May 24, 2012
Greek League Semifinals, Game 5: June 2, 2007
Sofoklis Schortsanitis - Olympiacos Olympiacos made it to the Greek League finals! The Reds came up big in Thessaloniki to beat Aris 75-83 in make-or-break Game 5 on Saturday and won the semifinals series 2-3. The Reds advanced to the best-of-five finals where they meet again Euroleague champion and archrivals Panathinaikos, that will have the home court advantage and hosts Game 1 as soon as this Wednesday. Sofoklis Schortsanitis proved once again his power, leading Olympiacos with 15 points on 6-of-7 two-pointers in just 15 minutes. Panagiotis Vassilopoulos was the key player for the Reds as not only he scored 13 points, but also managed to shut down Aris superstar Jeremiah Massey in the second half. Arvydas Macijauskas scored 12 points, Manolis Papamakarios added 11, 6 rebounds and 5 steals while Scoonie Penn had 10 points for Olympiacos. Mike Wilkinson led the hosts with 21 points and 8 rebounds Massey had 14 points and 9 boards while Terrel Castle added 12 points and 5 assists for the hosts.

Aris took an early seven-point margin, 20-13, but the visitors used a 0-9 run to get a 20-22 edge. Papamakarios hit back-to-back three-pointers and Olympiacos soared up to 24-30. The Reds managed to keep a 40-44 edge at halftime. Olympiacos opened to 40-46 early in the third quarter, but the hosts quickly improved their defense and took advantage of their up-tempo game in an 11-0 run that gave Aris a five-point game, 51-46. Aris widened the gap to 54-47, but Olympiacos found a go-to guy in Vasilopoulos, who led a 8-18 run that gave the Reds a 62-65 edge after 30 minutes. The game turned into a thriller when Aris used another 6-0 run to get its last lead, 72-71. Olympiacos, however, proved itself too hard to die. They scored seven consecutive points for 72-78 and sealed the Reds' biggest win in this season so far, which allows them to stay in the race for the Greek League title.

GREEK LEAGUE: Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeam
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
3
Panathinaikos (1)
85
69
85
x
x
0
Panionios Forthnet (4)
77
65
67
x
x
2
Aris TT Bank (2)
78
68
81
68
75
3
Olympiacos (3)
76
82
71
92
83

Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1
Panathinaikos vs. Panionios Forthnet
85-77
May 20
Game 1
Aris TT Bank vs. Olympiacos
78-76
May 20
Game 2
Panionios Forthnet vs. Panathinaikos
65-69
May 24
Game 2
Olympiacos vs. Aris TT Bank
82-68
May 24
Game 3
Panathinaikos vs. Panionios Forthnet
85-67
May 27
Game 3
Aris TT Bank vs. Olympiacos
81-71
May 27
Game 4
Olympiacos vs. Aris TT Bank
92-68
May 30
Game 5
Aris TT Bank vs. Olympiacos
75-83
June 2
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Vassilis Skountis, Athens

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