Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for Greek League play offs round one

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League play offs round one. Panathinaikos scored 32 points in the first quarter and didn't let Apollon Patras hope to win the game. Panathinaikos' coach Fragiskos Alvertis used Vlantimir Giankovits and the young Giorgos Diamantakos who both were positive helping their team winning. Giankovits had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Giorgos Diamantakos had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block. James Gist had 7 rebounds and 6 points. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 12 rebounds, 9 rebounds and Giannis Lianos had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Easy victory for Panathinaikos that also won more players in its rotating game.
Quarters' scores: 32-15, 43-28, 74-35, 88-61.

Panathinaikos: Bramos 7, Curry 9, Ukic 8, Lasme 8, Mavrokefalidis 9, Diamantidis 7, Gist 6, Pappas 3, Giankovits 10, Diamantakos 9, Maciulis 8, Wright 4.
Apollon Patras: Ross 3, Daniel 14, Wilson 9, Lianos 16, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 3, Molfetas, Niforas 4, Milutinovic 3, Hot 9.

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.

Apollon Patras lost by Aries Trikala for Greek League 22nd day

Apollon Patras hosted Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In the first round game Trikala won by 3 points Apollon Patras in the first game between two teams for the Greek League. Apollon Patras was better in the first half, with high accuracy in both field gols and three pointers, while Aries Trikala had 2/12 three pointers. Aries Trikala with Mario Matalon improved in the third quarter lowered the difference to 5 points, 50-45. Fourth quarter started again with a goal foul by Matalon which lowered the difference to 2 points. Apollon Patras replied with a 5-0 run and then Trikala's coach was charged with a technical foul. That technical foul worked as a shock for Aries Trikala that made a 14-0 run with Mike Porrini and Patrick Ewing and took the lead of the score. Stefan Perunicic with two three pointers secured the victory for his team and Mario Matalon gave his team a two digits difference. This was the first away victory for Aries Trikala. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and Lenny Daniel 8 points and 10 rebounds. For Aries Trikala Stefan Perunicic and Patrick Ewing Jr had 14 points each, Chris Evans 13 points and Marios Matalon 11 points. Patrick Ewing Jr made another double double since he collected 11 rebounds too while Chris Evans had 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
Quarters' scores: 21-16, 40-28, 50-45, 67-74

Apollon Patras: Ross 10, Argyropoulos 1, Kaperonis, Daniel 8, Wilson 20, Lianos 7, Petrovic 6, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris 1, Milutinovic 11, Hot 3.
Aries Trikala: Evans 13, Perunicic 14, Ewing 14, Giannakidis, Petrovic, Porrini 7, Sapp 5, Deligiannis 7, Matalon 11, Fountas, Panos 1, Nikolopoulos 2. 

Panelefsiniakos lost by Apollon Patras for Greek League 21st day

Panelefsiniakos hosted Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League 21st day. Apollon Patras have won all three games between the two teams, but with very short difference, 3 points, 2 points and by only one point in the first round game. Each team had one quarter in the first half, with the home team winning the first and Apollon Patras balancing the game in the second. Like in the first half, Panelefsiniakos won the third quarter and Apollon Patras balanced the game in the fourth quarter so the game had one extra time. One minute before the end Panelefsiniakos was ahead in score by ten points, 61-51, but Apollon Patras made a 10-0 run with seven points from Jeremiah Wilson and the first successful  three pointer from the captain Nikos Argyropoulos. Apollon Patras won for fourth time Panelefsiniakos with tight score but this time needed an extra time. Mouhammad Faye and Lenny Daniel were the top scorers of their teams. Jeremiah Wilson, Lenny Daniel and Rob Jones made a double double each, first game of the season with three double doubles! Daniel had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Wilson 17 points and 13 rebounds, Jones 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 23-13, 35-35, 51-46, 61-61. Extra time: 66-73

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 2, Papamakarios 8, Kyles 7, Jones 14, Magounis, Faye 19, Fisher 2, Melissaratos, Turner 12, Uzas, Mantzaris, Avramidis 2.
Apollon Patras: Argyropoulos 12, Kaperonis, Daniel 20, Wilson 17, Lianos 3, Petrovic 10, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris, Milutinovic 3, Hot 2, Bolds 6.

Apollon Patras lost by Olympiacos for Greek League 20th day

Apollon Patras lost by Olympiacos for Greek Basket League 20th day. Olympiacos played without Vasilis Spanoulis and after having released Jamario Moon. For one more game Lenny Daniel for Apollon Patras and Matt Lojeski were the top scorers of their teams. Olympiacos collected 43 rebounds, had 18 assists but also made 21 turnovers so the score didn't reach two digits.
Quarters' scores: 12-23, 26-37, 47-61, 67-72.

Apollon Patras: Ross 8, Argyropoulos 10, Kaperonis, Daniel 24, Wilson 11, Lianos 4, Petrovic, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Zafeiris, Milutinovic 6, Bolds 4.
Olympiacos: Dunston 9, Perperoglou 7, Papapetrou, Sloukas 7, Collins, Simmons 2, Lojeski 16, Printezis 11, Agravanis 2, Mantzaris 14, Kavvadas 8, Christodoulou.

Apollon Patras defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek League 15th day

Apollon Patras hosted and defeated Ikaros Chalkidas for Greek Basket League 15th day. The game was tight and finally Apollon Patras got a very important victory. First quarter finished with equal score and Ikaros Chalkidas finished the half time with a lead of two points. Apollon Patras managed to balance the game in the third quarter and turn the game in the last crucial quarter. Ikaros Chalkidas had 3/23 three pointers while Apollon Patras made only 6 turnovers. Apollon Patras' captain Nikos Argyropoulos was the top scorer with 16 points. Lenny Daniel had 9 points and 12 rebounds, Jeremiah Wilson 13 points and 8 rebounds, Demarrius Bolds and Andreja Milutinović 12 points each. For Ikaros Chalkidas two players made a double double. Ivan Aska with 21 points and 13 rebounds, Dominique Sutton with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 21-21, 33-35, 53-53, 71-65

Apollon Patras: Ross 6, Argyropoulos 16, Kaperonis, Daniel 9, Wilson 13, Lianos 1, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 2, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Milutinović 12, Bolds 12.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Strnad 5, Govens 4, Aska 21, Manolopoulos 10, Sutton 14, Gagaloudis 4, Spanos, Vougioukas, Masic 3, Richards 4, Bempis, Douzidis.

Apollon Patras lost by KAOD for Greek League tenth day

Apollon Patras hosted KAOD for Greek League tenth day. Apollon had 0/6 three pointers in the first quarter but KAOD with 3/13 two pointers couldn't expect more. In a bad attacking game Apollon Patras scored its first three pointer in 17th minute with Taylor. The first half finished with KAOD having poor shot accuracy, only 1/6 three pointers and 6/23 two pointers, no chance to win the game without improving. Lenny Daniel with 6 points and 6 rebounds in the first half was close to another double double. In the last quarter the counter attacke of KAOD with Lazeric Jones took place. Jones, Cović and Bavčić made the score equal and surpassed the home team three minutes before the end. Apollon Patras took back the lead two minutes before the end but Marković with a three pointer gave his team the lead by two points and there was one minute left. Argyropoulos missed the shot for Apollon,  J'Covan Brown scored two free throws and KAOD was ahead by four points with 45 second left. Lenny Daniel with a dunk lowered the difference to two points and the game was on fire. Lazeric Jones made a turnover but Demarius Bolds and Nikos Argyropoulos missed a shot each and their team lost a game that was leading for more than 30 minutes. Daniel Lenny Daniel made another double double, as expected in the half time, with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Edin Bavčić also made a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 12-11, 31-23, 52-40, 62-64.

Apollon Patras: Hill 6, Argyropoulos 8, Taylor 11, Daniel 17, Lianos, Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas, Niforas 2, Zafeiris, Trepalovac 1, Hot, Bolds 17.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 9, Cović 3, Jones 15, Brown 9, Vaughn 4, Marković 10, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 14, Zaras, Benas, Kolovis.

Aries Trikala defeated Apollon Patras for Greek League ninth day

Aries Trikala hosted and defeated Apollon Patras for Greek Basketball League ninth day. Aries Trikala was on the bottom of the table but the improving performance of Patrick Ewing Junior and the victory against PAOK cannot let other teams underestimate them. This was the third victory for Aries Trikala in the League. Lenny Daniel made another double double for Apollon Patras with 18 points and 10 rebounds but weren't enough to win the game. Demarius Bolds scored another 16 points for Apollon. For Aries Trikala Chris Evans was and Patrick Ewing Junior were the leader for one more game. Chris Evans scored 14 points and collected 8 rebounds while Patrick Ewing Junior scored 15 points and collected  9 rebounds. Marios Matalon seems improved game by game and this time scored 10 points. Kostas Flevarakis with simple moves is improving his team game by game.
Quarters' scores: 10-17, 36-32, 55-48, 68-65.

Aries Trikala: Evans 14, Perunicic 8, Ewing 15, Giannakidis 5, Petrovic 3, Granger 8, Deligiannis 3, Matalon 10, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Georgakis, Mutakkabbir 2. 
Apollon Patras: Hill 9, Argyropoulos 7, Taylor 3, Daniel 18, Lianos 2, Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas, Niforas, Zafeiris, Trepalovac 10, Bolds 16.

Apollon Patras defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek League eighth day

Apollon Patras hosted and defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basketball League eighth day. A competitive game between two good teams who want to reach the play offs. None of the teams managed to take a secure difference and the game winner was Apollon Patras due to Paul Hill Junior's free throws. Both teams weren't very accurate in free throws with Apollon having 18/30 and Panelefsiniakos 12/23, too many missed free throws in a game that ended with one point difference. Mouhammad Faye made another double double with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Lenny Daniel also made a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 17-18, 37-35, 52-51, 70-69.

Apollon Patras: Hill 18, Argyropoulos 5, Taylor 2, Daniel 15, Lianos 8, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 3, Molfetas 3, Zafeiris, Trepalovac, Hot 3, Bolds 13.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 4, Papamakarios 13, Arapis, Raley Ross 10, Dimakos, Jones, Faye 17, Melissaratos 2, Turner 16, Mantzaris 7, Avramidis, Houhoumis.

Olympiacos defeated Apollon Patras for Greek League seventh day

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Apollon Patras for Greek League seventh day. Apollon Patras was close in score for the first half. Olympiacos was building the difference steadily and with very high accuracy in three pointers and field goals didn't face problems to win. Olympiacos finished the game with 10/15 three pointers while Apollon Patras had only 3/20. Vasilis Spanoulis had 10 assists and 7 points. Lenny Daniel made a double double with 21 points and 12 rebounds. For Apollon Patras five players finished the game without scoring.

Quarters' scores: 16-15, 44-38, 68-53, 93-71.

Olympiacos: Petway 9, Law, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 7, Perperoglou 8, Papapetrou 2, Sloukas 13, Lojeski 16, Begić 16, Printezis 10, Agravanis, Mantzaris 6.

Apollon Patras: Hill 7, Kaperonis 1, Taylor 13, Daniel 21, Lianos 10, Oikonomopoulos, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Trepalovac, Hot 4, Bolds 15.