AEK BC roster 2016-2017

AEK BC roster 2016-2017

#1 Roko Leni Ukić
#5 Dušan Šakota
#7 Kostas Vasileiadis
#8 Milan Milosevic
#9 Dimitris Charitopoulos
#11 Michael Dixon
#12 Giannoulis Larentzakis
#13 Josh Owens
#14 Nick Pavlos
#16 Edin Atić
#20 Nikola Ivanovic
#21 Dimitris Moraitis
#22 Dimitris Mavroeidis
#24 Dionysis Skoulidas
#31 Jawad Williams
#34 Giorgos Tsalmpouris

Head Coach: Jurij Zdovc

AEK sign Roko Leni Ukić

AEK sign Roko Leni Ukić. The 32 years old Croatian guard penned an one year contract with AEK. Ukić started his career with KK Split. Ukić has played for Barcelona and Tau Cerámica in Spain, for Fenerbahçe Ülker in Turkey, for Lottomatica Roma in Italy, for Cedevita Zagreb in Croatia, for Pallacanestro Varese and Pallacanestro Cantùnin Italy, for Panathinaikos in Greece, and has also played with Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA.

Panathinaikos swept PAOK and qualified to the League Finals

Panathinaikos swept PAOK and qualified to the Basket League Greece Finals. PAOK was competitive but not as good as in the first two games that took place in Athens and Panathinaikos qualified to the finals with a sweep. Michalis Tsairelis finished the game with a double double, 11 points and 10 rebounds. DJ Cooper had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. For Panathinaikos Ramel Curry and Dimitris Diamantidis finished the game with 17 points each. Roko Leni Ukic had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. 
Quarters' scores: 16-16, 37-38, 53-58, 65-72.

PAOK: Payne 8, Cooper 14, Charalampidis 10, Tsochlas, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 5, Margaritis 5, Bogris 10, Kaselakis 2, Koniaris.
Panathinaikos: Bramos 6, Curry 17, Fotsis 3, Ukic 8, Lasme 3, Mavrokefalidis 5, Diamantidis 17, Gist 8, Giankovits, Maciulis, Wright 5.

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for Greek League 26th day

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in Patras for Greek Basket League 26th day. In the first round game Apollon Patras troubled Panathinaikos and so it did in this game in the first half. Apollon Patras was leading the score in the first and second quarters but with 13-31 partial score in the third quarter Panathinaikos counter attacked and won the game by 16 points. Panathinaikos had an impressive 79% (26/33) two pointers while both teams were good in three pointers, 12/23 for the home team and 10/24 for the away team. For Apollon Patras Roland Ross had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while Giannis Molfetas was the top scorer with 19 points and 5/5 three pointers. For Panathinaikos Stephane Lasme was perfect with 21 points, 8/8 field goals, 5/5 free throws, 4 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. Ramel Curry scored 18 points and Loukas Mavrokefalidis scored 12 points while Roko Leni Ukić had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. 
Quarters' scores: 23-15, 45-44, 58-75, 79-95.

Apollon Patras:  Ross 16, Argyropoulos 10, Kaperonis 3, Daniel 9, Wilson 10, Lianos 4, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic, Molfetas 19, Niforas 2, Milutinovic 3, Hot 3.
Panathinaikos: Bramos 9, Curry 18, Fotsis 5, Ukic 4, Lasme 21, Mavrokefalidis 12, Diamantidis 2, Gist 8, Pappas 5, Giankovits, Maciulis 3, Wright 8.

CKSA Moscow beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague Play Offs round 2

CKSA Moscow hosted and defeated Panathinaikos for Euroleague Play Offs round 2. The second victory of CSKA was much easier than the first one. The 51 points that Panathinaikos scored was a record low for the team in Euroleague. Another negative record for Panathinaikos in the Euroleague broke in this game with the 26 points difference that the team lost. For Panathinaikos only Ukić had two digits score while Dimitris Diamantidis didn't score in the game. Sonny Weems scored 23 points and Micov scored 12 points. Victor Khryapa had 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 points. CSKA Moscow doubled its victories against Panathinaikos for Euroleague Play Offs.
Quarters' scores: 21-19, 39-25, 50-39, 77-51.

CSKA Moscow: Micov 12, Fridzon 7, Jackson 4,  Pargo 2, Krstic 10, Weems 23, Vorontsevich 9, Kaun 2, Khryapa 4, Hines 4.
Panathinaikos Athens: Bramos 4, Curry 2, Batiste 2, Fotsis 3, Ukić 15, Lasme 4, Mavrokefalidis 8, Diamantidis, Gist 6, Pappas, Maciulis 5, Wright 2.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 23rd day

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Kolossos Rodou had only victory against Panathinaikos in 19 games and this was for the play offs. Panathinaikos' coach Fragiskos Alvertis used all available players and the team had its ups and downs. Panathinaikos started with a 20-8 score that Kolossos made 28-24, Panathinaikos made it again 35-24 and the first half finished with score 49-45. In the second half Panathinaikos was better and Kolossos Rodou couldn't follow the rotation so the difference went up to two digits. All twelve players of Panathinaikos played and scored at least two points. Stephane Lasme had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Roko Leni Ukić scored 8 points with 4/4 shots and no turnovers, Ramel Curry had 14 points. For Kolossos Rodou Kostas Kakaroudis and Mladen Pantić scored 18 points each, with Kakaroudis having 6 rebounds and Pantić 8 rebounds too. Nontas Papantoniou scored 8 points and missed a unique double double since he also had 10 assists. Taylor Smith had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 28-24, 49-45, 74-56, 102-69

Panathinaikos: Bramos 7, Curry 14, Fotsis 2, Ukić 8, Lasme 18, Mavrokefalidis 8, Diamantidis 11, Gist 10, Pappas 4, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 4, Wright 8.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 8, Car 6, Matsamas, Georgalis 5, Hopkins, Smith 10, Stefanidis 2, Tsamis 2, Kakaroudis 18, Pantić 18, Danas.

Ikaros Chalkidas lost by Panathinaikos for Greek League 22nd day

Ikaros Chalkidas hosted Panathinaikos for Greek Basket League 22nd day. In 9 games between the two teams, Ikaros Chalkidas had only one victory back in 2012-2013 regular season. This was the 100th game for Ikaros in the Greek Basket League but most of them were as Ikaros Kallitheas, before the name and home change. Panathinaikos had a small lead in the first quarter but the half time finished with equal score, 42-42. In the second half Panathinaikos wanted to end the game and with a 13-0 run, with three pointers by Antonis Fotsis and Mike Bramos, created a two digits difference. Ikaros Chalkidas, with Ivan Aska scoring 4 points in a row, lowered the difference to 9 points but Panathinaikos has started to roll. Panathinaikos broadened the difference to 21 points in the last quarter and won a game that Ikaros Chalkidas was competitive for one half time. High accuracy for Panathinaikos that had 12/29 three pointers, 18/29 field goals and 13/16 free throws. Ikaros Chalkidas collected 28 rebounds, 12 less than Panathinaikos. Dimitris Diamantidis played 20 minutes but didn't score since he had 0/3 three pointers. Roko Leni Ukić had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Mike Bramos was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 16 points and 4/5 three pointers, looking in a great shape. Antonis Fotsis also had 4/5 three pointers with 12 points and 5 rebounds. For Ikaros Chalkidas Ivan Aska had 14 points, 7 rebounds and Giannis Gagaloudis 15 points. Anthony Roberson had 12 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
Quarters' scores: 19-22, 42-42, 53-68, 64-85.

Ikaros Chalkidas: Roberson 12, Woodall 1, Aska 14, Manolopoulos 8, Sutton 4, Gagaloudis 15, Spanos 5, Toliopoulos, Vougioukas, Richards 5, Bempis, Persidis.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 16, Curry 5, Fotsis 12, Ukić 11, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis, Pappas 10, Giankovits 8, Maciulis 5, Wright 6.

Panathinaikos beat Olympiacos for Euroleague Top 16

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Olympiacos for Euroleague Top 16. Olympiacos score the first points with Dunston but Panathinaikos replied. Olympiacos was scoring and Panathinaikos was equalizing till Roko Leni Ukić with a three pointer put Panathinaikos first time in lead with 10-9. Giorgos Printezis with four consecutive points made the score 10-13. Panathinaikos made a 7-0 run and the score was 17-13. Stratos Perperoglou with 5 consecutive points made the score of the first half 19-18. In the second quarter Perperoglou reached 11 points, making the score 19-20. Panathinaikos made the score 27-23 but Olympiacos with a 8-0 run took the lead by 4, 27-31. Dimitris Diamantidis with an assist and a lay up balanced the game, 31-31. One minute before the half time Stephane Lasme won an unsportsmanlike foul from Brent Petway and didn't miss the two free throws. Half time score 35-33 with the two teams swapping the leading of the score. Vasilis Spanoulis finished the first half with zero points. For Olympiacos Stratos Perperoglou had 11 points, Giorgos Printezis 6 points and Mantzaris 5 rebounds in the first half. For Panathinaikos Roko Leni Ukić had 9 points, Dimitris Diamantidis 7 points and 4 assists in the first half. Panathinaikos made only 2 turnovers in the first half but Olympiacos had the rebounds. Second half started with a three pointer and foul drawn from Printezis and the score 37-37. Spanoulis scored his first points after 27 minutes and Mardy Collins with a difficult shot finished the third quarter with equal score, 47-47. Fourth quarter started with the first three pointer of Vasilis Spanoulis that made the score 47-50. Mike Bramos with a three pointer equalized the score, 54-54. Kostas Sloukas with a three pointer made the score 55-59 and Stephane Lasme 57-59. With score 61-61 Spanoulis and Printezis missed one three pointer each. Dimitris Diamantidis missed one free throw and the score was 62-61, 41 seconds before the end. Vasilis Spanoulis missed another three pointer, James Gist took the rebound and scored one free throw, 1/4 free throws for the American. 21 seconds before the end and the score was 63-61 for Panathinaikos. Ukić made the 4th foul of Panathinaikos 17 seconds before the end and Olympiacos called a time out. Matt Lojeski missed a shot and Dimitris Diamantidis won a foul 3 seconds before the end. Diamantidis scored one free throw, the score was 64-61 and Diamantidis made a foul 2.1 seconds before the end. Stratos Perperoglou missed the first free throw and scored the second. 2.1 seconds before the end with the score 64-62 Panathinaikos had possession of the ball and called a time out. Stephane Lasme won a foul one second before the end. Lasme scored both free throws and the final score was 66-62. Stephane Lasme was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 18 points and Stratos Perperoglou for Olympiacos with 12 points. Vasilis Spanoulis had 6 points with 1/9 three pointers and Dimitris Diamantidis 9 points and 8 assists. Olympiacos collected 35 rebounds, 8 more than Panathinaikos but Panathinaikos made only 7 turnovers in the game.
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 35-33, 47-47, 66-62.

Jonas Maciulis opens the road for the captain @Euroleague pic.twitter.com/QpEp0xZM2N
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) February 20, 2014

Panathinaikos: Bramos 6, Curry 4, Batiste, Fotsis 3, Ukić 14, Lasme 18, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 9, Gist 7, Pappas, Giankovits, Mačiulis 3.
Olympiacos: Petway 2, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglou 12, Sloukas 5, Collins 2, Simmons 2, Begić 2, Printezis 10, Mantzaris 6, Katsivelis 3, Lojeski 6. 

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.

Panathinaikos defeated Armani Milano for Euroleague Top 16

Panathinaikos Athens hosted and defeated EA7 Emporio Armani Milan for Euroleague's Top 16 first game. Panathinaikos was improved than the group phase and with 10/21 three pointers and 39 rebounds won the game with a difference. For the winners James Gist scored 12 points and Roko Leni Ukić 11 points. Stephane Lasme collected 13 rebounds and Dimitris Diamantidis served 11 assists. For Armani Milano Gentile scored 14 points and Langford 11 points.

Quarters' scores: 20-14, 38-31, 52-40, 73-57.

@Slasme... Flying.... pic.twitter.com/GU0kLalA2r
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) January 2, 2014

Panathinaikos: Bramos 6, Curry 10, Batiste 1, Fotsis 10, Ukić 11, Lasme 7, Mavrokefalidis 6, Diamantidis 5, Gist 12, Pappas, Giankovits, Mačiulis 5.

Armani Milano: Gentile 14, Gigli, Cerella, Melli 5, Hackett 3, Kangur, Langford 11, Samuels, Wallace 2, Lawal 7, Moss 6, Jerrells 9.

Maccabi defeated Panathinaikos in Athens for Euroleague

Maccabi Electra defeated Panathinaikos in Athens for Euroleague. This was the second defeat by Maccabi for Panathinaikos this season, after the one in Tel Aviv. A bad game for Panathinaikos and doulbe worries since Roko Leni Ukić  left the game due to an injury and will miss the cup game against Olympiacos.

Quarters' scores: 14-23, 27-36, 35-58, 55-68.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 2, Curry 7, Batiste, Fotsis 3, Ukić 4, Lasme 16, Mavrokefalidis 5, Diamantidis 5, Gist 6, Giankovits 7, Apostolidis.

Maccabi Electra: Rice 7, Smith 7, Hickman 10, Ingles 10, Tyus 6, Pnini 9, Cohen 2, Ohayon 2, Blu 13, Landesberg , Schortsianitis 2.

Panathinaikos defeated Lokomotiv Kuban for Euroleague

Panathinaikos defeated Lokomotiv Kuban for Euroleague. Lokomotiv defeated Panathinaikos in the first game that took place in Heraklion, but the Greek champions won in Kuban and surpassed the difference of the defeat. Panathinaikos with 14/23 three pointers was unstoppable. Before the game Dimitris Diamantidis was 11th in three pointers in Euroleague. During the game the captain of Panathinaikos surpassed Louis Bullock, Drew Nicholas and Igor Rakocevic finishing 8th in three pointers. Vasilis Charalampopoulos, 16 years old, played for two minutes and collected 1 rebound. 

Quarters' scores: 23-21, 30-46, 44-66, 63-82

Lokomotiv Kuban: Grigoryev 8, Brown 8, Williams, Hendrix 9, Kanygin 2, Kalnietis 7, Likhodey 8, Jasaitis 13, Zubkov 3, Marić 2, Simon 3.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 11, Curry 13, Batiste, Fotsis 17, Ukić 17, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 12, Gist 2, Pappas 13, Giankovits, Apostolidis.

Roko Leni Ukić returns in Athens injured

Roko-Leni Ukić returned in Athens after Eurobasket in Slovenia with an injury in Achilles tendon that will leave him out of training for six weeks. That is the second injury of Panathinaikos' player in preparation after Stephan Lasme. Ukić won't play in Greek Basketball League day one against Olympiacos.