Showing posts with label Kostas Sloukas. Show all posts
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Monday, June 17, 2024

Records broken in the Basket League Finals 2023-2024


Nikola Milutinov's Achievements

Nikola Milutinov was the standout player for Olympiacos in the final game of the season, achieving a ranking of 28. He scored 17 points, making him the fourth highest foreign scorer in Olympiacos' history with 1,047 points, surpassing Milos Teodosic (1,043 points). The top foreign scorers for Olympiacos are:

Žarko Paspalj: 1,573 points (1992-94)
David Rivers: 1,480 points (1995-97, 2000-01)
Matt Lojeski: 1,159 points (2013-17)
Nikola Milutinov: 1,047 points (2015-19, 2023-24)
Milos Teodosic: 1,043 points (2007-11)

Milutinov set a record for Game 5 with a ranking of 28, surpassing Jamel McLean's 25 in 2018. He also became the second foreign player in Olympiacos' history to exceed 400 successful two-point shots in the Basket League, with 402/625 (64.32%) in 137 games, following Žarko Paspalj's 518.

Milutinov joined an exclusive group of six players with over 700 rebounds in Olympiacos' professional league history. He also recorded the tenth double-double of the playoffs with 17 points and 12 rebounds, his fifth of the season, ranking him among the top players for double-doubles.

With his 137th appearance in the Basket League, Milutinov now ranks 30th among foreign players in the professional league, surpassing Juan Antonio Morales, who had 136 games.

Thomas Walkup's Achievements

Thomas Walkup set a record for Game 5 with 10 assists, the first player to achieve double-digit assists in such a game, surpassing Dimitris Diamantidis' seven assists in 2014. His 10 assists were the second double-digit assist performance for Olympiacos this season, following Moustapha Fall's 11 assists against PAOK.

Walkup's +8 assist-to-turnover ratio (10/2) was the best in the finals and the second-best in the playoffs, only behind Kostas Papanikolaou's +9 (9 assists/0 turnovers) in the second semifinal against Peristeri. Walkup also achieved a +11 efficiency rating, the highest of the season, surpassing the previous +10 held by Fall, Nigel Williams-Goss, and Papanikolaou.

Alec Peters' Achievements

Alec Peters was Olympiacos' top scorer with 21 points, reaching nine 20+ point games in the season, tying for second place with Hunter Hale of Promitheas, behind Andrew Goudelock's 10 for Kolossos.

Other Olympiacos Records

Olympiacos' second-quarter performance of 28-17 was the second-largest deficit of the season, following a -17 in the second quarter of the second semifinal against Peristeri. The team was limited to single-digit offensive rebounds (6) for the first time in the series, resulting in a season-low for second-chance points (6).

Kostas Sloukas' Records

Kostas Sloukas had an incredible first half with 25 points, setting a career-high in the Basket League. His previous best was 23 points, achieved three times with Olympiacos. Sloukas finished the game with 29 points, tying the highest score by a Panathinaikos player in finals history, matching Nikos Oikonomou's 29 points in 1996.

Sloukas also became the first Panathinaikos player to score at least 20 points in a game this season, with seven different players achieving this feat. He also reached milestones of 500+ successful free throws and 500 total rebounds in his career.

Other Individual Green Records

Jerian Grant's 5/5 two-point performance was close to the historical record of 6/6 by Stojan Vrankovic in 1995.
Kendrick Nunn attempted 10 three-pointers, the highest in Game 5 history, tying the record for the most missed three-pointers (1/9) in a single game this season.
Nunn also had the longest playing time in the series, with 39:53 minutes in Game 5.

Panathinaikos' Team Performance

Panathinaikos' two-point shooting percentage improved significantly over the series, from 45.16% in Game 1 to 62.85% in Game 5, averaging 62.42% across the series.
The team scored an average of 37.6 points in the paint, compared to 35.09 in the regular season.
Panathinaikos made significant comebacks from 11-point deficits in consecutive games, finishing the season with five comebacks from such deficits.

Coach Records

Ergin Ataman became the eighth coach to win the title in a five-game series.
Giorgos Bartzokas faced his second Game 5 loss, the first being in 2014.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Fenerbahce beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16 Round One

Fenerbahce hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 Round One. Panathinaikos was not good at the first quarter, then managed to balance the game in the second quarter but then Diamantidis got a light injury and left the game. Without Diamantidis Panathinaikos seemed to lack that something that could help the team steal the game at the end.

Fenerbahce - Panathinaikos 82-75
Quarters' scores: 28-18, 46-43, 62-58, 82-75
Fenerbahce (Obradovic): Hickman 2, Udoh 16, Andic 12 (3), Bogdanovic 12 (2), Sloukas 4, Vesely 12, Kalinic, Dixon 9, Datome 15 (2).
Panathinaikos (Djordjevic): Pavlovic 10, Yaknovic 8 (2), Fotsis 6 (2), Raduljica 14, Pappas 6, Feldeine, Diamantidis 5 (1), Gist 14 (3), Calathes 9 (1), Kuzmic 3.
Quick stats: Sloukas 0/6 FG, Feldeine 0/7 FG, Calathes 6 turnovers, Udoh 7 rebounds, Fotsis 2/2 FG + 6 rebounds.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Basket League twenty third day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. Olympiacos first game after qualifying in the Final Four was against the already relegated Panionios. Olympiacos was preparing for the forthcoming game against Panathinaikos and Dimitris Agravanis had the chance to show his talent after declared for the NBA Draft. For Panionios William Coleman had 22 points and 7 rebounds, Sheehey had 12 points, Dimitris Verginis had 9 points. For the winners Lojeski had 18 points with 4/7 three pointers, Dimitris Agravanis had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 9 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, Spanoulis had 7 assists, Kavvadas had 12 points with 5/6 field goals.
Quarters' scores: 32-17, 51-28, 80-43, 108-65

Olympiacos: Petway 6, Hunter 10, Dunston 15, Spanoulis 7(1), Darden 11(2), Papapetrou 4, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 1, Lojeski 18(4), Avgravanis 12(1), Mantzaris 3(1), Kavvadas 12.
Panionios: Xanthopoulos, Petropoulos, Verginis 9(2), Sheehey 12(2), Spyropoulos 2, Strnand 7(1), Oikonomopoulos, Bilis, Stamatis 3, Georgiadis, Colleman 22.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League nineteenth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 nineteenth day. The visitors started better and finished the first quarter ahead by 6 points, 15-21. Sloukas helped Olympiacos to balance the game and the expulsion of Vincent Council with two unsportsmanslike foul changed the game. Great game for Kostas Sloukas who made a double double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. For the winners Othello Hunter collected 11 rebounds and scored 6 points, Bryant Dunston made 4 blocks. For Rethymno Roeland Schaftenaar and Travis Simpson scored 9 points. Schaftenaar collected 11 rebounds, and 4 out of 8 team offensive rebounds. Mouhammad Faye collected 8 rebounds and made 3 steals. Fanis Koumpouras served 3 assists.
Poor shot accuracy for Rethymno that had 2/16 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 15-21, 43-37, 61-50, 80-60

Olympiacos: Hunter 6(11ρ), Dunston 8, Spanoulis 8, Darden 8(2), Papapetrou, Sloukas 13(1), Lafayette 3, Lojeski 14(2), Christodoulou, Printezis 13(2), Mantzaris 3(1), Kavvadas 4
Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 9(1), Schizas, Koumpouras 6, Schaftenaar 9(1), Council 8, Allen 4, Kalampokis 6, Faye 6, Sinis, Chilaris 2, Kravic 8, Doulgerakis.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Olympiacos beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League fifteenth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Nea Kifisia for Basket League 2014-2015 fifteenth day. Nea Kifisia is the only team that has beaten Olympiacos for Basket League 2014-2015 but in Olympiacos' home the team cannot repeat it. Vasilopoulos returned to the stadium where he had won all. Spanoulis played only 14 minutes, so Kostas Sloukas was the top scorer of his team with 16 points. For another game Dimitris Mavroeidis was the leader of Nea Kifisia with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 9 fouls drawn. For Nea Kifisia Giannis Psathas had 8 rebounds, Xavier Silas had 14 points and Nikola Pesakovic had 5 assists. Panagiotis Vasilopoulos did not score but played for 21 minutes and collected 6 rebounds. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 10 points, 8 rebounds and Bryant Dunston had 8 points, 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 22-14, 40-29, 54-38, 77-63

Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Hunter 2, Dunston 8, Spanoulis 6, Darden 4, Sloukas 16, Lafayette 6, Lojeski 10, Christodoulou, Printezis 9, Mantzaris 7, Kavvadas 4, Katsivelis 5.
Nea Kifisia (Papatheodorou): Silas 14, Liakopoulos, Popovic 4, Pesakovic 4, Mavroeidis 16, Psathas 5, Melissaratos, Duvnjak 9, Davis 3, Barlos 8, Vasilopoulos.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Basket League tenth day

Olympiacos beat Panionios for Basket League tenth day. Olympiacos with a massive defence allowed Panionios to score only 5 points in the first and 13 points in the second quarter. Easy victory for the reds that had 12 players with score. For Panionios only Luke Hancock had two digits score with 17 points and 3 steals. Dimitris Verginis had 7 points and 4 assists, Tony Woods had 6 points and 4 rebounds. For the winners Bryant Dunston had 18 points with 9/11 shots, Vangelis Mantzaris served 7 assists and made 3 steals, Kostas Sloukas had 7 points and 5 assists. Brent Petway made a double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Yaroslav Korolev had 0/7 field goals and scored only 3 points with 3 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 4-12, 17-31, 35-53, 56-73

Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos, Verginis 7(1), Koukoulas, Spyropoulos, Strnand 6(2), Motsenigos 1, Stamatis 5, Woods 6, Coleman 9(4ρ), Korolev 3, Pruitt 2, Hancock 17(2).
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 13(3), Hunter 4, Dunston 18, Spanoulis 5(1), Darden 4, Sloukas 7, Lafayette 3(1), Lojeski 5, Agravanis 6, Mantzaris 3(1), Kavvadas 2, Katsivelis 3(1).

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague

Olympiacos hosted and beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague. With this victory Olympiacos secured the first place of its group and there will be no Greek fight in Euroleague's Top 16 round. Crvena Zvezda was competitive when Boban Marjanovic was playing. Marjanovic had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Luka Mitrovic had 11 points and 7 rebounds. For the winners Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points, Kostas Sloukas had 9 points and 5 assists, Brent Petway had 7 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-16, 27-28, 42-48, 64-59

Olympiacos: Petway 7(1), Hunter 6(5ρ), Dunston 4, Spanoulis 15(2), Sloukas 9, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 2, Lafayette 11(3), Darden 4, Lojeski 2
Crvena Zvezda: Williams 2, Dangubic 8(2), Mitrovic 11(1), Lazic 3(1), Blazic 5(1), Kalinic 10(2), Marjanovic 17, Tejic, Jenkins, Jovic, Zirbes 3.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Olympiacos beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fifth day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Basket League fifth day. Olympiacos with 8/10 field goals in the first quarter created a difference of 14 points that became 20 points in the half time and did not face troubles to beat Aries Trikala. Brian Tracey was in a good day with 20 points, 4/5 two pointers, 2/3 three pointer, 5 rebounds and 4 assists but could not expect more against Olympiacos. Nate Bowie had 11 points and 6 assists, Steve Panos had 8 rebounds, Slaven Cupkovic had 19 points and 6 rebounds. For the winners Hunter and Petway had 12 points each. Vasilis Spanoulis served 6 assists, Dimitris Agravanis collected 7 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 3/3 three pointers and 6 assists.
Quarters' scores: 31-17, 54-34, 71-52, 87-72.

Olympiacos: Petway 12(2), Hunter 12, Dunston 8, Spanoulis 10(1), Darden 2, Sloukas 11(3), Lafayette 6, Christodoulou, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris 10(1), Kavvadas 4, Katsivelis 7(2).
Aries Trikala: Ingram 2, Nikolopoulos, Tracey 20(2), Bowie 11, Cupkovic 19(5), Panos 6, Spanos, Kamariotis, Matalon 8(1), Thodos, Varytimiadis, Kadji 6.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague fourth day

Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade for Euroleague fourth day. In a full of fans stadium and friendly atmosphere Olympiacos beat Red Star in Giannis Sfairopoulos' Euroleague debut. With Vasilis Spanoulis leading the score for another game with 14 points and 4 assists, Olympiacos made its fourth win in four games. Dimitris Agravanis had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 points. For Crvena Zvezda Boban Marjanovic had 13 points and 14 rebounds, while Jaka Blazic and Nikola Kalinic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 14-13, 26-37, 36-50,  57-62

Crvena Zvezda (Radonjic): Williams 7(1), Dangubic 2, Mitrovic 4, Lazic 5, Blazic 10 (2), Kalinic 10, Marjanovic 13, Jenkins 2, Jovic, Zirbes 4.
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 8 (2), Hunter 2, Dunston 11, Spanoulis 14 (3), Sloukas 4, Agravanis 8 (2), Mantzaris 7, Katsivelis, Lafayette 5 (1), Darden 3 (1).

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Olympiacos beat Neptūnas for Euroleague third day

Olympiacos beat Neptūnas for Euroleague third day. Olympiacos needed an extra time to beat Neptūnas but even like this made its third victory in three games. The home team had 0/10 three pointers in the first half and was behind in score but in the second half they made a 7-0 run and balanced the game. In the end of the normal time Shakur missed a chance to win the game by missing a free throw and in extra time Olympiacos won the game. Vasilis Spanoulis had a great game with 34 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Kostas Sloukas helped his team with crucial shots and 13 points. Simas Galdigas finished the game with a double double, 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 15-17, 30-38, 55-55, 76-76 OT: 81-85.

Neptūnas: Mazeika 11, Girdziunas 4, Nacius, Sinica, Dimsa 5, Gailius 16, Galdikas 13, Shakur 13, Beliauskas, Zavackas 14, Vasylius, Butkevicius 5.
Olympiacos: Petway 9, Hunter, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 34, Sloukas 13, Christodoulou, Agravanis, Mantzaris, Kavvadias, Katsivelis, Lafayette 3, Lojeski 10.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Olympiacos defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day

Olympiacos hosted without fans and defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day. Apollon Patras could not follow Olympiacos who wanted a great victory with its new coach Milan Tomic to begin the Basket League. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis scored 17 points and served 8 assists. Kostas Sloukas scored 9 points, collected 9 rebounds and served 8 assists approaching a rare triple double. For Apollon Patras Brandon Penn had 22 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 9 rebounds and 5 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-15, 41-29, 65-39, 82-56.

Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 4, Hunter 11, Dunston 13, Spanoulis 17, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 9, Mouratos 2, Christodoulou 7, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 6, Kavvadas, Katsivelis.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 4, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 4, Pen 22, Fitzpatrick 5, Antonakis 1, Batis 7, El-Amin 5, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Gorgonis 2.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Fenerbahçe Ülker beat Olympiacos for Euroleague Top 16

Fenerbahçe Ülker beat Olympiacos Piraeus for Euroleague Top 16. Olympiacos played without its captain Vasilis Spanoulis and had problems in ball play. Bo McCalebb scored 20 points and the former Olympiacos' player Linas Kleiza scored 21 points. For Olympiacos Stratos Perperoglou and Kostas Sloukas scored 17 points each. Olympiacos now have to fight for better placing in the group.
Quarters' scores: 21-22, 41-38, 59-51, 78-74.

Fenerbahçe Ülker: McCalebb 20, Jackson, Onan 2, Bjelica 8, Mahmutoglu 3, Kleiza 21, Turkyilmaz, Sekulic 2, Savas, Zoric 9, Bogdanovic 9, Preldzic 4.
Olympiacos Piraeus:  Petway, Dunston 9, Perperoglou 17, Sloukas 17, Collins, Simmons 4, Printezis 10, Mantzaris 10, Katsivelis, Lojeski 7, Moon.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Greek League 18th day

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Greek Basket League 18th day. In a very tight game without fans, due to penalty of PAOK, PAOK could won the game but with a dunk from Jamario Moon Olympiacos stole the victory in the last seconds. PAOK hosted Olympiacos without fans and without Giorgos Bogris but was very competitive. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis was the top scorer with 14 points and Michalis Tsairelis added 8 points and 5 rebounds. For Olympiacos none finished the game with a two digits score, with Sloukas, Moon and Printezis having 8 points each. PAOK complains about the referees and their decision not to charge Olympiacos with a foul on DJ Cooper in the last attack.
Quarters' scores: 23-14, 37-40, 51-52, 72-74.

PAOK: Payne 9, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 14, Tsochlas 3, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 8, Dedas 2, Margaritis 4, Kalles 5, Kaselakis 3, Liapis, Kottas.
Olympiacos: Moon 8, Dunston 2, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglou 3, Sloukas 8, Collins 5, Simmons, Lojeski 7, Printezis 8, Mantzaris 3, Kavvadas 2, Katsivelis.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Olympiacos for Greek League 16th day

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 16th day. With Matt Lojeski scoring 11 points in the first quarter, Olympiacos took the lead by 5 points, 19-24. Ikaros Chalkidas was competitive for one half. In the first half the difference was only 3 points and the game tight. In the third quarter Olympiacos let Ikaros Chalkidas score only 8 points and created a safe difference. Since Olympiacos secured the victory, played better and broadened the final score to 23 points. Good game for Ikaros Chalkidas but lasted only one half against Euroleague winners. For Ikaros Chalkidas Dominique Sutton had 15 points and 5 rebounds, Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points, Ivan Aska 14 points, Darrin Govens 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Olympiacos had 6 players with two digits points but Matt Lojeski was the top scorer with 17 points. Bryant Dunston had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 fouls drawn.
Quarters' scores: 19-24, 38-41, 46-58, 64-87

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad, Govens 5, Aska 14, Manolopoulos, Sutton 15, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos 1, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Masic 3, Richards 11, Bempis.
Olympiacos: Moon 10, Dunston 13, Spanoulis 10, Perperoglou, Papapetrou 2, Sloukas 14, Collins 10, Lojeski 17, Begic 5, Printezis 4, Mantzaris, Kavvadas 2.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Olympiacos defeated Ilisiakos for Greek League 15th day

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Ilisiakos for Greek Basket League 15th day. In the first game without its top scorer, Kevin Anderson, Ilisiakos made a suprisingly good game and was leading the game for 21 minutes. Olympiacos had to tried more in a supposingly easy game. For Olympiacos 11 players, all except young Katsivelis scored. For Ilisiakos the veteran Nikos Chatzis scored 22 points and DJ Stephens 6 points with 13 rebounds. Jamario Moon was the top scorer of Olympiacos in his first game in the League.
Quarters' scores: 11-18, 39-40, 64-58, 83-73.

Olympiacos: Moon 15, Spanoulis 12, Perperoglou 9, Papapetrou 4, Sloukas 10, Collins 3, Simmons 8, Begic 2, Printezis 10, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas 5, Katsivelis.
Ilisiakos: Kafkis 12, Fakopoulidis, Antonakis 5, Chatzis 22, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis, Stephens 6, Vavatsikos 5, Ioannou 14, Tzougarakis 2, Mbodj 7.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Olympiacos defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek League twelfth day

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek League twelfth day. Nea Kifisia started the game with a 9-1 run with 3/3 three pointers, 2/2 by the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis. The first quarter finished with the team of Nea Kifisia ahead in score by 4 points and finished the first half leading the score by one point, 32-33. Nea Kifisia had 5/13 three pointers in the first half while Olympiacos had 1/10. Darrius Garrett with 7 points and 6 rebounds and Tony Crocker with 9 points were the leaders of AENK in the first half. For Olympiacos Bryant Dunston had 10 points and 5 rebounds in the first half. Kakiouzis with another three pointer, 3/3 up to that moment, reached 11 points and kept the lead for his team in the third quarter. Olympiacos made an 8-2 run in the end of the third quarter and finished it leading the score, for the first time after early first quarter. In the last quarter Nea Kifisia made a counter attack with Liakopoulos and Tsaldaris but Olympiacos with Sloukas, Mantzaris and Spanoulis managed to win the game. Tight victory for Olympiacos and a good game for Nea Kifisia. Vasilis Spanoulis finished the game with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Kostas Sloukas was the top scorer for Olympiacos with 15 points and 4 rebounds. Michalis Kakiouzis finished the game with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Darrius Garrett missed a double double with 9 points and 9 rebounds, plus 4 blocks.
Quarters' scores: 15-19, 32-33, 49-48, 69-64

Olympiacos: Dunston 12, Spanoulis 13, Perperoglou 6, Papapetrou, Sloukas 15, Simmons 3, Lojeski 2, Begic 2, Printezis 12, Agravanis, Mantzaris 4, Kavvadas.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 11, Diamantopoulos, Crocker 15, Sioutis, Psathas, Garrett 9, Woods, Tsaldaris 10, Adegboye 2, Kakiouzis 13, Barlos 4.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Olympiacos defeated Bayern Munich for Euroleague

Bayern Munich hosted Olympiacos for Euroleague. The Euroleague champions made their eighth straight victory in the Euroleague. Olympiacos was the second team, with Real Madrid, to be undefeated in the Euroleague and the German team has troubled with champions in the first game. This was the Euroleague debut for Vasilis Kavadas, who signed with Olympiacos few days before the game. Olympiacos had 8/14 three pointers in the first half and with a 10-0 run in the last minutes finished the first half with 9 points difference. Bayen Munich equalized the score couple times in the second quarter and counter attacked in the third quarter taking the lead with 70-67. At that point Stratos Peperoglou with six points in a row kept Olympiacos close in score. Stratos Peperoglou with 6/6 two pointer and Vasilis Spanoulis with 4/5 three pointers were the leader of Olympiacos in the third crucial quarter. Fourth quarter started with two three pointers from the young Greek players of Olympiacos, Sloukas and Mantzaris. Two minutes before the end Olympiacos reached 100 points with a free throw from Ace Law. Malcolm Delaney with two free throws equalized the score to 102-102 and there were 9,5 seconds left for Olympiacos. Bayern Munich made a foul to Dunston. Dunston scored only one free throw but Stratos Perperoglou continued his great game, collected the rebound and scored two free throws. With the score 102-105 Malcolm Delaney was again in the free throws. Delaney scored only one free throw and Schaffartzik wasn't successful in the last shot, so Olympiacos won the game with 103-105.
 Quarters' scores: 22-28, 50-59, 77-80, 103-105.

Bayern Munich: Troutman, Hamann, Schaffartzik, Thompson, Staiger, Benzing, Zipser, Delaney, Idbihi, Savović, Taylor, Bryant.
Olympiacos: Petway, Law, Dunston, Spanoulis, Perperoglou, Papapetrou, Sloukas, Agravanis, Agravanis, Mantzaris, Kavvadas, Katsivelis, Lojeski.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Dopping control for 4 Olympiacos players

ESKAN, the Greek anti-doping authority, took sample from four Olympiacos' players before the game against Galatasaray for Euroleague.  The four players are Kostas Sloukas, Vangelis Mantzaris, Stratos Perperoglou and Mirza Begić.