Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for the Cup Final

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in OAKA, Athens, for the Greek Basketball Cup Final 2014-2015. For Apollon Oji debuted. Apollon had 1/7 three pointers in the first quarter. Panathinaikos finished the first half with 19 points lead and 8 players with score, while for Apollon only four players have scored and the team had 1/12 three pointers. This is a new record of lowest allowance in a Cup Final, previous was 21 points in 1999 Cup Final PAOK-AEK 34-21. Loukas Mavrokefalidis became the first player to reach two digits score and Panathinaikos expanded its lead in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Apollon improved with Fitzpatrick scoring. In the end of the fourth quarter Panathinaikos played with five young Greeks, its new generation: Lountzis (16 years old), Bochoridis (21), Charalampopoulos (18), Giankovits (25) and Diamantakos (20). For Apollon Toarlyn Fitzpatrick made a double double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. For Panathinaikos eleven players scored, all expect Lountzis. Loukas Mavrokefalidis was named MVP of the Final.
Quarters' scores: 12-21, 20-39, 31-57, 53-68.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 5(1), Argyropoulos 9(1), Galloway, Penn 5(1), Fitzpatrick 19(2), Batis 2, El-Amin 4, Pelekoudas 2, Molfetas, Niforas 7, Georgalis, Ojo.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 3(1), Slaughter 3(1), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 4, Fotsis 6(1), Pappas 9(1), Mavrokefalidis 13, Diamantidis 9(1), Gist 6(2), Batista 9, Diamantakos 3, Lountzis.

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Cup semi finals

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals. Panathinaikos will play in the Greek Cup Final for eleventh consecutive year! The game was tight and PAOK equalized the score in the last minute but with four seconds remaining Panathinaikos managed to make the winning shot with Vlanto Giankovits. Giankovits scored a great buzzer beater and gave his team the ticket to the Cup Final. For the winners Giankovits and Gist scored 13 points each, Slaughter socred 12 points, Batista 11. Gist and Batista collected 7 rebounds each, while Diamantidis served 7 assists. For PAOK Kevin Langford scored 18 points, Christos Saloustros collected 9 rebounds, Margaritis scored 9 points and collected 8 rebounds. Jake Odume missed the last crucial free throws but had 9 points and 7 rebounds. Panathinaikos will probably keep its crown against Apollon Patras in the final but PAOK and Soulis Markopoulos build a great team step by step.
Quarters' scores: 12-17, 27-33, 44-50, 68-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 18, Liapis, Charitopoulos 9, Carter 5(1), Saloustros 4, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 9(1), Odum 9, Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic 6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Blums 1, Slaughter 12(1), Giankovits 13(2), Fotsis 3(1), Nelson, Pappas 8, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 8(1), Gist 13(1), Batista 11.

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Cup semi finals

Apollon Patras beat Nea Kifisia for Greek Cup semi finals and qualified to the Greek Cup Final for the first time after 1997. Apollon Patras qualified to the final but its opponent is not known, since the game between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was cancelled upon sports judge's decision. The game started better for Nea Kifisia but Apollon Patras managed to counter attack and be more focused in the last crucial minute. For Apollon Patras Toarly Fitzpatrick scored 25 points with 6/8 three pointers and collected 7 rebounds. Brandon Penn had 11 points but 9 of them where in the third period where he helped his team to counter attack. Kevin Galloway had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. For Nea Kifisia Uros Duvnjak had 17 points, Petros Melissaratos had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Nikos Liakopoulos had 10 points and 6 assists. Nikos Barlos had 16 point against the team that had almost agreed terms a month ago. The referees wrote down in game sheet the bad behaviour of Nea Kifisia's coach Elias Papatheodorou after the final whistle.
Quarters' scores: 19-11, 34-30, 50-56, 73-75

Nea Kifisia: Kafkis, Ewing, Liakopoulos 10, Tsaldaris 5(1), Pesakovic, Duvnjak 17(2), Davis 10(2), Psathas 2, Melissaratos 13, Barlos 16(2),Kakiouzis.
Apollon Patras: Skoridlis 8(1), Argyropoulos 10(2), Galloway 8, Georgalis 2, Penn 11(7ρ), Fitzpatrick 25, Antonakis, El-Amn 9, Molfetas 2.

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 semi finals

Saturday 20th December 
Nea Kifisia - Apollon Patras

Monday 22nd December
PAOK - Panathinaikos

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup. All players and the stuff of Olympiacos will have a 50% salary cut for a month as a result of the defeat by Panathinaikos in a game that the opponent was playing without many players and the team was leading the score one minute before the end.

Panathinaikos defeat Olympiacos for Greek Cup

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Greek Cup without fans attending the game. Panathinaikos started better and took the lead with 14-4 but Olympiacos balanced the game in the first quarter. In the second quarter the game was more balanced and the half time finished with score 33-32. Esteban Batista had 10 points and 6 rebounds in the first half. Olympiacos started the second half with a 13-0 run and took a lead of 12 points, 33-45. Antonis Fotsis scored after 4:50 without score for Panathinaikos and lowered the difference to 10 points, 35-45. The last quarter started with two three pointers for Panathinaikos and the difference down to five points, 55-60. Olympiacos replied with its own 6-0 run and the difference went back to ten points, 58-68. Panathinaikos with two free throws of Diamantidis approached to four points, 68-72, but Matt Lojeski with a three pointer and a turnover by Panathinaikos made the score 68-75 two minutes before the end. Panathinaikos tightened its defense and with a three pointer by Dimitris Diamantidis equalized the score 75-75 with 16 second remaining. Esteban Batista made a foul to Kostas Sloukas 8 seconds before the end but Sloukas scored only ony and made the score 75-76. In the last offense three players of Olympiacos played defense on Dimitris Diamantidis who passed the ball to Esteban Batista and dunked making the score 77-76 and giving his team a great victory!
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 33-32, 49-60, 77-76.

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Diamantakos, Slaughter 7, Bochoridis 5 (1), Giankovits 11, Fotsis 7 (1), Pappas 19 (3), Blums 8 (2), Diamantidis 8 (2), Batista 12.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 6 (2), Hunter 6, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 12 (2), Mantzaris 3 (1), Sloukas 3, Lafayette 7 (1), Lojeski 16 (4), Printezis 13.

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Greek Cup

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Greek Cup. Panionios played with young players and even the team lost the game by 18 points the fans cheered the players for their effort. With the 22 years old Spyros Motsenigos being the most experienced player of Panionios the team managed to lead the score in the first half by 30-29 but in the second half the team of Patras got the expected victory.
Quarters' scores: 19-20, 30-29, 62-49, 63-81

Panionios (Degaitas): Georgiadis, Moraitis 3, Stamatis 14, Motsenigos 22, Biris, Melissourgos 2, Billis 2, Karampelas, Doukas, Spyropoulos 8, Petropoulos 12.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Mastrogiannopoulos, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 15, Skordilis 13, Penn 11, Fitzpatrick 3, Antonakis, Batis 4, El-Amin 29, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas.

Nea Kifisia beat Aris for Greek Cup

Nea Kifisia hosted and beat Aris for Greek Cup round three. The home team based on the experience of Michalis Kakiouzis and Dimitris Mavroeidis won Aris who got score by Muhamed Pašalić, Reed and Thomas but not from Vezenkov as expected. Torey Thomas lost the last shot and the chance for an extra time and Nea Kifisia qualified to the quarter finals of the Greek Basketball Cup.
Quarters' scores: 21-22, 40-38, 54-55, 73-69

Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Tsaldaris 5 (1), Kafkis 2, Ewing 7, Liakopoulos, Duvnjak 11 (1), Pesakovic 10 (2), Mavroeidis 12 (8 rebs), Psathas 4, Davis 5, Kakiouzis 17 (9 rebs).
Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 14 (4), Manolopoulos 2, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 4, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 16, Charisis, Vezenkov 9, Naymick 5.

PAOK beat KAOD for Greek Cup

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Greek Cup. Without facing problems PAOK won KAOD and qualified to the next round of the Greek Cup. For the winners Marc Carter had 17 points, Julian Vaughn 13 points and Jake Odum and Christos Saloustros 10 points each.
Quarters' scores 19-12, 44-28, 68-49, 88-63

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 4, Liapis 7, Charalampidis 8, Carter 17, Kakaroudis 5, Tsochlas 2, Dedas 8, Margaritis 4, Kottas, Odum 10, Saloustros 10, Vaughn 13
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 3, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 10, Georgakis 9, Atkins 8, Odom 3, Spyridonidis 6, Michel 8, Zaras 5, Loe 7, Chrysikopoulos 1

Apollon Patras beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup

Apollon Patras hosted and beat Korivos Amaladas for Greek Cup second round third day. Apollon started the game with a 7-0 run but Korivos made its own 6-18 run and finish the first quarter leading the score. Early in the second quarter Apollon got back the lead and kept it until the end. Korivos tried to counter attack in the last quarter and lowered the difference to three points, 52-49, but the home team made a 5-0 run and secured the victory. Apollon Patras had 1/12 three pointers in the first half in a tight game which was the first home game for the team. Apollon Patras had Brandon Penn, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick, Gaios Skordilis and Muhammad El-Amin with two digits points scored while for Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery scored 23 points, Josh Magette 9 points and Darrius Garrett 8 points.
Quarters' scores: 13-18, 28-21, 45-35, 65-54.

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Penn 12 (2), Fitzpatrick 11, El-Amin 10, Mpatis 8 (1), Molfetas, Argyropoulos 3 (1), Antonakis 2, Galloway 9, Skordilis 10, Niforas.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Maggett 9 (1), Aggelopoulos 2, Kanonidis 1, Garrett 8, Vasiljevic 2, Lowery 23 (2), Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Dmitriev 3 (1).

Aris beat AEK for Greek Cup

Aris beat AEK in Thessaloniki for Greek Basketball Cup. The home team was leading the game in the whole game. Dusan Sakota and Nontas Papantoniou of AEK did their best to win the game but in the end the home team scored all crucial free throws and secured the victory. For Aris Aleksandar Vezenkov had 22 points and 10 rebounds and LeMarcus Reed had 17 points, 6 steals and 4 steals. Besides Papantoniou and Sakota, Zisis Sarikopoulos made a double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds against his former team. Aris qualified to the next round where will play against Nea Kifisia in Athens.
Quarters' scores: 20-11, 35-31, 52-48, 63-57.

Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic 7, Manolopoulos, Mourtos, Simtsak, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 9, Charisis 1, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 22 (10 reb), Naymick 7.
AEK BC (Ziagkos): Papantoniou 17, Kyles 3, Sakota 13, Kaselakis 8 (9 reb), Polytarchou 1, Papadionysiou, Goodridge, Kamperidis, Williamson 3, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 12 (13 reb)

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 results

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 results

First round

OFI BC - Ethnikos 66-78
OFI BC (Takianos): Bochoridis Ν. 3 (1), Stampoulis 3, Razis 4, Mavrogiannis 2, Stylianou 14 (4), Lianos 16 (2), Kitsoulis 15 (2), Chalaris 2, Trepalovac 3, Skliva 4
Ethnikos (Koustenis): Papadionysiou, Moukas 12 (4), Koukas 24 (5), Tsiotras  5 (1), Zoumpos 7 (1), Raditsas, Gkizogiannis Α. 15, Machairas 6, Vavatsikos 3, Anagnostopoulos 2, Psyleas 4, Karypidis, Raditsas.

Doxa Lefkadas - Pagrati 79-82
Doxa Lefkadas (Zafeiroudis): Kyriakopoulos 8, Martzos 17 (3), Garmpis, Mouratidis 14 (3), Karadolamis 7 (1), Symeonidis 11, Anagnostopoulos 4, Argyros, Ioakimidis, Sklavos 18 (2)
Pagrati (Kalampakos): Lakkas 2, Kovasevic 11 (3), Dedes 3 (1), Pappas 13 (2), Psaropoulos 9 (1), Papantonakos 10 (2), Raptis 2, Diallo 8, Kotroulias 7, Chatzinikolas 17 (5), Karaindros

Psyhiko - Livadia 77-62 
Psyhiko (Rementelas): Nikou 17(3), Ahis 8, Persidis, Papanikolaou 7(1), Skandalos, Mantzaris 10, Koronidis 11 (3), Panou 5 (1), Naoumis 7, Latovic 7 (1), Matzioris 5 (1).
Livadia (Oikonomou): Hodjalari, Termatzidis 3 (1), Sakota, Veskoukis 22 (2), Stavrou 10, Marantos 7 (1), Liontos, Giannaletsos 11, Dimitriadis 11 (1).

Filippos Veroias - Arkadikos 60-58 
Filippos Veroias (Gkimas): Traianos 6, Deligiorgis 4, Plioukas 5 (1), Gioulekas 17 (3), Kasampalis 11, Argyris, Trichopoulos 10, Lefkaditis 7.
Arkadikos (Kastritis): Noeas, Kontantinou 2, Karydas 11 (1), Kopsaftis 7 (1), Chatzis 3 (1), Mallios 9 (1), Anastasakis, Thanopoulos, Ezomo 6, Djordevic 20.

Aetos - Iraklis 82-78
Aetos (Papamarkos): Mitsakis 2, Koukounias 2, Mpasdekis, Kokkalis 14, Morfis 3 (1), Topalis 13 (2), Michopoulos 2, Rodostoglou 27 (2), Petroulas 6 (1), Tzougarakis 13.
Iraklis (Kyroudis): Michaloglou 19 (2), Onasoglou 5, Chatzopoulos 3 (1), Chrysopoulos 7 (1), Arapis 4, Karagkiolidis 4, Kothras 11 (1), Mitsialos 2, Despos 23.

Lavrio - Kavala 68-55
Lavrio (Serelis): Brozos 4, Danas 12 (2), Tsiros 3 (1), Mourikis 2, Sakellariou 14 (2), Giannakopoulos 11 (1), Perakis 10 (1), Psomaderis 9 (1), Benos 3
Kavala (Tzimas): Kristevski 4, Totsios 5, Kalampakas 10 (1), Katsares 6, Karampoulias 14, Gkelios 2, Charismidis 4, Velissariou 7(1), Kalaitzidis 3 (1)

Second round

First day

Ilisiakos - Aris BC 64-83
Ilisiakos (Sorotos): Nikolakopoulos 11 (3), Fakopoulidis 12 (2), Vlahos 12 (2), Kaklamanakis 4, Anagnostakis 6, Tsiokos 7, Zorzos 5 (1), Perdikaris 7, Legkikas, Karteris, Tzivelekas, Drosos
Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic 9 (1), Gkikas 5 (1), Reed 7 (1), Thomas 23 (5), Vezenkov 16 (3), Naymick 7, Mourtos 6, Symtsak 10, Charisis.

Lavrio - Korivos Amaliadas 62-76
Lavrio (Serelis): Benos 4, Brozos 14, Hasapis, Tsiros, Mourikis 2, Sakellariou 14, Giannakopoulos 14 (1), Keskinidis, Perrakis 6 (1), Danas 6, Psomaderis 2, Pagonis.
Korivos Amaliadas (Markopoulos): Maggette 16 (3), Lowery 16, Giannakidis 9 (3), Angelopoulos 13 (1), Fournodavlos, Archimandritis, Kanonidis 8, Filippakos 4, Garrett 9, Galiotos 1, Batis

Aetos GAS - Aries Trikala 69-82
Aetos GAS (Papamarkos): Theodorakos, Mitsiakis 5 (1), Koukounias 4, Mpasdekis 9 (2), Kokkalis 18 (1), Varnavas, Morfis 10, Topalis 11 (2), Mihopoulos 3, Rodostoglou 2, Petroulas 2, Tzougarakis 5
Aries Trikala (Flevarakis): Ingram 18 (4), Nikolopoulos 2, Kadji 9 (1), Bowi 12 (2), Cupkovic 2, Panos 15, Spanos 2, Kamariotis 4, Deligiannis 14, Matalon 4, Houhoumis, Varytimiadis

Pagrati - Apollon Patras 86-100
Pagrati (Kalampakos): Lakkas 5, Kovasevic 15 (3), Dedes 1, Pappas 10, Psaropoulos 3 (1), Papantonakos 12 (1), Raptis 7, Koutroulias 21 (1), Diallo 8, Chatzinikolas 4, Kritsotakis
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Argyropoulos 2, Galloway 29 (2), Skordilis 8, Penn 21 (3), Fitzpatrick 11, Antonakis 15 (1), Batis 4, El-Amin 10 (2), Molfetas.

Second round

Second day

Psyhiko - Aris 65-90
Psyhiko: Nikou 4, Ahis 6(2), Persidis, Papanikolaou 6, Dimakos 10(1), Mantzaris 10(2), Koronidis 5(1), Panou 8, Naoumis, Latovic 12(1),Matzioris 4
Aris: Pasalic 4, Manolopoulos, Mourtos 7(1), Simtsak 14, Gikas 15(3), Reed 9(1), Thomas 9, Poulianitis, Charisis 2, Karathanasis  7, Vezenkov 23(1).

Korivos Amaliadas - Aries Trikala 69-64
Korivos Amaliadas: Maggette 10, Giannakidis 8(2), Angelopoulos 22(3), Archimandritis, Batis, Vasiljevic 4(1), Kanonidis 10, Filippakos, Garrett 15, Galliotos, Fournodavlos
Aries Trikala: Ingram 6, Nikolopoulos 3(1), Kadji 5(1), Bowei 11(1), Cupkovic 3(1), Panos 13, Spanos  1, Kamariotis, Deligiannis 12, Matalon 8, Houhoumis, Varytimiadis 2

Filippos Veroias - Apollon Patras 63-77
Filippos Veroias: Petalotis, Sidiropoulos, Traianos 11(1), Deligiorgis 4, Plioukas 5(1), Gkioulekas 10, Kasampalis 15, Argyris, Trichopoulos 13(1), Pehlivanos, Lefakiditis 5
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 8, Galloway 12(2), Skordilis 18(14r), Penn 3(1), Fitzpatrick 8(2), Antonakis 8, Mpatis 4, El-Amin 16(2), Molfetas, Niforas.

AEK - Rethymno Aegean 81-78
AEK: Papantoniou 2, Kyles 16(1), Sakota 17(4), Kaselakis 12(1), Polytarchou 3(1), Papadionysiou, Nikolic 2, Wright 10(2), Kamperidis, Williamson 2, Tsiakos  3, Sarikopoulos 14
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 8(1), Panaretakis, Koumpouras  9, Fitzpatrick, Council 23(6), Allen 8(2), Kalampokis 3(1), Faye 14(2), Sinis 2, Doulgerakis, Cheilaris 3 (1), Cravic 8

Third day

Aris - AEK 63-57
Aris BC (Priftis): Pasalic 7, Manolopoulos, Mourtos, Simtsak, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 9, Charisis 1, Karathanasis, Vezenkov 22 (10 reb), Naymick 7.
AEK BC (Ziagkos): Papantoniou 17, Kyles 3, Sakota 13, Kaselakis 8 (9 reb), Polytarchou 1, Papadionysiou, Goodridge, Kamperidis, Williamson 3, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 12 (13 reb)

Apollon Patras - Korivos Amaliadas 65-54
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Penn 12 (2), Fitzpatrick 11, El-Amin 10, Mpatis 8 (1), Molfetas, Argyropoulos 3 (1), Antonakis 2, Galloway 9, Skordilis 10, Niforas.
Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Maggett 9 (1), Aggelopoulos 2, Kanonidis 1, Garrett 8, Vasiljevic 2, Lowery 23 (2), Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Dmitriev 3 (1).

Third round

PAOK - KAOD 88-63
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 4, Liapis 7, Charalampidis 8, Carter 17, Kakaroudis 5, Tsochlas 2, Dedas 8, Margaritis 4, Kottas, Odum 10, Saloustros 10, Vaughn 13
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 3, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 10, Georgakis 9, Atkins 8, Odom 3, Spyridonidis 6, Michel 8, Zaras 5, Loe 7, Chrysikopoulos 1

Nea Kifisia - Aris 73-69
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Tsaldaris 5 (1), Kafkis 2, Ewing 7, Liakopoulos, Duvnjak 11 (1), Pesakovic 10 (2), Mavroeidis 12 (8 rebs), Psathas 4, Davis 5, Kakiouzis 17 (9 rebs).
Aris (Priftis): Pasalic 14 (4), Manolopoulos 2, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 4, Gkikas, Reed 17, Thomas 16, Charisis, Vezenkov 9, Naymick 5.

Panionios - Apollon Patras 63-81
Panionios (Degaitas): Georgiadis, Moraitis 3, Stamatis 14, Motsenigos 22, Biris, Melissourgos 2, Billis 2, Karampelas, Doukas, Spyropoulos 8, Petropoulos 12.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Mastrogiannopoulos, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 15, Skordilis 13, Penn 11, Fitzpatrick 3, Antonakis, Batis 4, El-Amin 29, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas.

Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 77-76
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Diamantakos, Slaughter 7, Bochoridis 5 (1), Giankovits 11, Fotsis 7 (1), Pappas 19 (3), Blums 8 (2), Diamantidis 8 (2), Batista 12.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 6 (2), Hunter 6, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 12 (2), Mantzaris 3 (1), Sloukas 3, Lafayette 7 (1), Lojeski 16 (4), Printezis 13.

Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015 fixtures

Here is the schedule of the Greek Basketball Cup 2014-2015:

First Round - 20/21 September
1. Psyhiko - Livadia 77-62
2. Doxa Lefkadas - Pagrati 79-82
3. Aetos GAS - Iraklis BC 82-78 (70-70)
4. Ilisiakos - Ermis Lagkada 71-58
5. OFI BC - Ethnikos 66-78
6. Filippos Veroias - Arkadikos 60-58
7. Lavrio - Kavala BC 68-55

Second round
1st day - 24th September