Olympiacos signed Mindaugas Kuzminskas

Olympiacos signed Mindaugas Kuzminskas. The 30-year-old Lithuanian forward penned a 1+1 years contract with the Greek club. Kuzminskas started his career with Sakalai Vilnius and has also played for Perlas Vilnius, Šiauliai, and Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania before moving to Spain for Unicaja Málaga in 2013. After three seasons in Spain Kuzminskas moved to the NBA for New York Knicks where he played 69 games averaging 6.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. In January 2018 Kuzminskas returned to Europe for Armani Milano where he won the 2018 Italian Championship.

Kostas Vasileiadis returns to PAOK

Kostas Vasileiadis returns to PAOK. The 31 years old Greek guard returns to PAOK for third time and penned an one year contract. Vasileiadis started his professional career with PAOK where he played for six years (2000-2006). He returned to PAOK for the second time in 2008 after having played one year for Málaga and another for Olympiacos. After Olympiacos he penned a contract in Italy with Sutor Basket Montegranaro but he played in Spain for Obradoiro, Bilbao Basket and Unicaja Malaga, with a break in 2008-2009 when he played in Turkey for Anadolu Efes.

Panathinaikos beat Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague Top 16

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Unicaja Malaga in Athens for Euroleague Top 16. It was a do or die game with the Greens needing the victory to qualify to the next round. Unicaja Malaga took an early lead in score but Panathinaikos made a 5-0 and a 7-0 run, so the first quarter finished with the home team ahead by 7, 17-12. Second quarter was balanced with Malaga lowering the difference to 5 points by the end of the first half. Both teams were bad in three pointers in the first half, 2/10 for Panathinaikos and 2/13 for Malaga. The strong point for Malaga was the offensive rebounds, having 12 in the first half while Panathinaikos had 15 in total. Unicaja Malaga counter attacked in the third quarter and equalized the score in 24th minute, 37-37, but Panathinaikos replied with a 10-0 run and made the score 47-37. Third quarter finished with a three pointer by Loukas Mavrokefalidis that made the score 55-41. In the last quarter Panathinaikos created a difference of 17 points but Malaga with a run lowered the difference to 9 points since the home team was playing with the mind in clock. Panathinaikos won Unicaja Malaga by 69-60 and qualified to the semi-finals of Euroleague. Panathinaikos improved in three pointers and rebounds in the second half, while Malaga finished the game with 3/20 three pointers. For Panathinaikos 11 players scored, all except Giankovits, and Dimitris Diamantidis was the top scorer with 13 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-12, 33-28, 55-41, 69-60.

The captain ready for yet another assist @Euroleague @paobcgr-@unicajaCB pic.twitter.com/1OL7zLIOT3
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) April 3, 2014

Panathinaikos: Bramos 8, Curry 8, Batiste 3, Fotsis 4, Ukic 7, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 3, Diamantidis 13, Gist 6, Giankovits, Maciulis 5, Wright 2.
Unicaja Malaga: Sabonis 7, Vidal, Urtasun 3, Calloway, Suarez 7, Granger 8, Vazquez 8, Toolson 6, Kuzminskas 2, Dragic 6, Caner-Medley 1, Stimac 12.

Olympiacos beat Malaga for Euroleague Top 16

Olympiacos beat Malaga for Euroleague Top 16 for second time after the victory in Piraeus Greece. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis returned with 20 points and Mat Lojeski helped with 18 points. Vangelis Mantzaris had 2 points but 9 assists and no turnovers, while Brent Petway had 9 points and 7 rebounds. A victory after consecutive defeats for Euroleague winners and now they are back in track.
Quarters' scores: 18-28, 34-41, 50-63, 63-80

Malaga: Todorovic, Sabonis 2, Urtasun 13, Calloway 2, Suarez 8, Granger 6, Vazquez 6, Engiran, Toolson 4, Kuzminskas 2, Dragic 10, Stimac 10.
Olympiacos: Petway 9, Shermandini 6, Dunston 7, Spanoulis 20, Papapetrou 8, Sloukas 6, Simmons 2, Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas 2, Lojeski 18.

Panathinaikos lost by Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague Top 16

Panathinaikos lost by Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague Top 16. Panathinaikos had a good first half but was bad in the last quarter and lost its third game in a row. Unicaja Malaga had 15/27 three pointers and 32 rebounds. Panathinaikos with 9/22 three pointers and only 19 rebounds couldn't ask for more. Now Panathinaikos has to win Olympiacos in the next game in order to get back on qualification track.
Quarters' scores: 20-23, 44-42, 61-57, 87-71.

Unicaja Malaga: Sabonis 3, Vidal 4, Urtasun, Suarez, Granger 16, Vazquez 6, Toolson 20, Kuzminskas 5, Dragic 4, Hettsheimeir, Caner-Medley 21, Stimac 8.
Panathinaikos: Bramos 12, Curry 14, Batiste 4, Fotsis 4, Ukic, Lasme 10, Mavrokefalidis 4, Diamantidis 10, Gist, Pappas, Giankovits, Mačiulis 13.

Olympiacos defeated Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague TOP 16

Olympiacos hosted and defeated Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague TOP 16. The Euroleague champion seems to recover after a short period of bad games.  First quarter was balanced but Olympiacos took the lead early in the second quarter and broadened the difference in the third and fourth quarter. Both teams were poor in three pointers but Olympiacos made less turnovers and collected more rebounds. All twelve players of Olympiacos scored at least two points, great team play.

Quarters' scores: 17-17, 37-31, 55-41, 73-55.

Olympiacos: Petway 3, Dunston 12, Spanoulis 2, Perperoglou 11, Sloukas 2, Collins 2, Simmons 6, Begic 6, Printezis 16, Mantzaris 3, Katsivelis 3, Lojeski 7.

Unicaja Malaga: Sabonis, Vidal, Urtasun 8, Suarez, Granger 2, Vazquez 4, Toolson 5, Kuzminskas 8, Dragic 5, Hettsheimeir 4, Caner-Medley 11, Stimac 8.

Olympiacos wins Unicaja Malaga for Euroleague premiere

Olympiacos Piraeus, the Euroleague back to back champions, hosted and defeated Unicaja Malaga for the first day of Euroleague 2013-2014. Starting five for Olympiacos Spanoulis, Perperoglou, Simmons, Printezis, Mantzaris. Starting five for Unicaja Malaga Suarez, Granger, Dragic, Hettsheimeir, Caner-Medley. Giorgos Printezis scored the first points of the Greek team. Jayson Granger started the game with an unsportsmanlike foul on Vasilis Spanoulis. Unicaja Malaga ran a 8-0 score and from 6-6 led the game to 6-14. Dragic and Hettsheimeir had a good first quarter but then the second disappeared. Sloukas and Spanoulis with three pointers finished the first quarter with score 18-22. Unicaja Malaga was leading the score for 30 minutes but when the fourth quarter started Olympiacos had a burst and in the end won the game by 8 points, 69-61. Statistics highlights the 21 assists of Olympiacos and the fact that both teams had better accuracy in three pointers than two points shots. Quarters' scores: 18-22, 26-33, 44-45, 69-61
Play of the night by Petway, Olympiacos.

Olympiacos: Petway 13, Law, Dunston 3, Spanoulis 13, Perperoglou 4, Sloukas 8, Simmons 4, Printezis 9, Agravanis, Mantzaris 3, Katsivelis, Lojeski 12. 

Unicaja Malaga: Conde, Sabonis 2, Vidal 2, Calloway 3, Suarez 8, Granger 4, Vazquez 12, Kuzminskas, Dragic 12, Hettsheimeir 8, Caner-Medley 9, Stimac 1.