Nizhny Novgorod defeated PAOK for Eurocup fifth day

Nizhny Novgorod hosted PAOK for Eurocup fifth day. Both teams had 3 victories in the first 4 games. PAOK team had a long trip to Russia, which tired the players and had an impact in the game. Only Michalis Tsairelis scored more than 10 points for PAOK while DJ Cooper and Kostas Charalampidis weren't productive. For Nizhny Novgorod Dijon Thomson made a double double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 19-12, 37-30, 55-40, 87-53.

Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 2, Babbitt 5, Brezec 10, Ilev 3, Antonov 9, Khostov 12, Gubanov 3, Panin 14, Thomson 15, Savelyev 2, Paul, Golovin 13.
PAOK: Payne 2, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 8, Tsochlas 6, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 13, Dedas, Margaritis 8, Kalles 1, Bogris 5, Kaselakis 3, Liapis 2.

Greece wins Russia in Eurobasket Slovenia second day

Greece wins Russia with 80-71 in Eurobasket Slovenia second day. Greece was leading the score even with 22 points but 5 minutes before the end Shved started scoring and reduced the difference at 8 points with a 18-4 run. Greece had Spanoulis, Perperoglou, Papanikolaou, Mavrokefalidis and Kaimakoglou with over 10 points. For Russia Shved led the score with 17 points and Karasev the rebounds with 7 collected. Both teams had a bad day at 3 points shooting with about 33% accuracy. Vassilis Spanoulis suffered a light injury and didn't played in the last quarter. Greece finished the game with 27 bench points proving that his biggest advantage is the complete roster. Last time Greece defeated Russia in official game was in 2005 Eurobasket when Greece won Russia with 66-61 and since then Russia won in 2007 Eurobasket with 61-53, in 2009 Eurobasket with 68-65, 2010 Wold Basketball Championship with 73-69 and in 2011 Eurobasket with 83-67.

22/09/2005 Ρωσία-Ελλάδα 61-66 ΕΥΡΩΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ200

22/09/2005 Ρωσία-Ελλάδα 61-66 ΕΥΡΩΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ