Greek League, Game 3: October 21, 2006 Olympiacos and Panionios retained their undefeated records after three rounds of Greek League action to keep a share of first place. The Reds registered their third victory at Apollon Patras, 70-85, behind Scoonie Penn's 24 points, while Panionios defeated Olympia of Larissa 94-67. Dejan Tomasevic led a well-balanced team effort as Panathinaikos bounced back from a shock loss to Olympias of Patras by beating AEK Athens 96-80. Aris also improved to 2-1 by thrashing Makedonikos 50-73 as Alex Scales scored 12 points. PAOK came up short at AE Larissa, 81-79, despite a big game from Vladimir Scepanovic. In other games, Maroussi downed Olympias of Patras 83-64 and Panellinios thrashed Egaleo 84-59. Olympiacos started strong against upstart Apollon, taking a 16-29 lead after 10 minutes, but the hosts stormed back and grabbed a 38-37 lead at the break. However Olympiacos recharged at halftime and stormed out of the gates to outscore Apollon 12-27 in the third period on the way to a convincing win. Penn shot well, making all six of his 2-point attempts, and added 4 assists for the winners. Henry Domercant added 19 points, Adrija Zizic 14 and Alex Acker 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Ivo Josipovic paced Patras with 24. Panathinaikos pulled away from a 44-40 halftime score with a 26-15 third quarter to top AEK. Dejan Tomasevic led the Greens with 13 points, while Dimos Dikoudis added 12 points, Sani Becirovic 11 points and 4 assists and Nikos Hatzivrettas 10. Nikos Vetoulas led AEK with 24 points – including five 3-pointers – and 5 assists. Jasmin Perkovic had 16 points and 5 boards, Prodromos Nikolaidis 15 points and Nestoras Kommatos 13 points and 5 rebounds. Aris improved to 2-1 by thrashing Makedonikos on the road. Aris's defense held Makedonikos to 10 points in the second quarter and then 9 in the fourth to seal the win. Alex Scales scored 12 points, Mike Wilkinson added 11 points and Jeremiah Massey had 9 points and 9 rebounds. Anthony Dobbins led Makedonikos with 11. With new coach Kostas Pilafidis seating on the bench, but not coaching yet, PAOK lost to AE Larissa. Vladimir Scepanovic put up a valiant effort with 24 points, while missing only one shot from the field. He also dished 6 assists. Dimitris Haritopoulos added 17 points, Giannis Kalabokis 13 and Blagota Sekulic 10. Arthur Lee led the victors with 17, and Lans Williams added 16. LAST GAME GAME 3 - October 21, 2006 Day Match Result Oct. 21 MAKEDONIKOS vs. ARIS T.T.BANK 50 - 73 Oct. 21 PANATHINAIKOS vs. A.E.K. 96 - 80 Oct. 21 MAROUSSI vs. AEP OLYMPIAS ada 83 - 64 Oct. 21 PANELLINIOS vs. EGALEO 84 - 59 Oct. 21 APOLLON AXAIA CL vs. OLYMPIACOS 70 - 85 Oct. 21 PANIONIOS FORTHN vs. OLYMPIA 94 - 67 Oct. 21 A.E.L. vs. P.A.O.K. 81 - 79 NEXT GAME GAME 4 - October 28, 2006 Day Match Oct. 28 AEP OLYMPIADA vs. MAKEDONIKOS Oct. 28 A.E.K. vs. MAROUSSI Oct. 28 OLYMPIACOS vs. PANATHINAIKOS Oct. 28 EGALEO vs. APOLLON ACHAIA Oct. 28 P.A.O.K. vs. PANELLINIOS Oct. 28 A.E.L. 1964 vs. PANIONIOS FORTHNET Oct. 28 ARIS TAHIDROMIKO T. vs. OLIMPIA STANDINGS TG W L P+ P- 1 PANIONIOS FORTHNET 3 3 0 252 193 2 OLYMPIACOS 3 3 0 263 224 3 PANATHINAIKOS 3 2 1 245 217 4 ARIS T.T.BANK 3 2 1 210 199 5 APOLLON AXAIA CL. 3 2 1 246 244 6 OLYMPIA HAL.KARALI 3 2 1 222 231 7 EGALEO 3 1 2 216 228 8 A.E.L. 3 1 2 227 255 9 P.A.O.K. 3 1 2 232 246 10 PANELLINIOS 3 1 2 216 209 11 MAROUSSI 3 1 2 230 214 12 A.E.K. 3 1 2 236 254 13 AEP OLYMPIAS adam's 3 1 2 201 229 14 MAKEDONIKOS 3 0 3 161 214 Saturday, October 21, 2006 Vassilis Skountis, Euroleague.net