Arkadikos signed Devon Van Oostrum

Arkadikos signed Devon Van Oostrum. The newly promoted team signed the 22 years old British guard for one year on loan from Laboral Kutxa. Van Oostrum played for Huesca in the Spanish second division and averaged 10.2 points and 4.1 assists per game. Besides Laboral Kutxa and Huesca, he has played for Tarragona, Cibona, Kouvot, and Leeds Force.

 

Mike James left Kolossos Rodou for Laboral Kutxa

The 24 years old American left Kolossos Rodou after eight games in the Basket League Greece and will continue in Spain and Euroleague for Laboral Kutxa. James is the top scorer of the Basket League, averaging 21 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He was named MVP of the first day for his performance against Panionios and of the fourth day for his performance against Panelefsiniakos. James had signed one year contract with Kolossos Rodou on August 2014. James will debute in Euroleague.

Mike James performance in Basket League Greece 2014-2015
1st day 26 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds against Panionios
2nd day 21 points against Panathinaikos
3rd day 28 points against Olympiacos
4th day 22 points and 6 rebounds against Panelefsiniakos
5th day 9 points against Apollon Patras
6th day 11 points and 5 rebounds against Nea Kifisia
7th day 28 points and 7 rebounds against Aris
8th day: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists against AEK

Laboral Kutxa beat Olympiacos for Euroleague seventh day

Laboral Kutxa beat Olympiacos for Euroleague seventh day. Olympiacos counted 6 victories in 6 games but this winning strike ended in Spain. Vasilis Spanoulis scored 27 points and passed Mike Batiste in the fourth scorer of all times in Euroleague but did not celebrate his record with a victory. The reds were in a bad day and in the last quarter Sfairopoulos and Agravanis were charged with a technical foul each for complaining. Great game for ex-Olympiacos player Mirza Begić who had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Thomas Heurtel had 18 points and Davis Bertans had 17 points.
Quarters' scores: 24-17, 44-37, 68-52, 89-70.

Laboral Kutxa (Navaro): Iverson 3, Causeur 9 (3), Shengelia 14, Perkins, Tillie, Begic 12, Vujacic 4, San Emeterio 12 (1), Heurtel 18 (1), Bertans 17 (3).
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway, Hunter 4, Dunston 12, Spanoulis 27 (1), Sloukas 5 (1), Agravanis 7, Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas, Lafayette 6 (1), Darden 7.

Olympiacos beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague second day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague 2014-2015 second day. Olympiacos doubled its victories for Euroleague with Milan Tomic as coach. Laboral Kutxa was poor at field goals with 10/35 but troubled Olympiacos for 40 minutes. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 15 points, Bryant Dunston had 10 points and 6 rebounds, Vasilis Spanoulis and Othello Hunter had 9 points each. For Laboral Kutxa Fernando San Emeterio had 14 points, Tornike Shengelia had 11 points and Colton Iverson had 8 points and 7 rebounds. Davis Bertans had 8 points with 1/7 field goals and 2/9 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 17-10, 30-26, 48-45, 63-57.

Olympiacos: Petway 1, Hunter 9, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 9, Sloukas 3, Christodoulou, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas, Katsivelis, Lafayette 7, Lojeski 15.
Laboral Kutxa: White, Iverson 8, Causeur 5, Gomes, Shengelia 11, Perkins 7, Hamilton, Tillie 4, San Emeterio 14, Heurtel, Johnson, Bertans 8.

Panathinaikos defeated Laboral Kutxa Vitoria for Euroleague TOP 16

Panathinaikos defeated Laboral Kutxa Vitoria in Spain for Euroleague TOP 16 second day. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria had won five of its last six home games against Panathinaikos, but the Greens had a 10-6 lead in the all-time series. Panathinaikos had a great first quarter when the Greek team took the lead in score by 7 points. The home team counter attacked for two quarters, lowered the difference in the second and took the lead in the third quarter. The Greek champions made their own counter attack in the last crucial quarter and took a victory where they have lost in the previous round in details. James Gist was impressive but Stephane Lasme was productive with 20 points. Dimitris Diamantidis scored a crucial three pointer and served 9 assists, besides scoring 12 points. For the home team Thomas Heurtel and Tibor Pleiss were the top scorers.

Quarters' scores: 17-24, 32-34, 52-48, 64-72. 

Laboral Kutxa Vitoria: Mainoldi, Nocioni 8, Poeta, Van Oostrum, Hanga 6, Diop 2, Hodge, San Emeterio 7, Pleiss 17, Heurtel 13, Jelinek 6, Causeur 5.

Panathinaikos Athens: Bramos 5, Curry 10, Batiste 4, Fotsis 5, Ukic 4, Lasme 20, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 12, Gist 10, Pappas, Giankovits, Maciulis 2.

Panathinaikos defeats Laboral Kutxa in Nicosia for Euroleague second day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Laboral Kutxa in Nicosia, Cyprus for Euroleague second day. The game was sold out since Cypriot fans were able to watch a Euroleague game for the first time in Nicosia. Panathinaikos lost in first day from Lietuvos Rytas and was looking for its first victory. Roko Leni Ukić had debuted in Euroleague with Laboral Vitoria in 2005-2006. Ukić, Diamantidis, Mačiulis, Gist and Lasme were the starting five for Panathinaikos. First quarter started with one three pointer and two steals from Jonas Mačiulis. Panathinaikos had 8/18 three pointers in the first 13 minutes, great offensive game. First half ended with score 50-35. Panathinaikos had 8/13 two pointers, 10/22 three pointers and 16 assists. The game continue with massive Panathinaikos in offense which Laboral Kutxa couldn't follow. Panathinaikos finished the game with some records. 31 assists in one game equalized Euroleague record which holds Maccabi Tel Aviv since 2003-2004. Also Panathinaikos equalized the second more successful three pointers with 18 in one game. Mike Bramos finished the game with 7/11 three pointers. Laboral Kutxa played with 8 players which was a great disadvantage.
Quarters' scores: 26-16, 50-35, 77-56, 95-74.

Panathinaikos: Bramos 21, Curry 15, Batiste 5, Fotsis 8, Ukić 6, Lasme 9, Mavrokefalidis 2, 

Diamantidis 9, Gist 8, Pappas, Giankovits 3, Mačiulis 9.

Laboral Kutxa: Nocioni 23, Van Oostrum 1, Diop, Hodge 15, Pleiss 10, Heurtel 5, Jelinek 17, Causer 3.

Panathinaikos' Euroleague game in Nicosia is sold out

Panathinaikos will play in Nicosia's "Tassos Papadopoulos - Eleftheria" hall against Laboral Kutxa Vitoria on October 25th and the game is already sold out. The Basketball Federation of Cyprus has announced that all tickets have been sold and the fans should arrive on time due to large attendance.

Panathinaikos will play in Nicosia and Heraklion for Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball and its Independent Disciplinary Judge have sanctioned Panathinaikos Athens with two closed-door home games in the forthcoming season. The impact of two games without fans for such a big club would be negative for Euroleague so the League came to an agreement with Panathinaikos BC. 

Panathinaikos will host Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (25 October - 2nd match day)  in Nicosia, Cyprus and Lokomotiv Kuban (7th November - 4th match day) in Heraklion, Crete. Both games with fans.