Greek League, Regular Season, Game 18: February, 11-12, 2012 - Greece

May 21, 2013

Greek League, Regular Season, Game 18: February, 11-12, 2012

Olympiacos downed archival Panathinaikos 78-77 in the Greek League showdown to move atop the standings with a 16-1 record, while the Greens fell behind at 14-2. Giorgos Printezis paced the Reds with 13 points, Vangelis Mantzaris tallied 11 points and Vassilis Spanoulis produced 10 points and 5 assists for the hosts. Mike Batiste led the Greens with 16 points and 6 boards, Ian Vougioukas bagged 12 points, Dimitris Diamantidis 11 and Stratos Perperoglou added 10. Although Olympiacos dominated early and led 61-42 after one minute of the third quarter, Panathinaikos reacted and the game went to a thrilling end. The visitors used a 9-23 charge to cut the margin to 70-65, but Pero Antic answered with a big three. Diamantidis and Romain Sato hit consecutive shots behind the arc to close within 76-75 before Kostas Sloukas made 2 free throws to give his team a 3-point lead. Batiste scored at the buzzer a basket that was initially ruled a three-pointer, but after the referees reviewed the shot with instant replay, the basket was ruled a two-pointer and Olympiacos claimed the victory. In other games, Aris fell to 6-11 after its loss to Ikaros Kallithea 69-54 on the road. Aron Baynes paced the hosts with 20 points and 12 boards. Christos Tapoutos and Sam Muldrow scored 13 each in defeat. At Pylaia, PAOK edged Maroussi 86-82 as Ioannis Kalampokis bagged 16 points, Milutin Aleksic got 15 points and Dimos Dikoudis had 13 points. Nestoras Kommatos netted 40 points in defeat. Drama bested Panionios 71-62 at home, as Kostas Charalampidis recorded 20 points and 6 assists, Rethimno downed Ilissiakos 67-71 on the road behind 16 points and 7 boards from Lamar Right. And Kavala beat Peristeri 81-67 thanks to Michael Taylor's 18 points. Kolossos Rhodes enjoyed a week 18 bye.

LAST GAME GAME 18 February 11-12, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Feb. 11	PAOK vs. Maroussi	86-82
Feb. 11	Ikaros vs. Aris BSA	69-54
Feb. 11	Ilysiakos vs. AGOR	67-71
Feb. 12	Kabala vs. Peristeri	81-67
Feb. 12	KAOD vs. Panionios	71-62
Feb. 12	Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos	78-77

NEXT GAME GAME 19 February 15, 2012
Day	Match
Feb. 15	Κolossos VAP vs. Olympiacos
Feb. 15	KAOD vs. Ikaros
Feb. 15	AGOR vs. PAOK
Feb. 15	Panathinaikos vs. Kabala
Feb. 15	Peristeri vs. Ilysiakos
Feb. 15	Panionios vs. Maroussi

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Olympiacos	17	16	1	1448	1171
2	Panathinaikos	16	14	2	1366	1120
3	Panionios	17	12	5	1218	1132
4	Κolossos VAP	16	13	3	1235	1136
5	Kabala	17	9	8	1190	1215
6	AGOR	16	9	7	1244	1206
7	PAOK BC	17	7	10	1169	1266
8	Aris BSA	17	6	11	1235	1254
9	KAOD	17	6	11	1246	1333
10	Ilysiakos	17	6	11	1195	1263
11	Peristeri	16	6	10	1046	1150
12	Ikaros NS	17	4	13	1180	1361
13	Maroussi BC	16	0	16	1112	1277