Greek League Finals, Game 4: June 1, 2008
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Olympiacos downed Panathinaikos 59-57 in a thriller at the Peace and Friendship Stadium Sunday to tie the best-of-five Greek League Finals series at 2-2. Now the series move for the last and decisive Game 5 on Wednesday at OAKA Sports Hall. After an early interruption due to an object thrown on the court, the Reds dominated and closed the first half leading by 11. Panathinaikos tried to return with the three-point shots, but failed as the Reds held a 48-38 lead early in the fourth quarter. However the defending champions started to play great defense and hit some big threes to cut the margin and take a 55-57 lead on a Dimitris Diamantidis three-pointer. Giorgos Printezis tied the score at 57-57 from the line and Ioannis Bouroussis added another free throw to give the Reds the lead. With six seconds to go, Vassilis Spanoulis missed an open three pointer, then Lynn Greer posted 1 free throw before Diamantidis missed a three at the buzzer, allowing the hosts to celebrate. Giorgos Printezis scored 21 points on 7-of-8 two-point shooting. Bouroussis added 6 points, 13 boards and 3 blocks for the winner. Spanoulis posted 17 points, Diamantidis had 14 points, 6 boards and 4 assists and Sarunas Jasikevicius added 13 points for the Greens. Meantime Panionios came up big at Aghios Thomas, where they registered a second straight win over Maroussi, 84-96 to tie the third place series at 2-2. Game 5 will be held on Thursday at Helinikon. Ivan Zoroski posted 29 points and Brad Newley netted 25 points to lead Panionios.
| Finals Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | | 2 | Panathinaikos (1)-Final | 83 | 55 | 78 | 59 | June 4 | | 2 | Olympiacos (2)-Final | 79 | 71 | 67 | 57 | - | | 2 | Panionios (4)-3rd Place | 60 | 65 | 89 | 96 | June 5 | | 2 | Maroussi (6)-3rd Place | 67 | 76 | 82 | 84 | - |
| Finals games | | Game 1 | Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos | 83-79 | May 24 | | Game 1 | Panionios On Telecoms vs. Maroussi | 60-67 | May 24 | | Game 2 | Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos | 71-55 | May 27 | | Game 2 | Maroussi vs. Panionios On Telecoms | 76-65 | May 27 | | Game 3 | Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos | 78-67 | May 29 | | Game 3 | Panionios On Telecoms vs. Maroussi | 89-82 | May 29 | | Game 4 | Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos | 59-57 | June 1 | | Game 4 | Maroussi vs. Panionios On Telecoms | 84-96 | June 1 | | Game 5 | Panathinaikos vs. Olympiacos | - | June 4 | | Game 5 | Panionios On Telecoms vs. Maroussi | - | June 5 |
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Vassilis Skountis, Athens
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