Panathinaikos beat Panelfsiniakos for Basket League twenty fifth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Panelfsiniakos for Basket League twenty fifth day. Panathinaikos first game with Manolopoulos as head coach was different. Against the already relegated Panelefsiniakos Manolopoulos used players that did not have much time until now. Janis Blums was the top scorer with 17 points, young Papagiannis scored 6 points and collected 9 rebounds, Charalampopoulos served 5 assists, Fotsis collected 10 rebounds and DeMarcus Nelson scored 12 points. For Panelefsiniakos Kurt Looby collected 18 rebounds, but missed the double double for one point. Stelios Ioannou had 5 points and 6 rebounds. Nikos Pappas was injured while trying to make a dunk, and went to hospital for stitches.
Quarters' scores: 13-19, 27-41, 40-65, 51-82

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 5, Slaughter 12, Bochoridis 5, Fotsis 6, Nelson 12, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis 14, Diamantidis 5, Blums 17, Papagiannis 6, Lountzis, Lawal.
Panelefsiniakos: Drakotos 1, Tsakaleris 3, Vasilopoulos 9, Looby 9, Athanasoulas 6, Markovic 8, Dorkofikis 6, Ioannou 5, Fotiadis, Simpson, Avramidis, Ofoegbu.

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League twenty second day

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty second day. Panionios was competitive in the first half but in the second half did not follow the greens. With this defeat the historic club of Panionios was officially relegated to the second division. For the home team Xanthopoulos served 8 assists, Korolev collected 9 rebounds. William Coleman made a double double with 21 points and 10 rebounds but were not enough. For the winners AJ Slaughter had 18 points with 3/6 three pointers, Nikos Pappas had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Antonis Fotsis collected 8 rebounds. Esteban Batista made a double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 14-14, 34-34, 41-62, 46-79

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 6(2), Petropoulos, Verginis 5(1), Strnand 2, Oikonomopoulos, Biris, Stamatis 1, Achelin 2, Coleman 21, Korolev 5(1), Tubbs 4, Diamantopoulos.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 18(3), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits, Fotsis 1, Nelson 1, Pappas 12(2), Diamantidis 9(3), Gist 2, Batista 14, Lountzis 3(1), Lawal 6.

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League sixteenth day

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. AEK started with 7-1 run, Panathinaikos balanced the game but the first half finished with AEK leading the score. AEK was bad in three pointers, 2/14, and Panathinaikos took the lead and created a secure difference. For AEK Pops Mensah-Bonsu made a double double with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 8 fouls drawn. Malik Hairston and Dusan Sakota scored 12 points each and Zisis Sarikopoulos collected 8 rebounds. Carl English had 1/8 three pointers and made 6 turnovers. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista made a double double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. James Gist scored 13 points, Antonis Fotsis collected 7 rebounds, Dimitris Diamantidis served 6 assists. AJ Slaughter had 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. DeMarcus Nelson made 5 turnovers out of 19 team turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 11-15, 28-27, 39-50, 62-70  

AEK (Sakota): Papantoniou 1, Delininkaitis 2, Sakota 12 (2), Kaselakis 5 (1), Hairston 12 (1), Sarikopoulos 4, Athinaiou 5 (1), Milosevic, Bonsu 18, English 3(1)
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 3(1), Slaughter 12 (1), Bochoridis, Giankovits 7 (1), Fotsis 3, Nelson 6, Pappas 2, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 8 (2), Gist 13 (1), Batista 16, Papagiannis.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League fifteenth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Kolossos surprised Panathinaikos and the visitors were leading the score in the first quarter. Diamantidis entered the court and with his eight assists organized the counter attack. AJ Slaughter with 3 three pointers created a difference for Panathinaikos but in the end the youngsters Bochoridis, Koniaris, Charalampopoulos and Diamantakos secured the victory. For the winners Esteban Batista had 17 points, Dimitris Diamantidis had 9 points and 8 assists, Vlantimir Giankovits had 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Vasilis Charalampopoulos made 4 steals. Panathinaikos made only 8 team turnovers while Kolossos made 17 in total. For Kolossos Dominic Waters had 15 points and 6 assists, Taylor Smith had 8 rebounds, Giannoulis Larentzakis had 13 points and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 14-20, 42-35, 67-56, 90-65

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 7(1), Slaughter 15(3), Bochoridis 4, Giankovits 4, Fotsis 3(1), Nelson 3(1), Mavrokefalidis 11, Diamantidis 9(2), Gist 9, Batista 17, Koniaris 6, Diamantakos 2
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 2, Larentzakis 13(1), Siologkas, Waters 15(1), Manolopoulos 2, Smith 8, Stefanidis, Linden 6(1), Scott 12(3), Haggins 7.

Panathinaikos lost from Fenerbahce for Euroleague

Panathinaikos lost from Fenerbahçe Ülker in Istanbul for Euroleague. Panathinaikos went to Istanbul without Esteban Batista nor Loukas Mavrokefalidis and on the first quarter Dimitris Diamantidis got a light ankle injury. Withouth center nor Diamantidis the Greek champions could not play for victory and lost by Fenerbahçe. Andrew Goudelock had 18 points with 4/5 three pointers, Semih Erden had 14 points and 7 rebounds and Jan Vesely had 12 points with 6/7 two pointers. For Panathinaikos AJ Slaughter had 20 points with 4/11 three pointers, James Gist had 9 points and 5 assists, Vasilis Charalampoulos had 7 points and 3 rebounds. Janis Blums had 0/4 three pointers and did not score any points.
Quarters' scores: 18-18, 36-32, 67-48, 84-62.

Fenerbahçe Ülker (Obradović): Goudelock 18, Hickman 10, Bjelica 6, Erden 14, Mahmutoglu 6, Bogdanovic 5, Savas 4, Zoric 6, Vesely 12, Sipahi, Preldzic 3.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 7, Slaughter 20, Bochoridis 5, Giankovits 3, Fotsis 6, Pappas 4, Diamantidis 2, Gist 9, Diamantakos, Blums, Wright 6.

Panathinaikos beat Bayern Munich for Euroleague seventh day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Bayern Munich for Euroleague seventh day. The Greek champions stayed undefeated in their home and qualified to Euroleague Top 16. Panathinaikos finished the first half without any turnovers, flawless game by the greens. AJ Slaugher had a good day and Loukas Mavrokefalidis played for Esteban Batista too. For Bayern Munich Bo McCalebb had 15 points, John Bryant had 9 points and 9 rebounds, Robin Benzing had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Heiko Schaffartzik had 0/6 three pointers and James Gist had 1/8 field goals. Panathinaikos is getting more and more points by the new Greek players and the team seems to roll.
Quarters' scores: 18-12, 44-33, 65-51, 87-72

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 17(3), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 13(1), Fotsis 14(3), Pappas 10(2), Mavrokefalidis 16, Diamantidis 7(1), Gist 2, Blums, Wright 6
Bayern: McCalebb 15(1), Schaffartzik 5, Micic 7(1), Staiger, Benzing 14(2), Dedovic, Stimac 5, Zipser 2, Savanovic 13, Idbihi 2, Jagla, Bryant 9.

Panathinaikos beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day. Panathinaikos did not face problems against KAOD and AJ Slaughter had a great game after time. KAOD had Eric Atkins with 18 points and 6 assists, Rob Loe with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Guy-Marc Michel had 6 rebounds and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos all available players played and scored. George Papagiannis debuted and scored his first two points. AJ Slaughter had 28 points with 5/8 three pointers, Dimitris Diamantidis had 11 points and 4 assists, Esteban Batista had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and Julian Wright made two impressive blocks.
Quarters' score: 26-15, 42-30, 63-40, 86-55.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 28(5), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 5(1), Fotsis 3, Pappas 5, Mavrokefalidis 5(1), Diamantidis 11(1), Batista 9, Wright 4, Blums 8(2), Papagiannis 2.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 2, Johnson 3(1), Georgakis 3, Atkins 18(2), Odom, Spyridonidis 3(1), Michel 6, Zaras 4(1), Loe 8(2), Chrysikopoulos 8(1), Kolovis.

Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahçe Ülker for Euroleague third day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Fenerbahçe Ülker for Euroleague third day. Panathinaikos players probably felt good with  Želimir Obradović in the court even as the opponent coach and had a great day. With 31 points in the first quarter and 59 in the half time Panathinaikos was unstopable. Panathinaikos finished first half with 2 team turnovers, 10/12 three pointers and 16 assists. AJ Slaughter had 17 points with 5/7 three pointers, Esteban Batista had 14 points with 6/7 field goals and Dimitris Diamantidis with his 6 assists reached 1005 total assists in Euroleague. In the second half it was natural that Panathinaikos would not continue in such high level but still broadened the difference in the third quarter. Only in the last quarter Fenerbahce with partial score 9-16 lowered the difference to 18 points. Panathinaikos had 18/26 three pointers, 25 assists and 16 turnovers (14 in the second half). Fenerbahce Ulker with 4/21 three pointers could not compete but with only 7 turnovers didn't let the score reach record levels. AJ Slaughter had 23 points with 7/10 three pointers, Antonis Fotsis had 4/4 three pointers, Janis Blums had 3/3 three pointers and Dimitris Diamantidis had 10 assists. Dimitris Diamantis needed one assist to break the 1.000 assists milestone and is now counting 1.009 assists in Euroleague.
Quarters' scores: 31-19, 59-36, 82-57, 91-73

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 23, Bochoridis 3, Giankovits 7, Fotsis 13, Pappas 9, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 5, Gist 8, Batista 14, Blums 9, Wright.
Fenerbahçe Ülker (Obradović): Goudelock 9, Hickman 5, Bjelica 16, Erden, Turkyilmaz, Bogdanovic 10, Altintig, Savas 2, Zoric 9, Vesely 13, Sipahi 4, Preldzic 5.

Panathinaikos beat AEK for Basket League third day

Panathinaikos hosted beat AEK for Basket League third day. Panathinaikos didn't let AEK hope with a 15-3 run in the first minutes and won the game by 34 points difference. The new players of Panathinaikos dominated the game with Lefteris Bochoridis serving 13 assists (missed double double for one point), Nikos Pappas scored 18 points and AJ Slaughter and Vlantimir Giankovits scored 16 points each. For AEK only Dusan Sakota scored more than 10 points and Zisis Sarikopoulos scored 9 points and collected 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 25-11, 54-24, 74-44, 92-58

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 16(2), Bochoridis 9(3), Giankovits 16(4), Fotsis 3, Pappas 18(4), Mavrokefalidis 1, Diamantidis 1, Gist 15(1), Batista 6, Blums 5(1), Wright 2
AEK: Papantoniou 8(1), Kyles 8(1), Sakota 12(2), Kaselakis 5(1), Polytarchou 4, Papadionysiou, Wright, Kamperidis  2, Sarikopoulos 9, Milosevic 2, Goodridge 8.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League second day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Panathinaikos for Basket League second day. In the first quarter Panathinaikos made an 8-0 run from 10-8 to 10-16 but Kolossos with its own run managed to finish first quarter with equal score, 17-17. Zvonko Buljan scored 10 points out of his team's 17 points, with 3/3 three pointers, in the first quarter. Panathinaikos started second quarter with a 5-0 run. Panathinaikos created an 18 points difference in the second quarter which kept until the end. Kolossos Rodou had 3/20 field goald in the first half and Zvonko Buljan didn't score any more points after the first quarter. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 21 points and Taylor Smith had 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Vlantimir Giankovits had 12 points and 6 assists. Antonis Fotsis and Janis Blums scored 9 points each with 3 three pointers each.
Quarters' scores: 17-17, 30-48, 48-61, 61-81.

Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologas, Kareem 3, James 21, Smith 9, Stefanidis 9, Liden, Tsamis 7, Hagins, Kanichis, Buljan 10.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 11, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 12, Fotsis 9, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 7, Gist 8, Batista 12, Blums 9, Wright 9.

Panathinaikos beat Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague first day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague 2014-2015 first day. Panathinaikos is an experienced Euroleague team but this season started with fresh players. With Dimitris Diamantidis playing only for 15 minutes and scoring two points Panathinaikos would have faced problems in the previous years but now A.J. Slaughter and Nikos Pappas scored 16 points each and Esteban Batista, Jānis Blūms and Vlantimir Giankovits scored more than 10 points each. Julian Wright who debuted with Panathinaikos scored 4 points. For Turow Zgorzelec Mardy Collins, who had played many games against Panathinaikos in the previous season with Olympiacos, scored 23 points and Damian Kulig scored 17 points. Panathinaikos starts Euroleague 2014-2015 with a home victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 42-35, 68-59, 84-77

Panathinaikos (Ivanonic): Slaughter 16 (2), Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 13, Fotsis 3 (1), Pappas 16 (2), Diamantidis 2, Gist 7 (6ρ.), Batista 10 (7ρ.), Blums 11 (2), Wright 4.
Turow Zgorzelec (Rajkovic): Collins 23 (2), Kulig 17 (1), Chylinski 10(2), Jamaraz 3, Wisniewski, Moldoveanu 5, Taylor 9 (2), Zigeranovic 10.

Panathinaikos beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League first day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League first day. Panathinaikos had only 8 players available due to injuries but faced no problems against Nea Kifisia. Esteban Batista made his first double double for the Basket League with 14 points and 10 rebounds, AJ Slaughter scored 18 points and Vlantimis Giankovits had 10 points and 9 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Dimitris Mavroeidis had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Dimitris Tsaldaris scored 14 points and the experienced Michalis Kakiouzis scored 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 15-11, 39-24, 58-45, 76-66.

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Slaughter 18, Bochoridis 6, Giankovits 10, Fotsis 1, Diamantidis 9, Gist 9, Batista 14, Blums 9.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Kafkis 6, Ewing 2, Liakopoulos 1, Popovic 4, Pesakovic 7, Mavroeidis 9, Psathas 10, Kakiouzis 10, Tsaldaris 14, Duvnjak 3, Davis.

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in friendly game

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in the first friendly game for both teams. For Panathinaikos the captain Dimitris Diamantidis and the young Giorgos Papagiannis didn't play due to light injuries. For Panathinaikos DeMarcus Nelson was the top scorer with 13 points and Brandon Penn scored 13 points for Apollon Patras. Kevin Galloway scored 12 points, Gaios Skordilis and Antonis Fotsis 11 scored points each.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 31-26, 45-36, 58-54

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3(1), Slaughter 6, Bochoridis 5, Giankovits 7, Fotsis 11(2), Nelson 13, Pappas 2, Mavrokefalidis 7, Diamantakos, Batista 4, Koniaris.
Apollon Patras: Mastrogiannopoulos, Arguropoulos 2, Cohn 3(1), Penn 13, Fitzpatrick 2, Polydoropoulos, Batis 5(1), Spyrakis, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 6(2), Niforas, Oikonomopoulos, Skordilis 11, Galloway 12(1).

Preparation begins

It is this time of the year..

It's almost that time again ✈✈✈✈✈🏀🏀🏀🏀
— Ivan Aska (@FloridaBoy42) August 17, 2014

when you fly to another country

Million miles from home ✈️✈️✈️GOD bless and watch over me this season #amen 🙌🏀 http://t.co/aNJXkBgSLk
— A.J. Slaughter (@ajslaughter8) August 18, 2014

to make new friends and new stories...

New friends new stories 🏀🐻👊!! @basketballislife @kazan pic.twitter.com/2oJF65YnJ3
— akis kalaitzakis (@moumou4ak) August 17, 2014

Panathinaikos BC roster 2014-2015

Panathinaikos BC roster 2014-2015

Diamantidis Dimitris (captain)
Nelson DeMarcus
A.J. Slaughter
Gani Lawal
Fotsis Antonis
Mavrokefalidis Loukas
Esteban Batista
Gist James
Pappas Nikos
Giankovits Vlantimir
Diamantakos Georgios
Charalampopoulos Vasileios
Lountzis Michalis
Lefteris Bochoridis
Antonis Koniaris
George Papagiannis
Jānis Blūms

Head Coach: Duško Ivanović
Assistant Coach: Sotiris Manolopoulos

*On October 16th Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright
*On January 31st Panathinaikos signed Gani Lawal 

Panathinaikos signed A.J. Slaughter

Panathinaikos signed A.J. Slaughter. The 26 years old American guard signed a two years contract with the Greek champions. Slaughter played for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers college and started his professional career in Angelico Biella of the Lega Basket Serie A, then moved to Belgium for Belfius Mons-Hainaut and France for Cholet Basket and Élan Chalon, before moving to Greece and Panathinaikos. Slaughter is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) high and plays as shooting guard. He will debut will Panathinaikos in the Euroleague, after good seasons in the Eurocup.