Vasilis Spanoulis renews with Olympiacos. Spanoulis renewed his contract for two more years, until 2018, when he will complete eight years with the Greek champions. In the last six years with Olympiacos Spanoulis has won two Euroleague Championships, two Euroleague Final Four MVP titles, three Greek Championships and one Greek Cup.
Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos for Basket League twenty fourth day. With another great game by Spanoulis and Printezis Olympiacos doubled its wins against Panathinaikos, secured the first place and the home advantage in the the play offs. Panathinaikos played without James Gist, who was banned due to marijuana use, and this was the last game with Ivanovic as Panathinaikos coach. The game was interrupted for 25 minutes in the end, since home fans broke into court, after Spanoulis celebrated a crucial three pointer. Quarters' scores: 18-22, 34-38, 48-62, 66-77
Olympiacos beat Aries Trikala in Trikala for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighteenth day. Unfortunately there were no fans to enjoy such a game, due to Triakala's penalty. Vasilis Spanoulis was impressive and Olympiacos was leading the score by 9-30 before the end of the first quarter. Trikala did not abandon the game and with good transition game lowered the difference to one digit at the second and third quarters. Olympiacos replied with massive defence and a 10-1 run in the last quarter secured the victory. For the winners Vasilis Spanoulis had 25 points (5/5 2p, 2/3 3p, 9/9 ft), 8 assists and 6 fouls drawn. Giorgos Printezis had 22 points (6/6 2p), Matt Lojeski had 17 points (4/5 3p), Darden and Hunter collected 5 rebounds each. For Aries Trikala Slaven Cupkovic and Justin Ingram scored 15 points each, Ingram had also 7 assists. Mike Hall had 4 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists. Kwame Alexander had 11 points and 4 rebounds in his debut with Trikala.
Quarters' scores: 12-32, 43-53, 70-78, 87-103
Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. Olympiacos remained undefeated in Rhodes island with its captain Vasilis Spanoulis in a good day. Spanoulis scored 20 points, Darden added 14 points, Sloukas served 6 assists. For Kolossos Larentzakis, Scott and Hagins scored 10 points each. Dominic Waters had 9 points, 5 assists, and Taylor Smith made 5 blocks. Olympiacos had 13/27 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 11-23, 28-48, 49-66, 64-88.
Olympiacos beat Fenerbahçe Ülker in Istanbul for Euroleague 2014-2015 Top 16 round 3. Fenerbahçe started better the game and was leading the score in the first quarter. In the second quarter Olympiacos lost Brent Petway and Oliver Lafayette due to injuries but with three pointers took the lead of the game. Fenerbahçe counter attacked and was leading the score by 60-56 but Olympiacos with a three pointer by its captain Vasilis Spanoulis and a steal by its top scorer Matt Lojeski stole the victory. Olympiacos continues with three victories in three games for the Euroleague Top 16.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 36-43, 52-56, 68-74
Olympiacos hosted and beat Crvena Zvezda for Euroleague. With this victory Olympiacos secured the first place of its group and there will be no Greek fight in Euroleague's Top 16 round. Crvena Zvezda was competitive when Boban Marjanovic was playing. Marjanovic had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Luka Mitrovic had 11 points and 7 rebounds. For the winners Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points, Kostas Sloukas had 9 points and 5 assists, Brent Petway had 7 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-16, 27-28, 42-48, 64-59
Olympiacos hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League ninth day. This was the first game of Korivos Amalidas against Olympiacos and the visitors troubled the home team for the whole game. The six points lead of the first quarter became three points in the half time and have been eliminated by the third quarter. In the 34th minute the score was 64-64 and Korivos was still in the game but have already made 5 team fouls while Olympiacos had only two. Then Aggelopoulos was charged with a unsportsman-like foul and Olympiacos made a 6-0 run and created a safe difference. With six consecutive points by Vasilis Spanoulis Olympiacos was leading the score by 8 points, with only 3 minutes remaining. Korivos tried to steal the victory and with a three pointers by Aggelopoulos and two free throws by Magette made the score 74-71 with two minutes remaining. Vangelis Mantzaris scored, Vasiljevic missed a three pointer, Petway missed two shots and Spanoulis one and Rubio made the score 76-73. 34 seconds before the end Lafayette missed a three pointer but Petway collected the offensive rebound and Davis committed a foul. Vasilis Spanoulis missed two free throws but Vangelis Mantzaris with a three pointer made the score 79-73, which was the final score since both Vasiljevic and Davis failed to score. Victory for Olympiacos but a tough one against the very competitive Korivos Amaliadas. For Olympiacos Spanoulis had 21 points and 6 assists, Brent Petway had 9 points and 12 rebounds, Vangelis Mantzaris had 9 points and 7 assists. For Korivos Amaliadas Dwayne Davis had 22 points, Nikos Angelopolos and Guille Rubio had 10 points each, Josh Magette had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Giorgos Galiotos had 2 points and 10 rebounds. In a great game Olympiacos finished the game with 7 team turnovers while Korivos Amaliadas with 8 team turnovers.
Quarters' scores: 27-21, 43-40, 57-57, 79-73.
Olympiacos hosted and beat Neptūnas for Euroleague eighth day. Neptūnas had 2/9 three pointers, 2/6 free throws and 10 turnovers in the first half so the 11 points of difference was a normal result. Vasilis Spanoulis with 10 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds was leading Olympiacos against Keith Benson who had 7 points and 6 rebounds. Spanoulis surpassed Jaka Lakovic in Euroleague all time scorers and he is now in the third position. For Olympiacos Brent Petway had 20 20 points, Bryant Dunston had 15 points, Vasilis Spanoulis finished with 13 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds. For Neptūnas Donatas Zavackas had 15 points, Keith Benson and Arnas Butkevičius had 11 points each.
Quarters' scores: 24-19, 47-36, 69-53, 89-79.
Olympiacos beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League eighth day. Olympiacos played tight defense on KAOD who had 0/6 three pointers in the first half. Dimitris Agravanis had 10 points in seven minutes in the first half with 1/1 two pointers, 2/2 three pointers and 1/1 free throws. Othello Hunter had 9 rebounds out of 19 team rebounds in the first half. KAOD had 0/3 three pointers in the third quarter but improved and with partial score 20-14 lowered the difference to 17 points. In the last quarter KAOD did not complete its counter attack and Olympiacos won by 18 points. KAOD could not expect more with 3/13 three pointers and 18/43 two pointers. For the home team Rod Odom had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Guy-Marc Michel had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Eric Atkins had 6 points and 4 assists. For the winners Vangelis Mantzaris had 17 points, Dimitris Agravanis had 12 points, Othello Hunter had 12 rebounds and 6 points, Vasilis Spanoulis had 8 points and 6 assists.
Quarters' scores: 11-23, 25-48, 45-62, 64-82
Laboral Kutxa beat Olympiacos for Euroleague seventh day. Olympiacos counted 6 victories in 6 games but this winning strike ended in Spain. Vasilis Spanoulis scored 27 points and passed Mike Batiste in the fourth scorer of all times in Euroleague but did not celebrate his record with a victory. The reds were in a bad day and in the last quarter Sfairopoulos and Agravanis were charged with a technical foul each for complaining. Great game for ex-Olympiacos player Mirza Begić who had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Thomas Heurtel had 18 points and Davis Bertans had 17 points.
Quarters' scores: 24-17, 44-37, 68-52, 89-70.
Olympiacos hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League seventh day. PAOK was undefeated in the league but Olympiacos did not face any problems to beat the visitors and was leading the score for 40 minutes with ease. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points and 5 assists. Tremmell Darden had 11 points, 8 rebounds and Dimitris Agravanis had 11 points. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 12 points and Marc Carter had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Olympiacos had 10/24 three pointers while PAOK had 5/17 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 40-31, 66-42, 80-55
Olympiacos hosted and beat Valencia for Euroleague sixth day. Olympiacos expanded its victory strike to 6-0 but it needed a free throw from Vasilis Spanoulis 11 seconds before the end in order to beat Valencia who was a close to a great victory. For the winners Spanoulis had 15 points and 7 assists, Dimitris Agravanis had 8 points and 10 rebounds, Bryant Dunston had 14 points. For Valencia Pau Ribas, Bojan Dubljevic and Vladimir Lucic had 16 points each.
Quarters' scores: 26-21, 45-40, 54-60, 77-76.
Olympiacos hosted and beat Galatasaray for Euroleague fifth day. Olympiacos continues undefeated in Euroleague 2014-2015 with five victories in five games. WIth double shot accuracy and half turnovers than its opponent Olympiacos could not lose the game. Olympiacos had 29/41, 70% two points accuracy while Galatasaray had 14/37, a poor 37%. Olympiacos finished the game with only 6 turnovers and 26 assists while Galatasaray had only 9 assists. The reds were leading the game with ease and in the last four minutes with a 26-1 run they smashed Galatasaray with 27 points difference! Othello Hunter finished the game with a double double, 17 points and 10 rebounds. Vasilis Spanoulis had 16 points and 7 assists, flawless game for Vangelis Mantzaris who had 15 points with 6/6 shots.
Olympiacos beat Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade for Euroleague fourth day. In a full of fans stadium and friendly atmosphere Olympiacos beat Red Star in Giannis Sfairopoulos' Euroleague debut. With Vasilis Spanoulis leading the score for another game with 14 points and 4 assists, Olympiacos made its fourth win in four games. Dimitris Agravanis had 9 points and 8 rebounds, Kostas Sloukas had 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 points. For Crvena Zvezda Boban Marjanovic had 13 points and 14 rebounds, while Jaka Blazic and Nikola Kalinic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 14-13, 26-37, 36-50, 57-62
