, Liakopoulos 13, Kompodietas, Sioutis 2, Psathas 16, Garrett 2, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 11, Tsaldaris 20, Adegboye, Kakiouzis 13, Barlos 5.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 5, Kallinikidis 4, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos, Wright 11, Kalampokis 9, Kanonidis, Sinis 8, Latovic 3, Eziukwu 10, Drča 14, Gabriel 10.
 

Aries Trikala lost by Olympiacos for Greek League 23rd day

Aries Trikala lost by Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Olympiacos had 26 assists in this game and 11/23 three pointers, which gave no hopes to the home team. Aries Triakala only managed to lower the difference to 14 points with a good last quarter. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans had 17 points, Stefan Perunicic 12 points and Christos Deligiannis 14 points. For Olympiacos Brent Petway was the top scorer with 21 points, Giannis Papapetrou had 12 points and Mat Lojeski 10 points. Kostas Sloukas had 9 points, 8 assists and 4 steals.
Quarters' scores: 14-20, 29-46, 51-75, 70-84.

Aries Trikala: Evans 17, Perunicic 12, Ewing 9, Giannakidis 2, Petrovic 3, Porrini 2, Sapp 3, Deligiannis 14, Matalon 3, Panos 5, Nikolopoulos.
Olympiacos: Petway 21, Dunston 6, Christodoulou, Papapetrou 12, Sloukas 9, Collins 5, Simmons 6, Lojeski 10, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 7, Katsivelis 3.
 

Ilisiakos beat Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 23rd day

Ilisiakos hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 23rd day. In the crucial game between two teams that fight to avoid relegation Ilisiakos won with a historic game by Nikos Chatzis. The veteran player had 19 points and became the top scorer of all times in the Greek Basket League. Ilisiakos made only 15 fouls against 26 of Ikaros Chalkidas, so the free throws were 22/31 for the home team and 7/8 for the guests. Besides Chatzis, Cheikh Mbodj had 15 points and Stelios Ioannou 17 points and 9 rebounds. For Ilisiakos only 6 players scored with Anthony Roberson having 22 points and Ryan Richards making a double double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Giannis Gagaloudis had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals.
Quarters' scores: 28-12, 43-37, 56-56, 79-71.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 10, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 5, Chatzis 19, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 3, Nikopoulos, Vavatsikos, Ioannou 17, Tzougarakis 2, Mbodj 15, Pigram 8. 
Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 22, Woodall 8, Aska 5, Manolopoulos 2, Sutton 5, Gagaloudis 19, Spanos, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Demertzis, Richards 10, Bempis.

KAOD lost by Apollon Patras for Greek League 23rd day

KAOD hosted Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League 23rd day. First quarter was balanced in the start but Apollon Patras finished it with a 7-0 run and 8 points lead. In the second quarter KAOD managed to lower the difference to 5 points. Julian Vaughn had 14 points and 9 rebounds in the first half while his team had 1/8 three pointers. For Apollon Patras Ross, Petrovic and Milutinovic finished first half with two digits score. Apollon Patras controlled the game in the third quarter and was leading the score by 73-59 before KAOD made its counter attack. In the end Apollon Patras won by two points in a court that many great teams have lost. Massive game by Julian Vaughn that break the ranking system with a performance rated with 42. Vaughn had 25 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks and 7 fouls drawn. No doubt that he will be the MVP of the day. For Apollon Patras Roland Ross had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Lenny Daniel had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 17-25, 39-44, 53-59, 81-83.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4, Jones 12, Stiggers 2, Brown 19, Vaughn 25, Markovic 4, Spyridonidis 3, Bavcic 1, Zaras 9, Benas 2, Kolovis.
Apollon Patras: Ross 19, Argyropoulos 7, Daniel 20, Wilson 10, Lianos 2, Petrovic 11, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Zafeiris, Milutinovic 14, Hot.

Aris beat Panelefsiniakos for Greek League 23rd day

Aris hosted and defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basket League 23rd day. It was the first game after Athinaiou left the club for Italy. Aris was good at three pointers in the first half and allowed Panelefsiniakos to score only 9 points in the second quarter. Antonis Asimakopoulos had 3/3 three pointers in the first half while Panelefsiniakos had only 2/10 three pointers. Panelefsiniakos counter attacked in the third quarter and lowered the difference to three points, 40-37, but that was all. In the last quarter Aris controlled and won the game. Perfect game for Antonis Asimakopoulos with 16 points, 4/4 three pointers and 7 rebounds. Alexander Vezenkov had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. For Panelefsiniakos Kyles had 13 points and Mouhammad Faye 6 points and 12 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 17-15, 35-24, 58-47, 75-61.

Aris: Bochoridis 6, Hunt, Pelekanos 6, Gikas 9, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 16, Poulianitis, Charisis 2, Laretzakis 14, Vezenkov 8, Sarikopoulos 6, Mourtos 8.
Panelefsiniakos: Nikou, Papamakarios 5, Kyles 13, Dimakos, Jones, Faye 6, Fisher 2, Melissaratos 8, Turner 7, Uzas 12, Mantzaris 8, Avramidis.

Greek Basket League 23rd day fixtures and results

Greek Basket League 23rd day fixtures and results

Saturday 29th March 2014
16:00 KAOD - Apollon Patras 81-83
16:00 Aris - Panelefsiniakos 75-61
17:00 Ilisiakos - Ikaros Chalkidas 79-71
Sunday 30th March 2014
15:00 Aries Trikala - Olympiacos 70-84
16:00 Nea Kifisia - Rethymno Aegean 84-76
Monday 31st March 2014
18:00 Panionios - PAOK 95-92 (83-83)
19:15 Panathinaikos - Kolossos Rodou 102-69