Greek League, Regular Season, Game 3: November 5-6, 2011 - Greece

May 23, 2013

Greek League, Regular Season, Game 3: November 5-6, 2011

Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Kolossos Rhodes improved their records to 3-0 after three games in the Greek League and sit atop the standings. Peristeri remains at 2-0 after a Week 3 bye. On Sunday Panathinaikos thrashed Ikaros 93-58 at home behind 15 points from David Logan and 11 points apiece from Dimitris Diamantidis and Sarunas Jasikevicius. On Saturday Olympiacos beat Rethimno 84-97 on the road as Giorgos Printezis had 14 points and 7 rebounds and Vassilis Spanoulis posted 13 points, 5 boards and 7 assists. PAOK registered its first victory over visiting Ilissiakos 84-70 with Marcus Goree and Dimos Dikoudis combining for 44 points. Aris lost to Panionios 78-66 on the road and fell to 0-3, despite 24 points from Dominic James. In other games Kolossos downed Drama 77-73 at home as Angelos Tsamis recorded 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists and Kavala edged Maroussi 59-70 on the road behind 17 points and 11 boards from Patrick O’ Bryant.

At OAKA, Panathinaikos had an easy time against Ikaros, 93-58, after a 42-24 lead at halftime. David Logan paced the Greens with 15 points, Dimitris Diamantidis tallied 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Sarunas Jasikevicius delivered 11 points and 5 assists and Kostas Tsartsaris and Steven Smith added 10 points apiece. For visiting Ikaros, Aron Baynes recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 boards and Michael King got 10 points. Olympiacos set a record with an 84-97 victory over Rethimno for its 400th in the regular season of the Greek League, while Vassilis Spanoulis dished 7 assists and became only the third to surpasses the 1,000-assist milestone, following Dimitris Diamantidis and Nikos Vetoulas. The hosts led 32-31 after four minutes into the second quarter, but the Reds reeled off 15 unanswered points to soar to 32-46 and seal the victory. Giorgos Printezis paced the winners with 14 points and 7 rebounds, Vassilis Spanoulis recorded 13 points, including a perfect 10 for 10 free throws, Kyle Hines achieved a double double of 12 points and 10 boards, Martynas Gecevicius netted 11 points and Dimitris Katsivelis scored 10. For Rethimno, Dionte Christmas scored 25 points and Brent Petway netted 13.

In Pylaia, PAOK got its first victory by besting Ilissiakos 84-70. The visitors cut the margin to 65-62 in the beginning of the fourth quarter, but the hosts didn't allow them to go further. Marcus Goree scored 23 points, Dimos Dikoudis posted 21 points and 6 boards and Michalis Giannakidis added 16 points. Leonidas Kasselakis was the best in defeat for Ilissiakos with 17 points and Nikos Hatzis added 11. Aris remains without a victory after three games after falling 78-66 in Nea Smirni. The Yellows led 11-17, but Panionios reacted and closed the first half ahead 46-38. Aris tied the game 56-56 after three quarters, but was not able to keep pace down the stretch. Alex Stepheson posted 15 points and 15 boards and John Diebler netted 14 points for the winners. Dominic James paced the visitors with 24 points, Christos Tapoutos recorded 17 points and Adrian Oliver added 9.

LAST GAME GAME 3 November 5-6, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Nov. 6	Kolossos vs. KAOD	77-73
Nov. 6	Panathinaikos vs. Ikaros NS	93-58
Nov. 5	AGOR vs. Olympiacos	84-97
Nov. 5	Maroussi vs. Kabala	59-70
Nov. 5	PAOK vs. Ilysiakos	84-70
Nov. 6	Panionios vs. Aris BSA	78-66

NEXT GAME GAME 4 November 12-13, 2011
Day	Match
Nov. 12	Ikaros NS vs. Kolossos
Nov. 12	Kabala vs. AGOR
Nov. 12	Ilysiakos vs. Maroussi
Nov. 12	PAOK vs. Panionios
Nov. 12	KAOD vs. Aris BSA
Nov. 13	Olympiacos vs. Peristeri

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Panathinaikos	3	3	0	272	204
2	Olympiacos	3	3	0	254	199
3	Κolossos VAP	3	3	0	224	206
4	Kabala	3	2	1	212	187
5	Panionios	3	2	1	221	204
6	PAOK BC	3	1	2	196	210
7	Ilysiakos	3	1	2	204	227
8	Peristeri	2	2	0	138	120
9	AGOR	2	1	1	160	160
10	Ikaros NS	3	0	3	176	234
11	KAOD	3	0	3	212	245
12	Aris BSA	3	0	3	204	237
13	Maroussi BC	2	0	2	122	162