Panathinaikos won on Thursday its 40th league crown, extending its own record, by beating Lavrio 3-1 in the final series.
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Lavrio will face Panathinaikos in the Basket League finals after one of the most impressive comebacks in the local league’s playoff history.
Promitheas and AEK had to work hard to go past Peristeri and PAOK respectively in the first round of the Basket League playoffs, to set up a pair of very appetizing semifinals.
Panathinaikos won the 20th Greek Cup in its history with a 91-79 victory in Sunday’s final against Promitheas Patras.
California-born Sayeed Pridgett took it upon himself to send Ionikos Nikaias to the Basket League playoffs at the end of overtime against Kolossos Rhodes on Wednesday, and proved successful.
Panathinaikos bowed out of this season’s Euroleague with two losses in Russia on Monday and Wednesday, to Zenit and CSKA Moscow respectively.
Panathinaikos imposed itself on Lavrio on Saturday to remind the year’s surprise package who the boss of the Basket League is, while Larissa scored a vital win against Iraklis to send Messolonghi down.
The regular season has all but finished in the Euroleague with both Greek teams eliminated from the playoffs.
Lavrio beat AEK for the second time this season to go it alone at the top of the Basket League table, pending the matches champion Panathinaikos has in hand, but the most meaningful win of the weekend, and equally dramatic, belonged to bottom team Messolonghi.
With both Greek teams already eliminated from the upcoming Euroleague playoffs, Panathinaikos scored a face-saving win against visiting Armani Milano on Thursday, while Olympiakos succumbed to host Real Madrid on Friday.
Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis is entering FIBA’s Hall of Fame, the world basketball’s governing body confirmed on Thursday.
Olympiakos scored an unexpected win on Wednesday at Valencia that matters little, given it cannot qualify anymore to the Euroleague playoffs, while Panathinaikos was once again disappointing, losing at home to Baskonia on Tuesday.
AEK scored a tight win over a Thessaloniki opponent for a third weekend in a row at the Basket League, to match Lavrio that is not in action till Wednesday.
Turkish teams got the better of their Greek opponents this week in the Euroleague, as Anadolu Efes beat Panathinaikos by 20 in Istanbul while Fenerbahce snatched a five-point victory at Olympiakos on Friday.
AEK did it again within a week, downing a Thessaloniki team with a buzzer beating shot at the end of overtime, while Panathinaikos had to work very hard to defeat host Peristeri.
Sasha Vezenkov gave a stunning performance to lead Olympiakos to victory at Berlin over Alba on Thursday, while another showing by Howard Sant-Roos was not enough for Panathinaikos to beat Red Star Belgrade in Athens on Friday.
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