Greek League, Regular Season, Game 5: November 19-20, 2011 - Greece

May 24, 2013

Greek League, Regular Season, Game 5: November 19-20, 2011

Dimitris Diamantidis - Panathinaikos_31829

Panathinaikos was the winner of the Greek League showdown against archival Olympiacos, 74-70, on Sunday at OAKA to remain perfect at 4-0 and share the same record with Kolossos Rhodes, which enjoyed a week 5 bye. Dimitris Diamantidis paced the defending Euroleague champions with 15 points and 8 assists and Giorgos Printezis was the best in defeat for the Reds as he netted 18 points. Aris registered its first win after four consecutive losses by edging Ikaros Kallithea 83-68 at home as Christos Tapoutos and Dominic James netted 19 points apiece. PAOK escaped from Maroussi with a 69-71 win behind 17 points from Rashad Wright and 15 from JR Giddens. In other games, Panionios won its fourth in a row by thrashing Drama 92-63, with Vladimir Jankovic bagging 19 points, Rethimno downed Ilissiakos 72-66 behind 23 points from Nikos Papanikolaou and Peristeri bested Kavala 78-67 as Richard Roby posted 20 points.

At OAKA, Panathinaikos took advantage of its depth, a good pick-and-roll offense and a superior rebounding advantage to lead from start to finish and beat Olympiacos 74-70. Nevertheless, the visitors proved themselves tough to beat. The hosts started 16-6, but the visitors came back with 8 straight points. Then Panathinaikos led 39-26 and soared up to 44-30. Despite poor shooting from three-point range, 3 for 21, Olympiacos returned to the game, thanks to a zone defense and several turnovers committed by the hosts. With three minutes to go, Panathinaikos led 72-59, but Olympiacos used a 2-11 run and cut to 74-70, but it wasn’t enough. Diamantidis led the Greens with 15 points and 8 assists, but also 8 turnovers, while Romain Sato, Ian Vougioukas and Nick Calathes scored 10 points apiece and Steven Smith grabbed 10 rebounds. Giorgos Printezis led the Reds with 18 points, Vassilis Spanoulis recorded 14 points and 4 assists, Pero Antic got 9 points and 6 boards and Lazaros Papadopoulos and Kyle Hines bagged 8 points each.

Aris ended its 0-4 slide by downing visiting Ikaros 83-68. The hosts took an early lead and dominated on the court led by Christos Tapoutos who posted 19 points, 6 boards and 3 assists. Dominic James got 19 points and 6 assists, while Dan Mavraides, Sam Muldrow and Dimitris Tsaldaris scored 9 points apiece. Aron Baynes paced the visitors with 27 points and 11 boards and Ravern Johnson added 13 points and 7 boards. At the end of a thrilling game in Aghios Thomas, PAOK beat Maroussi 69-71 and improved its record to 2-3. The visitors led 57-64, midway through the fourth quarter, but the hosts cut the margin to 67-68 and the game was decided by 3 free throws made by Rashad Wright in the last 13 seconds. Wright recorded 17 points and 5 rebounds, JR Giddens got 15 points and 4 assists and Marcus Goree chipped in 10 points and 5 boards for PAOK. For Maroussi, Frank Elegar shined with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Giannis Gagaloudis tallied 18 points and 5 assists.

LAST GAME GAME 5 November 19-20, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Nov. 19	AGOR vs. Ilysiakos	72-66
Nov. 19	Panionios vs. KAOD	92-63
Nov. 19	Aris BSA vs. Ikaros	83-68
Nov. 19	Maroussi vs. PAOK	69-71
Nov. 19	Peristeri vs. Kabala	78-67
Nov. 20	Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos	74-70

NEXT GAME GAME 6 November 26-27, 2011
Day	Match
Nov. 26	Ilysiakos vs. Peristeri
Nov. 26	PAOK vs. AGOR
Nov. 26	Maroussi vs. Panionios
Nov. 26	Ikaros vs. KAOD
Nov. 26	Olympiacos vs. Κolossos VAP
Nov. 27	Kabala vs. Panathinaikos

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Olympiacos	5	4	1	416	338
2	Panionios	5	4	1	371	318
3	Panathinaikos	4	4	0	346	274
4	Κolossos VAP	4	4	0	317	290
5	Kabala	5	3	2	339	322
6	PAOK BC	5	2	3	318	337
7	Ilysiakos	5	2	3	332	359
8	Peristeri	4	3	1	281	279
9	KAOD	5	1	4	359	418
10	Aris BSA	5	1	4	368	389
11	AGOR	4	2	2	289	286
12	Ikaros NS	5	0	5	328	410
13	Maroussi BC	4	0	4	251	295