AEK sign Loukas Mavrokefalidis

AEK sign Loukas Mavrokefalidis. The 32 years old Greek center played 21 games in China with Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles (青岛双星雄鹰), and now returns back to Greece and AEK until the end of the season.

Loukas Mavrokefalidis sign with Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles

Loukas Mavrokefalidis sign with Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles (青岛双星雄鹰). The 32 years old center started this season with AEK but parted ways with the club in August. Mavrokefalidis has played for AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Marousi in Greece, for Valencia and Barcelona in Spain, for Virtus Roma in Italy, for Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia, and became the first Greek to play in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

AEK and Mavrokefalidis part ways

AEK and Loukas Mavrokefalidis part ways. The 32 years old Greek center joined AEK in 2015 with a 1+1 years contract. In the previous season Mavrokefalidis was the top scorer of AEK, averaging 14.5 points, plus 6.77 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

Eurocup 2015-2016 tenth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 tenth day results

Aris beat Banvit, covering the points difference of the fifth day game, and qualified in the first place of its group.
PAOK beat Lietuvos in Rytas, like it had done in Thessaloniki for the fifth day game, and qualified to the Top 32 round.
AEK beat Neptunas but this was not enough to qualify to the next round, but the team exited Eurocup 2015-2016 with another home win.

Aris - Banvit 72-53
Quarters' scores: 16-17, 33-29, 51-46, 72-53
Aris: Dimas, Pelekanos, Flionis 2, White 12, Waters 6, Diplaros, Zaras 5, Hagins 12, Cohen 10, Mourtos 5, Simtsak, McNeal 20 (4).
Banvit: Ulusoy, Fortson 8, Johnson 20, Slaughter 2, Gecim 4, Simmons, Vidmar 6, Moerman 6, Altunbey, Yildirim, Yolmaz, Carmichael 5.
Quick stats:  Hagins 9 rebounds, White 8 rebounds, Waters 8 assists, McNeal 4/5 3p + 3/13 2p, Fortson 6 rebounds + 5 assists, Vidmar 8 rebounds, Slaughter 0/7 FG.

AEK - Neptunas 75-71
Quarters' scores: 22-19, 33-34, 53-60, 75-71
AEK: Papantoniou 5, Sakota 5, Hairston 9, Milosevic 7, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 27, Carter 10, Sarikopoulos 2, Katsivelis 1, Kalampokis 7, Mavroeidis 2.
Neptunas: Ewing 22, Siksnius 4, Mazeika 11, Girdziunas 5, Bader 5, Sarakauskas 1, Zavackas 11, Grant 9, Biruta, Butkevicius 3.
Quick stats: Mavrokefalidis 9 rebounds + 8 fouls won, Ewing 9 assists.

Lietuvos Rytas - PAOK 81-88
Quarters' scores: 23-25, 50-45, 68-64, 81-88
Lietuvos: Juskevicius 15 (4), Lukauskis, Laprovitola 3 (1), Lavrinovic 18 (2), Gailius 10(2), Orelik 12 (2), Janavicius 5 (1), Kavaliauskas 10, Runkauskas, Giedraitis 8, Gudaitis.
PAOK: Tepic 6, Vasileiadis 17 (3), Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas, Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 3, Kottas, Schortsianitis 23, Duvnjak 9 (3), Markovic 7, Hatcher 18 (2).
Quick stats: Janavicius 6 assists, Schortsianitis 10 rebounds + 10/14 FG, Duvnjak 3/4 3p.

Eurocup 2015-2016 ninth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 ninth day results

Steaua Bucharest - Aris 67-77
Quarters' scores: 8-18, 29-39, 51-54, 67-77
Steaua: Paul 8(2), Amis 12, Nicoara 10, Lee 2, Rasic 7 (1), Cooper 6, Ikovlev 8 (2), Marinovic 14 (4)
Aris: Xanthopoulos 2, Pelekanos 3(1), Cupkovic 8, White 16 (2), Waters 8 (1), Zaras, Hagins 11, Cohen 4, Mourtos 4, McNeal 21 (2).
Quick stats: Marinovic 4/9 3p, Amis 9 rebounds, Rasic 8 assists, White 12 rebounds, Waters 6 assists, Hagins 7 rebounds. 

Hapoel Jerusalem - AEK 82-78
Quarters' scores: 31-20, 43-37, 61-55, 82-78
Hapoel: Duncan 4, Gaffney, Rowland 17, Eliyahu 22,, Halperin 9, Timor, Smith 14, Janning 16 (4), Fischer.
AEK: Papantoniou 3, Atic, Hairston 10, Milosevic 8, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 16, Sarikopoulos 2, Katsivelis 9, Kalampokis 15, Mavroeidis 15.
Quick stats: Smith 9 rebounds + 4 steals, Rowland 7 assists, Eliyahu 8 rebounds + 9/11 FG, Janning 4/6 3p, Duncan 1/8 FG, Mavrokefalidis 9 rebounds + 6 assists, Milosevic 8 rebounds, Katsivelis 6 assists.

PAOK - Avtodor Saratov 104-99
Quarters' scores: 35-21, 49-44, 76-74, 104-99
PAOK: Tepic 16, Liapis, Vasileiadis 27 (6), Tsochlas 9, Dedas 4, Margaritis, Kottas, Schortsianitis 27, Kamaras, Duvnjak 2, Markovic 8, Hatcher 11.
Avtodor: Stoll 21 (5), Lukashov 6, Bekkiev, Klimenko 6, Chappell 12 (3), Koleshnikov 6 (1), Brooks 14 (1), Zabelin 13 (1), Peterson 19 (3), Makiev 2.
Quick stats: Avtodor 16/31 3p, Stoll 5/7 3p + 10 assists, Schortsianitis 9/10 FG + 9/13 FT + 10 fouls won, Vasileiadis 7 rebounds + 6/11 3p + 7/7 FT.

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek seventh day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek seventh day results

Three defeats for the Greek teams in the seventh day of the Eurocup. Galatasaray beat AEK and Zenit St. Petersburg beat PAOK like in the Eurocup second day but Buducnost beat Aris in Podgorica and covered the first game difference. Bad game for Aris that scored only 6 points in the first quarter with Okaro White having 0/11 field goals and Jerel McNeal had 1/14 field goals.

Buducnost Voli Podgorica - Aris 76-56
Quarters' scores: 24-6, 48-21, 61-37, 75-56
Buducnost: Sehovic Suad 17, Jaramaz 13, Subotic 5, Sehovic Sead 7, Karapic 2, Cook 6, Dragisevic 13, Maric 6, Rikic 6.
Aris: Xanthopoulos 5, Cupkovic, White, Waters 11, Zaras 6, Hagins 2, Cohen 11, Mourtos 5, Simtsak 12, McNeal 4.
Quick stats: Cook 10 assists, White 0/11 FG, McNeal 1/14 FG, Simtsak 5/5 FG + 10 rebounds. 

AEK - Galatasaray 73-86
Quarters' scores: 15-23, 37-46, 58-63, 73-86
AEK: Papantoniou 2, Sakota 3, Atic, Hairston 20, Milosevic 9, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 26, Carter 8, Katsivelis 3, Kalampokis, Mavroeidis, Warren 2.
Galatasaray: Schilb 12, McCollum 24, Mitsov 18, Dorsey 10, Edge 6, Arar, Turkyilmaz, Lasme 4, Sanli, Green 5, Giuler 2, Koksal 5.
Quick stats: Mavrokefalidis 11 rebounds, Dorsey 9 rebounds, Mitsov 5 assists, McCollum 9/9 FT.

PAOK - Zenit St. Petersburg 70-89
Quarters' scores: 29-19, 44-50, 60-67, 70-89
PAOK: Tepic 14, Liapis, Vasileiadis 13 (3), Kakaroudis, Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas, Margaritis 5, Kottas 2, Schortsianitis 17, Duvnjak 2, Markovic 6, Hatcher 6.
Zenit: Antipov 12 (2), Timma 13 (3), Kohscheev, Motovilov, Toolson 29 (7), Vikhrov 5 (1), Pushkov 2, Karpukhin 4, Dowell 15 (1), Valiev 4, Golovin 5.
Quick stats: Schortsianitis 3/10 FT, Tepic 8 rebounds + 6/8 FG, Timma 3/10 3p + 8 rebounds, Toolson 7/12 3p. 

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek sixth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek sixth day results

Aris - Trabzonspor 78-70
Quarters' scores: 22-19, 40-36, 53-47, 78-70
Aris: Xanthopoulos 3, Pelekanos 2, Cupkovic 6, White 13, Waters 2, Zaras 23 (5), Hagins 18, Cohen 2, Mourtos, Simtsak 1, McNeal 5.
Trabzonspor: Johnson 13, Sanli 4, Candan, Hardy 20, Velickovic 11, Demirel, Kinsey 7, Yildirim, Gulaslan, Stipanovic 10, Kulig 5.
Quick stats: 

Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd - AEK 78-82 (70-70)
Quarters' scores: 22-14, 33-34, 48-57, 70-70. OT: 78-82
Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd: Tkachenko 2, DJ Cooper 27, Zamanski, Zaytsev 4, Sokolov 8, Hamilton 16, Kosrakov, Bugaenko, Voytsuk 2, Johnson 17, Guinn 2.
AEK: Papantoniou, Sakota 6, Atic, Hairston 16, Milosevic 11, Scrubb 4, Mavrokefalidis 28, Carter 6, Katsivelis 2, Kalampokis 3, Mavroeidis 6, Warren.
Quick stats: DJ Cooper 11 rebounds + 8 assists, Hamilton 9 rebounds, Johnson 8 rebounds, Milosevic 9 rebounds, Mavrokefalidis 10 rebounds.

Szolnoki Olaj - PAOK 78-69
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 24-36, 41-55, 78-69
Szolnoki Olaj: Craft, Keller 2, Wittmann 12 (3), Vojvoda 15 (1), Lipovi 6 (2), Borisov 10 (2), Natyazhko 2, Milosevic 13(1), Kovac 10 (1), Gregory 8.
PAOK: Tepic, Liapis 4, Vasileiadis 11, Kakaroudis 3(1), Tsochlas 10 (1), Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 8, Schortsianitis 5, Duvnjak 7(1), Markovic 8 (1), Hatcher 10(2).
Quick stats: Vojvoda 1/7 3p, Markovic 11 rebounds + 5 turnovers.


In the first day games Trabzonspor beat Aris but with lower difference, Krasny Otkyabr Volgograd beat AEK by only two points (again in over time), and PAOK beat Szolnoki Olaj by 3 points. So after all Aris and AEK beat and covered the first day defeats but PAOK lost the game and the points difference.

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek fifth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek fifth day results

Neptunas - AEK 80-86
Quarters' scores: 22-17, 43-41, 61-58, 80-86.
Neptunas: Ewing 17, Siksnius 4, Mazeika 20, Girdziunas 3, Bader 5, Sarakauskas, Galdikas 9, Kubilius, Zavackas 10, Grant 7, Biruta 3, Butkevicius 2.
AEK: Anosike, Papantoniou 4, Sakota 16 (4), Atic, Hairston 8, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 27, Carter 11, Katsivelis 4, Kalampokis 3, Mavroeidis 4, Warren 9.
Quick stats:  Mazeika 10 fouls won + 12/14 FT, Ewing 6 assists, Mavrokefalidis 8 rebounds + 9/13 FG + 7/8 FT, AEK 11/20 3p.

PAOK - Lietuvos Rytas 81-76
Quarters' scores: 26-12, 40-33, 55-57, 81-76
PAOK: Tepic 10 (1), Vasileiadis 26 (3), Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 3(1), Dedas, Margaritis 7(1), Schortsianitis 8, Duvnjak 3(1), Markovic 5, Hatcher 17 (3).
Lietuvos: Juskevicius 2, Lukauskis 2, Laprovittola 10 (1), Lavrinovic 13 (1), Gailius 17 (3), Orelik 9 (1), Janavicius 5(1), Kavaliauskas 2, Runkauskas 8 (2), Jucikas 2, Giedraitis 6.
Quick stats: Lavrinovic 10 rebounds, Laprovittola 1/6 3p, Vasileiadis 13/13 FT + 8 rebounds, Hatcher 5 assists, PAOK 11/20 3p, PAOK 32 rebounds. 

Banvit - Aris 96-84
Quarters' scores: 15-20, 39-33, 65-63, 96-84
Banvit: Ulusoy, Fortson 13 (1), Johnson 27 (5), Slaughter 14 (1), Gecim, Stephens, Simmons 11 (1), Vidmar 24, Moerman 5 (1), Altunbey, Yildirim 2.
Aris: Xanthopoulos 4, Pelekanos 7 (1), Cupkovic, White 8 (2), Waters 20 (4), Zaras 3 (1), Hagins 10, Cohen 14 (1), Mourtos 2, Simtsak, McNeal 16 (4).
Quick stats: Forton triple double 13 points + 11 rebounds + 10 assists!
Vidmar 12 rebounds, Waters 10 assists, Banvit 21/31 FT, 

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek second day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek second day results

Aris - Buducnost Voli Podgorica 75-57
Quarters' scores: 25-12, 44-30, 62-45, 75-57
Aris: Xanthopoulos 4, Pelekanos 2, Cupkovic 3, White 15, Waters 4, Zaras 8, Hagins 12, Cohen 6, Mourtos 4, Symtsak, McNeal 17.
Buducnost Podgorica: Sehovic 8, Jaramaz 2, Subotic 6, Caparic 1, Cook 4, Basovic 2, Ilic, Dragicevic 16, Maric 13, Rikic, Joseph.
Quick stats: Maric 9 rebounds, White 15 rebounds, Xanthopoulos 4 steals.

Galatasaray - AEK 89-65
Quarters' scores: 22-11, 48-27, 64-37, 89-65
Galatasaray: Schilb 10, Micov 2, Guler 5 (1), McCollum 25 (3), Green 10 (2), Edge, Cantekin, Koksal 21 (5), Arar 3, Turkyilmaz, Lasme 4, Dorsey 9.
AEK: Papantoniou 2, Carter 5, Scrubb, Warren 5 (1), Hairston 8, Sakota 20 (6), Kalampokis, Atic 2, Milosevic 3, Mavrokefalidis 20 (1), Anosike.
Quick stats: Mavrokefalidis 10 rebounds, Papantoniou 5 assists, Sakota 6/11 3p, Koksal 5/5 3p, Dorsey 12 rebounds, Green 10 rebounds.

Zenit St. Petersburg - PAOK 76-66
Quarters' scores: 18-15, 32-29, 56-50, 76-66
Zenit: Dowdell 17, Toolson 9 (1) Golovin, Valiev 11, Timma 9, Landry 4, Antipov 4, Komisarov, Pushkov 1, Kohscheev 9 (1), Karpukhin, Vikhrov 12.
PAOK: Tepic 6, Vasileiadis 8 (2), Kakaroudis, Tsochlas, Dedas 5 (1), Margaritis 6 (1), Duvnjak 7 (1), Markovic 6, Hatcher 19 (2), Balaban 9.
Quick stats: Landry 11 rebounds, Zenit 2/13 3p + 30/50 2p, 

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek first day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek teams' first day results. One victory, two defeats, all three game were tight.

PAOK - Szolnoki Olaj 72-69
Quarters' scores: 24-12, 37-32, 54-52, 72-69.
PAOK: Tepic 16 (4), Liapis 3 (1), Vasileiadis 9 (1), Kakaroudis 2, Dedas 3 (1), Margaritis 3, Duvnjak 17 (3), Markovic 6, Balaban 7, Hatcher 6
Szolnoki: Craft 11 (2), Keller 2, Wittmann 3 (1), Vojvoda 16 (2), Green 4, Borisov 9 (1), Natyazhko 15 (1), Milosevic 4, Gregory 5.
Quick stats: Tepic 4/6 3p, Markovic 0/5 3p, Vasileiadis 6/6 FT+1/7 3p, Gregory 11 rebounds, team rebounds: 26-46, team turnovers 11-21.


AEK - Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd 94-96 (86-86)
Quarters' scores: 14-18, 37-43, 60-68, 86-86, ET: 94-96.
AEK: Anosike 4, Papantoniou 10 (2), Sakota 3, Hairston 6 (1), Milosevic 4, Scrubb, Mavrokefalidis 42 (2, 9 rebounds), Carter 6, Sarikopoulos, Kalampokis 11 (1), Warren 8 (1).
Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd: Tkachenko 2, Mitchell 39 (3), Mateiunas 4, DJ Cooper 13 (3, 14 assists), Zamanski, Zaytsevn 15 (1), Sokolov, Hamilton 4, Johnson 10, Guinn 9 (1).
Quick stats: Mavrokefalidis 12/18 2p + 12/15 FT + 2/2 3p (55 ranking), Mitchell 11/16 2p.


Trabzonspor - Aris 74-71
Quarters' scores: 17-16, 37-31, 55-49, 74-71
Trabzonspor: Odom 11(1), Sanli 9, Candan 4, Hardy 14(2), Velickovic, Demirel 4, Kinsey 9 (9 rebounds), Yildirim, Gulaslan, Stipanovic 19, Kulig 4.
Aris: Xanthopoulos 3 (1), Pelekanos 3(1), Cupkovic, White 12 (2, 9 rebounds), Waters 12 (8 assists), Zaras, Haggins 14 (7rebounds), Cohen 8, Mourtos 2, Simtsak 2, McNeal 15.
Quick stats: Trabzonspor 4/20 3p, Aris 3/14 3p, White 2/3 3p + 9 rebounds, Waters 8 assists, Kinsey 9 rebounds, 

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 first day results

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 first day results

Korivos Amaliadas - Trikala 64-73
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 37-33, 54-51, 64-73
Korivos Amaliadas: Davis 10(2), Poulianitis 2, Christodoulou 8, Trotter 7 (1), Georgakis 1, Slaftsakis 5, Vasilopoulos 7(1), Council 6, Harris 18 (11 rebounds)
Trikala: Dowel 8, Soko 14 (12 rebounds), Karathanasis, Tsiloulis, Tsiaras 6(1), Conger 13(1), Koukoulas, Vilhjálmsson 7(1), Robinson 10 (2), Kalogiannidis 3(1), Teague 12 (7 rebounds), Varytimiadis.
Quick stats: Trikala 17/34 FT, 19/38 3P / Korivos 4/19 3P

Rethymno Cretan Kings - Apollon Patras 87-73
Quarters' scores:  19-19, 41-33, 64-55, 87-73
Rethymno: Kloof 14 (2), Schaftenaar 18 (1), Giannopoulos 13 (3), Korolev 7, Relphorde 9 (1), Schizas 6, Harrow 10, Cooke, Theodoridis, Kamperidis 10 (1).
Apollon Patras: Athanasoulas 5 (1), Palmblad 11 (1), Duncan 10 (1), Meier 31 (5), Woods 2, Argyropoulos 7, Pelekoudas, Niforas 4, Perry 3.
Quick stats: Meier 5/5 3P, Schizas 1/1 FG+4/4 FT.

Kavala - Lavrio 68-66
Quarters' scores: 15-26, 31-35, 46-47, 68-66.
Kavala (Tzimas): Gordon 7(1), Kostov 17 (2), Kemp 15 (8 rebounds), Van der Mars 2, Tapoutos 20 (2), Stampoulis, Vargas, Demertzis, Medlin 5(1), Kalaitzidis 2.
Lavrio (Serelis): Giannakopoulos 12 (2), Nixon 5, Barlos 14 (3), Young 11 (1), Krubally 10 (10 rebounds), Perrakis 4, Nikolakopoulos 3(1), Kaklamanakis, Evans 2, Sakellariou 5(1).
Quick stats: Kavala 6/30 3p, Lavrio 8/23 3p, Tapoutos 8/8 FT+3/11 2p+2/7 3p.

AEK - PAOK 65-53
Quarters' scores: 15-12, 36-30, 48-45, 65-53
AEK: Hairston, Milosevic 16(2, 11 rebounds), Mavrokefalidis 18 (2, 12 rebounds), Kalampokis 5(1), Worren 4, Carter, Sakota 2, Anosike 3, Papantoniou 7 (5 assists), Scrubb 10 (2).
PAOK: Tepic 4, Vasileiadis 22 (6), Duvnjak 3(1), Markovic 2, Balaban 4, Liapis, Kakaroudis 8 (6 rebounds), Tsochlas, Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 7(1), Kottas.
Quick stats: PAOK 2/7 FT, Vasileiadis 6/10 3p.

Olympiacos - Kolossos Rodou 88-62
Quarters' scores: 32-16, 55-31, 67-40, 88-62
Olympiacos: Spanoulis 5 (8 assists), Papapetrou 2, Milutinov 5 (7 rebounds), Printezis 12, Mantzaris 9, Tsairelis 10, Yang 7, Strawberry 4, Lojeski 20, Agravanis 11, Hackett 3, Athinaiou.
Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis 7, Linden 2, Releford 4, McGhee 9, Lewis 17, Billis 2, Oikonomopoulos, Manolopoulos 10, Davis 4, Georgallis, Aggelakos, Ahonen 7 (6 assists).
Quick stats: Assists 30-16, Olympiacos 11/20 FT, Tsairelis 5/5 FG, Larentzakis 7 fouls drawn.

Kifisia - Arkadikos 68-66
Quarters' scores: 20-25, 37-39, 57-62, 68-66.
Kifisia: Gikas 16 (2, 8 assists), Popovic, Mavroeidis 14 (9 rebounds), Kaselakis 7 (1), Hogue 15 (9 rebounds), Chatzinikolas, Chrysikopoulos 12, Stiggers 3 (1), Bristol 1, Spyridonidis.
Arkadikos: Labropoulos 14 (1), Van Oostrum 6 (1), Brown 10 (2), Booker 10 (1, 7 assists), Nuutinen 17 (5), Kopsaftis, Konstantinou, Stefanidis, Kallinikidis 6 (2), Tzougarakis, Santee 30.
Quick stats: Arkadikos 12/39 3p, Hogue 7/7 FT, Nuutinen 5/9 3p.

Aris -  Panathinaikos 70-76
Quarters' scores: 24-18, 39-35, 51-54, 70-76
Aris: Pelekanos 11(1), White 13(2), Waters 14 (2), Koen 10 (1), McNeal 11(1), Xanthopoulos 2, Cupkovic 3(1), Diplaros, Zaras 3(1), Mourtos 3, Symtsak.
Panthinaikos: Pavlovic 4, Raduljica 14, Feldein 3, Gist 17 (1, 7 rebounds), Calathes 11(2), Charalampopoulos, Giankovits 7, Fotsis 5 (9 rebounds), Diamantidis 12 (3, 8 assists), Kuzmic 3.
Quick stats: Giankovits 0/5 3p, Raduljica 6/6 FG + 2/2 FT, Gist 6/7 FG +2/6 FT.

AEK signed Loukas Mavrokefalidis

AEK signed Loukas Mavrokefalidis. The 31 years old Greek center penned an one plus one years contract with AEK. Mavrokefalidis was not in the Djordjevic's plans and did not continue with Panathinaikos. The player had offers from abroad but AEK signed the player.

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 Turow Zgorzelec for Euroleague sixth day

Panathinaikos beat Turow Zgorzelec in Poland for Euroleague sixth day. This was the first away victory for Panathinaikos in Euroleague 2014-2015. Panathinaikos had 23/28 free throws and 8 rebounds more than Turow. Great game for Loukas Mavrokefalidis who had 21 points (5/6 2p, 1/1 3p, 8/8 free throws), 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Nikos Pappas also had a great game with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad game for AJ Slaughter who had 0/5 field goals and 4 personal fouls. For Turow Tony Taylor and Chris Wright had 13 points each, Damian Kulig had 11 points but also 5 turnovers. Panathinaikos made its first away win with Diamantidis playing only for 27 minutes and almost secured next round promotion.
Quarters' scores: 22-25, 33-44, 51-61, 69-79.

Turow Zgorzelec: Collins 6, Kulig 11, Chylinski 8, Karolak 5, Jamaraz, Gospodarek, Dylewicz, Moldovenau 5, Nikolic 6, Taylor 13, Wright 13, Zigeranovic 2.
Panathinaikos: Charalampoupoulos, Slaughter, Bochoridis 1, Giankovits 6, Pappas 14, Mavrokefalidis 21, Diamantidis 6, Gist 16, Batista 4, Blums 6, Wright 5.

Mavrokefalidis had an elbow surgery

Loukas Mavrokefalidis won't participate in the Greek National Team and the World Championship in Spain since he had an elbow surgery. Mavrokefalidis will be ready for the preparation with his team Panathinaikos.

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek League Play Offs semi-finals

Panathinaikos hosted and beat PAOK for Greek Basket League Play Offs semi-finals. PAOK entered the game in full speed and tried to surprise Panathinaikos and steal the victory. In the first quarter PAOK scored 32 points and for three quarters the visitors were leading the score. Panathinaikos fight in order to win the game and made 1-0 in the semi-finals series. Tight victory but a victory for Panathinaikos that will probably reverse the psychology in the second game since PAOK did its best but lost the game. Loukas Mavrokefalidis was by far the best player of the game. Mavrokefalidis scored 32 points with 11 fouls drawn, collected 10 rebounds, made one block and no turnovers. This was the first time a player of Panathinaikos scored more than 30 points in a Greek Basket League game with Jaka Lakovič being the last to did so ten years ago. Besides Mavrokefalidis, the captain Dimitris Diamantidis had 17 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. For PAOK Giorgos Bogris, DJ Cooper, Michalis Tsairelis, Kostas Charalampidis and Mark Payne scored more than 13 points each with Bogris also having 9 rebounds and 4 assists and DJ Cooper having 5 rebounds and 5 assists too.
Quarters' scores: 21-31, 45-49, 65-66, 89-83

Panathinaikos: Bramos, Curry, Fotsis 7, Ukic 7, Lasme 6, Mavrokefalidis 32, Diamantidis 17, Gist  10, Pappas, Giankovits, Maciulis 8, Wright.
PAOK: Payne 13, Cooper 15, Charalampidis 14, Tsochlas 2, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 14, Dedas, Margaritis 3, Kalles, Bogris 16, Kaselakis 6, Liapis.

Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16. Both Greek teams had qualified in the next round but the winner would finish third and the loser fourth in the group. Olympiacos started with a 10-3 run but Panathinaikos replied with a 10-0 run and took the lead in score. With better defense Panathinaikos kept the difference in the second quarter that reached 10 points, 19-29, in the 15th minute. Matt Lojeski with four points in a row lowered the difference to six points. Panathinaikos with two goal-fouls created a difference of 11 points but Stratos Perperoglou was the last to score in the first half with a three pointer. Olympiacos was 8 points behind in the first half since the team had many missed three pointers, 3/13, and 2/6 free throws. 7 points for Matt Lojeski and Bryant Dunston  in the first half, while Brent Petway had 5 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Loukas Mavrokefalidis had 10 points in the first half. Diamantidis had 3 assists but no points in the first half and Spanoulis had 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
In the second half Panathinaikos started with 12 points lead, 29-41, but Olympiacos counter attacked and with a 12-0 run balanced the game, 41-41, in the 27th minute. With a free throw from Bryant Dunston Olympiacos took the lead, 42-41, after a long time but in the next play Dunston made his third foul and Loukas Mavrokefalidis balanced the game 42-42. Olympiacos improved in three pointers but with poor accuracy in the free throws couldn't maintain the lead. Fourth quarter started with a turnover by Spanoulis and a three pointer by Ramel Curry. Dimitris Diamantidis scored his first points with free throws in the 36th minute, giving his team six points lead, 56-62. Olympiacos missed two shots but took the offensive rebounds and with Kostas Sloukas scoring a three pointer lowered the difference to 3 points, 59-62. Dunston and Curry scored and missed one free throw each making the score 60-63. Mantzaris missed a three pointer, Bramos missed a two pointer before Kostas Sloukas equalized the score, 63-63. Diamantidis made his fifth turnover giving Olympiacos the advantage. Vasilis Spanoulis scored and made the score 65-63 just 23 seconds before the end. Loukas Mavrokefalidis with a dunk equalized the score for one more time with 4 seconds remaining. Vasilis Spanoulis scored a three pointer in the end and gave his team 3 points lead and only 0.8 seconds left for Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos made a turnover in the last ball, Sloukas made the steal and Olympiacos won by three points, 68-65.
Quarters' scores: 12-16, 29-37, 46-48, 68-65.

Olympiacos: Petway 7, Shermandini 2, Dunston 12, Spanoulis 9, Perperoglou 3, Papapetrou 5, Sloukas 12, Collins, Simmons, Mantzaris 11, Katsivelis, Lojeski 7.
Panathinaikos: Bramos 3, Curry 10, Batiste 4, Fotsis 5, Ukic 6, Lasme, Mavrokefalidis 17, Diamantidis 2, Gist 6, Pappas, Maciulis 4, Wright 8.

PAOK lost by Panathinaikos for Greek League 24th day

PAOK lost by Panathinaikos for Greek Basket League 24th day. With that victory Panathinaikos secured the first place in the regular season again after three years. Panathinaikos had only 4/17 three pointers, while PAOK had 10/21 three pointers, but the visitors were impressive in field goals with 30/43. Another highlight is that Panathinaikos finished the game with 10/10 free throws, Lasme and Wright had 4/4 free throws each and Ukic had 2/2. PAOK could only follow Panathinaikos in the first half. For the home team Giorgos Bogris was the top scorer and player with 14 points and 5 rebounds. DJ Cooper had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Besides Bogris the other two players of PAOK with two digits score were Greek, Michalis Tsairelis and Vangelis Margaritis. For Panathinaikos Stephane Lasme was the top scorer with 20 points, Dimitris Diamantidis had 10 points and 7 assists, Loukas Mavrokefalidis had 10 points without missing a shot (5/5 field goals) and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-24, 31-45, 50-61, 71-82.

PAOK: Payne 8, Cooper 9, Charalampidis 3, Tsochlas 2, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 6, Margaritis 11, Kalles 3, Bogris 14, Kaselakis 5, Liapis.
Panathinaikos: Bramos 2, Curry 6, Fotsis 6, Ukic 10, Lasme 20, Mavrokefalidis 10, Diamantidis 10, Gist 4, Pappas, Giankovits, Maciulis 4, Wright 10.

Panathinaikos defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek League 18th day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 18th day. Panathinaikos didn't face problems to win Nea Kifisia but were not good in the fourth quarter. For Panathinaikos all twelve players played for at least 7 minutes each. Loukas Mavrokefalidis was the leader with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 fouls drawn. Nikos Pappas had 10 points and 6 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Tony Crocker had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Nikos Liakopoulos 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 20-11, 42-21, 64-37, 72-59.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 3, Curry 2, Batiste 4, Fotsis, Ukic 8, Lasme 8, Mavrokefalidis 13, Diamantidis 4, Pappas 10, Jankovits 11, Maciulis 9.
Nea Kifisia: Liakopoulos 10, Diamantopoulos, Crocker 13, Kompodietas 1, Psathas 5, Garrett, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris 6, Adegboye 9, Kakiouzis 3, Barlos 8.

Panathinaikos beat Aries Trikala for Greek League 16th day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 16th day. Debut for Panos in this season with Aries Trikala. Panathinaikos dominated first quarter with score 22-8. Aries Trikala had 0/8 three pointers. Aries Trikala improved in the second quarter and balanced the game. In the first half Chris Evans had 10 points and 5 rebounds, while James Gist had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Aries Trikala played better in the third quarter and lowered the difference to 12 points but Panathinaikos finished the game with a good quarter and the final difference was 20 points. Chris Evans made a double double with 30 points and 12 rebounds. For Panathinaikos all twelve players scored with Mavrokefalidis scoring 13 points and James Gist had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Roko Leni Ukić scored 5 points but served 8 assists.

Quarters' scores: 22-8, 41-25, 62-50, 83-63.

Panathinaikos: Charalabopoulos 3, Bramos 12, Curry 8, Batiste 2, Fotsis 5, Ukic 5, Lasme 8, Mavrokefalidis 13, Diamantidis 3, Gist 14, Pappas 3, Giankovits 7.

Aries Trikala: Evans 30, Perunicic 10, Ewing 5, Giannakidis, Petrovic 6, Panos 2, Porrini 6, Deligiannis 2, Matalon 2, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Georgakis.