Greek Basket League Finals: Panathinaikos Vs. Olympiacos

[Euroleague]

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The 5 game 2011-12 season Greek Basket League Finals start today, between 2012 Greek Cup champions Panathinaikos Athens, and 2012 Euroleague champions Olympiacos Piraeus. Olympiacos guard Acie Law has an ankle injury and will miss the first two games of the series. Game 1 will be played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF, the home arena of Olympiacos.


Teams:


Olympiacos Piraeus

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Roster:

PG Vassilis Spanoulis/Kostas Sloukas/Dimitrios Katsivelis
SG Vangelis Mantzaris/Acie Law/Martynas Gecevicius
SF Marko Keselj/Kostas Papanikolaou/Michalis Pelekanos
PF Pero Antic/Georgios Printezis/Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
C Joey Dorsey/Kyle Hines/Lazaros Papadopoulos/Andreas Glyniadakis

Coach: Dusan Ivkovic


Panathinaikos Athens

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Roster:

PG Nick Calathes/Sarunas Jasikevicius/Fotios Zoumpos
SG Romain Sato/David Logan/Alexis Kyritsis
SF Dimitris Diamantidis/Stratos Perperoglou/Pat Calathes
PF Kostas Kaimakoglou/Kostas Tsartsaris/Steven Smith
C Mike Batiste/Ian Vougioukas/Aleks Maric

Coach: Zeljko Obradovic


Schedule:


Game 1: At Olympiacos' Arena: May 21st, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. Athens' Time

Game 2: At Panathinaikos' Arena: May 24th, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. Athens' Time

Game 3: At Olympiacos' Arena: May 27th, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. Athens' Time

Game 4: At Panathinaikos' Arena: May 30th, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. Athens' Time

Game 5: At Olympiacos' Arena: June 2nd, 2012 - 7:00 P.M. Athens' Time


Game links:


http://www.stopstream.tv/6/

http://www.basknet.info/live/

http://www.rojadirecta.me/


As live game streams come online, they will be added here to this thread.


Live online stats (in English) during games, can be found here:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=36&lng=gr&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMTIz


Box Scores of finished games will be available here (in English):

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?lng=en


Game 1: Olympiacos 84 - Panathinaikos 78


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjAy


Game 1 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18Hr5l9SGo


Game 2: Panathinaikos 81 - Olympiacos 79


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjA0


Game 2 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVfq-g5rngw


Game 3: Olympiacos 84 - Panathinaikos 72


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjA2


Game 3 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=digLSZ8V9LM


Game 4: Panathinaikos 84 - Olympiacos 74


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjA4


Game 4 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fLk5rc8_EE

[Euroleague]

http://www.talkbasket.net/6856-greek-final-cancelled-after-attack-on-panathinaikos-bus.html

Greek final cancelled after attack on Panathinaikos bus (pics)

17/05/12 20:16

The first game of the Olympiacos-Panathinaikos Greek A1 finals got cancelled after Panathinaikos bus was attacked on its way to SEF arena.

Panathinaikos bus got attacked with stones near the SEF arena, presumably by Olympiacos fans.

The bus sustained some damages, but the worst thing was the broken glass which injured Stratos Perperoglou and Steven Smith, who were taken to the hospital.

Panathinaikos eventually arrived to SEF, but missing two of their players who are expected to be there soon. However sources from within the Greek League say that a final decision to postpone the game has been taken with the approval of state ministries and the police.

The General Secretary of Sports Ministry of Greece will announce new safety measures tomorrow to be enforced during the A1 finals, possibly allowing only minors to attend the games.


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https://twitter.com/#!/Nick_Calathes15/status/203179351905280000/photo/1

Only in Greece

— Nick Calathes (@Nick_Calathes15) May 17, 2012

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https://twitter.com/#!/maric_aleks/status/203179245231538176/photo/1

This is a circus!!! Shame!!!

— Aleks Maric (@maric_aleks) May 17, 2012

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[Fiba basketball]

When is game going to be played than ?

[Euroleague]

When is game going to be played than ?

I don't know. They have to decide if the games at SEF will be played with an empty arena, or if only people under 17 will be allowed in the arena.

It's a real shame for Olympiacos. After they won the Euroleague, they just lost their home court advantage in the Greek League, because of some idiot hooligans. The main goal for them, by like 80%, is winning the Greek League, by beating Panathinaikos.

Euroleague is a minor thing for them, by comparison in importance.

Now, they just totally lost home court advantage for all 3 home games.

The games in SEF are going to suck now, with either an empty arena, or only maybe 3,000 to 4,000 youth fans allowed in.

[chains5000]

:facepalm

[Euroleague]

Game 1 of the finals has been re-scheduled for Monday May 21st. It will take place at 19:00 hours (7 P.M.) Athens time at SEF.

The bad news is that Panathinaikos hooligans are promising "deaths" in retaliation for this.

It seems that Olympiacos hooligans are saying that the PAO team bus was attacked in retaliation for what happened at the Final Four in Istanbul, where some PAO hooligans attacked some Olympiacos supporters, as their bus arrived, and some were severely beaten.

[Euroleague]

For game 1 of the finals, at SEF (Olympiacos home arena), there will be,

800 armed riot police inside the arena
attack police dogs

and

a retractable net that can be dropped down from the rafters over the stands to contain the fans if they try to enter onto the court...........

:wtf:


Dimitrios Katsivelis will replace the injured Acie Law for Olympiacos.

[Fiba basketball]

For game 1 of the finals, at SEF (Olympiacos home arena), there will be,

800 armed riot police inside the arena
attack police dogs

and

a retractable net that can be dropped down from the rafters over the stands to contain the fans if they try to enter onto the court...........

:wtf:


Michalis Pelekanos will replace the injured Acie Law for Olympiacos.
In Serbia when there is a basketball game between Partizan and Red star only people of home team that have season tickets are allowed , so its only around 1500 people in arena , I think , and not many hooligans . On last derby there was lot of Red Star fans , they insulted Macvan and if I remember corectly they had hit Katic with something ( not sure aboute this ) and that was the worst thing that happend this year when these teams played so I think its safe to say that hooligans were stoped . Greeks should do the same if they dont want that games are like battlefield .

[Euroleague]

Game 1 live:

http://www.stopstream.tv/41/12/411229.html

[Fiba basketball]

Great block by Hines

[Grinder]

Spanoulis 1-9 with 5 turnovers. :lol

Bailed out by Printezis, Papanikolaou, and Hines yet again.

The Brit played really well for Pao.

[Fiba basketball]

Spanoulis 1-9 with 5 turnovers. :lol

That showed how good OLY is . They had beaten PAO even though they couldnt hit a ft and Spanoulis played very bad , this showed that this team is great with or without Spanoulis ( ofcourse they are better with him ) .

[Euroleague]

Panathinaikos fans attacked the bus of Olympiacos' water polo team and set it on fire, in retaliation for the rocks being thrown at the Panathinaikos basketball team's bus.

[Euroleague]

That showed how good OLY is . They had beaten PAO even though they couldnt hit a ft and Spanoulis played very bad , this showed that this team is great with or without Spanoulis ( ofcourse they are better with him ) .

Can you imagine a 40 minute game of just Sloukas and Katsivelis at point guard against PAO? Grinder is a moron. Spanoulis is controlling the entire tempo and rhythm of the game and making all the right decisions for his team.

He is calling all the plays. Grinder continues his box score watching expertise.

Anyway, Olympiacos should have gotten the triple this year. The refs robbed them of the Greek Cup. I'm a actually disappointed of that, event though I am a PAO fan. Honestly, this Olympiacos is the best team I've ever seen in Europe.

They deserved to get the triple.

I don't think PAO has any chance at this. The good news though is that supposedly they are about to sign Pappas to a big 3 year contract. So that should help for next season.

[Euroleague]

Spanoulis 1-9 with 5 turnovers. :lol

Bailed out by Printezis, Papanikolaou, and Hines yet again.

The Brit played really well for Pao.

Hines? Hines played awful in the Final Four. Put down the crack pipe.

WTF is wrong with you? Vougioukas spent something like 2 weeks in the UK in his entire life, as a baby. Your trolling is super pathetic and xenophobic. If you had any brains at all you would troll and claim he was American, since he actually lived there for 4 years.

[Fiba basketball]

Honestly, this Olympiacos is the best team I've ever seen in Europe.

Best team you ever seen in Europe ? This season CSKA is better than OLY and 2009 Barcelona and I m sure you have some others .

[Grinder]

That showed how good OLY is . They had beaten PAO even though they couldnt hit a ft and Spanoulis played very bad , this showed that this team is great with or without Spanoulis ( ofcourse they are better with him ) .

Yep. They've got a great supporting cast. Printezis has been excellent and without him, they would have had no chance in EL. Also shows how much Spanoulis has been overrated by the media and his fans.

PAO will bounce back I'm sure. The series is far from over.


Best team you ever seen in Europe ? This season CSKA is better than OLY and 2009 Barcelona and I m sure you have some others .

Yep, not even close to the best team in Europe ever unless someone just started watching basketball this year.

[Fiba basketball]

Yep. They've got a great supporting cast. Printezis has been excellent and without him, they would have had no chance in EL. Also shows how much Spanoulis has been overrated by the media and his fans.

PAO will bounce back I'm sure. The series is far from over.



Yep, not even close to the best team in Europe ever unless someone just started watching basketball this year.
A lot of players are important in OLY . Papanikolau , Spanoulis , Printezis , Hines , Dorsey , Keselj , Sloukas , Antic , Gecevicius everyone is has their role and everyone deserves the same amount of credit for winning Euroleague . PAO is going to lose this series , I said from beging of the season that OLY can win Greek league and now when they won EL they have bigger confidence than PAO and are going to win it easier than I thought at first .

[Euroleague]

Best team you ever seen in Europe ? This season CSKA is better than OLY and 2009 Barcelona and I m sure you have some others .
You mean 2010 Barca.

Best teams ever in Europe were 2009 PAO and Split of early 90s.

This Oly team is better than them.

2010 Barca got swept by Baskonia, therefore, not the best team ever. Although they were close. Their point guard position was extremely weak though.

CSKA didn't win Euroleague. Sorry, but they are not the best team ever without winning Euroleague. Besides, the 2005 CSKA team, which also didn't win Euroleague is the best team ever to not win it. That team would beat this year's CSKA.

[Euroleague]

Yep. They've got a great supporting cast. Printezis has been excellent and without him, they would have had no chance in EL. Also shows how much Spanoulis has been overrated by the media and his fans.

PAO will bounce back I'm sure. The series is far from over.



Yep, not even close to the best team in Europe ever unless someone just started watching basketball this year.

You also guaranteed that Olympiacos would beat PAO when Childress and Kleiza were there. Like I told you then, they had NO chance in hell.

You also guaranteed that Olympiacos of 2010 would beat Barca in the finals. Again, I told you were an idiot. Never once do you ever admit you are wrong.

Just like now, you are wrong as usual. Olympiacos will win the series, even with the refs against them.

You never watch these games, you just look at box scores.

You guaranteed before the season that Olympiacos could not make the Top 16.

You also said that Printezis was a scrub and "horrible" when I said he would be on Greece's team in 2012. And you said Greece was desperate if a scrub like him would be selected. There is no end to your trolling and hypocrisy.

You are nothing but a troll and an instigator.

[Euroleague]

A lot of players are important in OLY . Papanikolau , Spanoulis , Printezis , Hines , Dorsey , Keselj , Sloukas , Antic , Gecevicius everyone is has their role and everyone deserves the same amount of credit for winning Euroleague . PAO is going to lose this series , I said from beging of the season that OLY can win Greek league and now when they won EL they have bigger confidence than PAO and are going to win it easier than I thought at first .

Gecevicius isn't important. Keselj is barely a factor for them. They are both very talented players, but they deserve very minimal credit. Keselj did hit that huge 3 during their rally against CSKA though. Mantzaris is way more important than either of them to Olympiacos.

[Euroleague]

Yep. They've got a great supporting cast. Printezis has been excellent and without him, they would have had no chance in EL. Also shows how much Spanoulis has been overrated by the media and his fans.

PAO will bounce back I'm sure. The series is far from over.



Yep, not even close to the best team in Europe ever unless someone just started watching basketball this year.

You have never seen a Euroleague game.

The best team ever in Europe was 2009 PAO. This Olympiacos team is better.

CSKA isn't better than this team. They can't be better when they lost to them in the finals. Go troll somewhere else.

CSKA 2005 team was actually much better than this year's CSKA team anyway. And that team of 2005, choked the same way.

[chains5000]

Grinder, why do you hate Spanoulis so much?

[Euroleague]

Grinder, why do you hate Spanoulis so much?

Grinder is the poster that goes by the name of KWSN-Men at forums.interbasket.net

Do a Google search on him, if you don't know about him already.

He also posts on one of the Olympiacos forums in Greek language, where he also trolls.

[Euroleague]

Game 1 Complete Game (better quality):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18Hr5l9SGo

[Fiba basketball]

You have never seen a Euroleague game.

The best team ever in Europe was 2009 PAO. This Olympiacos team is better.

CSKA isn't better than this team. They can't be better when they lost to them in the finals. Go troll somewhere else.

CSKA 2005 team was actually much better than this year's CSKA team anyway. And that team of 2005, choked the same way.
This Oly isnt better than CSKA just because they won Euroleague because it was only one game . In 9 of 10 games this CSKA would beat them , when you say best team it doesnt matter if they didnt won Euroleague it matters that they were best whole season . So no this Oly isnt best team ever .

[Fiba basketball]

Gecevicius isn't important. Keselj is barely a factor for them. They are both very talented players, but they deserve very minimal credit. Keselj did hit that huge 3 during their rally against CSKA though. Mantzaris is way more important than either of them to Olympiacos.
Gecevicius did hit those 3 point shoots against PAO two days ago , Keselj played good D against Barcelona and he had hit that important 3 point shoot . Mantzaris also deserves credit but as I said everyone does so no need to write everyones name .

[Euroleague]

This Oly isnt better than CSKA just because they won Euroleague because it was only one game . In 9 of 10 games this CSKA would beat them , when you say best team it doesnt matter if they didnt won Euroleague it matters that they were best whole season . So no this Oly isnt best team ever .

CSKA didn't play well against Panathinaikos or Olympiacos. It wasn't one game. It was 2 games in a row. If not for the refs saving them, they would have lost to Panathinaikos in the semifinal. CSKA are a great team. Olympiacos is better.

And like I said, CSKA of 2005 is the best team that didn't win the Euroelague title.

That being said, I would take the current CSKA over any NBA team except the Spurs in a 7 game series.

[Euroleague]

Gecevicius did hit those 3 point shoots against PAO two days ago , Keselj played good D against Barcelona and he had hit that important 3 point shoot . Mantzaris also deserves credit but as I said everyone does so no need to write everyones name .

But Keselj and Gecevicius spent half the year not even playing. They are both good players though, especially Keselj. Law also helped Olympiacos a lot in the Top 16. I know you don't like him, which is understandable due to how he played with Partizan, but you have to admit that he was good in the Top 16.

He was terrible against Barca though. I won't count his bad game against CSKA because he was injured.

He's too injury prone though, even though I think he can develop a nice place in Euroleague. All these injuries are causing problems. He missed the Greek Cup final, got hurt during the Euroleague semifinal, is injured now during the Greek League Finals. He has to be more durable than that.

[Fiba basketball]

But Keselj and Gecevicius spent half the year not even playing. They are both good players though, especially Keselj. Law also helped Olympiacos a lot in the Top 16. I know you don't like him, which is understandable due to how he played with Partizan, but you have to admit that he was good in the Top 16.

He was terrible against Barca though. I won't count his bad game against CSKA because he was injured.

He's too injury prone though, even though I think he can develop a nice place in Euroleague. All these injuries are causing problems. He missed the Greek Cup final, got hurt during the Euroleague semifinal, is injured now during the Greek League Finals. He has to be more durable than that.
They spent half of the season not playing when everyone said that OLY might not even make top 8 but when they started playing they ended up winning EL ( ofcourse I m not saying they were the ones that made a diffrence but they are one of them ) . Law also got hurt in Partizan and didnt play against Maccabi , he rejected injection that would allow him to play . Reason I dont like Law isnt because he played bad , its not his fault he isnt good enough but he didnt even try . He was allowed to go to USA around New Year and than he refused to come back to Partizan . And before F4 he said that Ivkovic is great coach that showed him his role something that they didnt do in Partizan , than he said that its great to play with Spanoulis because he is great leader and Partizan didnt have a leader . If he didnt get that he was supoused to be player that will be the leader than that says something aboute his IQ but with things he said he also disrespected his old coach and teammeats .

[Fiba basketball]

CSKA didn't play well against Panathinaikos or Olympiacos. It wasn't one game. It was 2 games in a row. If not for the refs saving them, they would have lost to Panathinaikos in the semifinal. CSKA are a great team. Olympiacos is better.

And like I said, CSKA of 2005 is the best team that didn't win the Euroelague title.

That being said, I would take the current CSKA over any NBA team except the Spurs in a 7 game series.
Are you saying that PAO or OLY could beat CSKA in a 7 game series ? Reffs didnt help CSKA , we already discussed that and couldnt agree so lets not start discussing it again .

[Euroleague]

Are you saying that PAO or OLY could beat CSKA in a 7 game series ? Reffs didnt help CSKA , we already discussed that and couldnt agree so lets not start discussing it again .

You can't be serious that the refs didn't help CSKA...........do you need to see the YouTube video of the ridiculous calls the refs made at the end of the game?
You are not being objective.

CSKA was gifted the win by the refs.

[Fiba basketball]

You can't be serious that the refs didn't help CSKA...........do you need to see the YouTube video of the ridiculous calls the refs made at the end of the game?
You are not being objective.

CSKA was gifted the win by the refs.
You didnt awnser my question . Do you think PAO and OLY ( or any team in Europe ) could beat CSKA in 7 game series ?

[Euroleague]

Game 2 live:

http://www.stopstream.tv/41/17/411747.html

[Fiba basketball]

Very bad game so far . To many fts .

[Euroleague]

Very bad game so far . To many fts .

This is how it always is in the Greek Finals. Diamantidis owns the refs. He's the D-Whistle of Europe.

Anyway, I find it really odd that Ivkovic is using Katsivelis instead of Pelekanos. Just that couple minutes when Katsivelis was in was probably the difference in the game.

Good news so far for the Greek national team though. Kaimakoglou continues to look like he finally developed as a player and Perperoglou finally looks healthy again. Greece NT is going to have quite a lot of options, even with all the injuries and refusals.

With that being said, Calathes plays horrible as usual.

[Fiba basketball]

Euroleague you still didnt awnser my question .

[Euroleague]

Olympiacos' arena Peach and Friendship Stadium SEF with all of the fan seating tiers around the court removed ("to control fan rioting"), and with the new "crowd control" net in place............

http://www.redplanet.gr/basket/a1_basket/article1785834.ece/BINARY/original/sef.jpg

[Euroleague]

Game 1: Olympiacos 84 - Panathinaikos 78


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjAy


Game 2: Panathinaikos 81 - Olympiacos 79


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjA0


Game 3: Olympiacos 84 - Panathinaikos 72


Box Score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjA2

[Euroleague]

Game 1 Complete Game (better quality):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18Hr5l9SGo


Game 2 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVfq-g5rngw

[Euroleague]

Game 3 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=digLSZ8V9LM

[chains5000]

Olympiacos' arena Peach and Friendship Stadium SEF with all of the fan seating tiers around the court removed ("to control fan rioting"), and with the new "crowd control" net in place............

http://www.redplanet.gr/basket/a1_basket/article1785834.ece/BINARY/original/sef.jpg
Looks disgusting.

[Euroleague]

Looks disgusting.

Yep. They even removed more tiers of seating around the court to keep the fans away.

They already had removed from 15,000 seats (what it used to be) down to 13,000 seats, what it has been in recent years, and for this year up until now. So that the fans are further from the court.

But now, for the Greek League Finals, they removed even more seats, and now it is down to 12,200 seats. Just so the fans can be as far as possible from the court for, "safety reasons".

It's sad.

[chains5000]

I wouldn't pay for a game in an arena like that.

[Euroleague]

I wouldn't pay for a game in an arena like that.

Supposedly, they are moving to a new arena next year.

[chains5000]

This arena would be fine if not for the net and space around the court.

[Euroleague]

This arena would be fine if not for the net and space around the court.

Yes, they have 3,500 seats around the court that they have taken out. And of course, the net. The problem is that they do both of these things because of all the times that the fans have stormed the court.

The Athens police have actually made them do it, for "safety reasons".

[Fiba basketball]

It look like Obradovic will stay in PAO for two more years . Maric and Sato are probably going to Maccabi and Logan and Smith are going to leave PAO too . Others will stay .

[Euroleague]

Game 4 Live:

http://www.stopstream.tv/41/38/413876.html

http://www.stopstream.tv/41/39/413981.html

[Fiba basketball]

Reffs are helping PAO a lot , I wont watch 2 half but reffs are probably going to give PAO the win .

[Euroleague]

Reffs are helping PAO a lot , I wont watch 2 half but reffs are probably going to give PAO the win .

Honestly, the refs always help PAO when they play Olympiacos. It's not as much as they used to do though. They seem a bit restrained since Olympiacos won Euroleague.


Olympiacos 38 - Panathinaikos 36 at halftime.

All hell might break loose if Olympiacos wins the Greek Championship at OAKA.......

[Euroleague]

Game 4 Complete Game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fLk5rc8_EE

[Maga_1]

I got my account enable to post for some reason and i wasn't even banned, and i couldn't post here.
I watched all the games. it's been a pretty busy week between greek finals, ACB semifinals and NBA playoffs.

Didn't catch the game today but Olympiakos did it again, another championship right? Who was the finals MVP?

[jamal99]

Olympiakos
:bowdown:

@Maga
I guess Spanoulis was MVP...

[Maga_1]

Finals, Game 5: Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 82-76 (3-2)

Olympiakos won the championship title in Greece thanks to 82-76 home victory against PAO in decisive Game Five of the Playoff Finals. PAO is dethroned after 9 years and this is the first championship title for Olympiakos since 1997. The Reds already won the Euroleague title earlier this season, while PAO celebrated in Greek Cup.
Panathinaikos trailed by 12 points at halftime and as many as 14 after three quarters before a 20-12 last quarter charge cut the deficit to 76-82 at the end of the game. 26 personal fouls committed by Panathinaikos helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Vassilis Spanoulis (193-82, agency: Beo Basket) orchestrated the victory by scoring 24 points (was perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line). Georgios Printezis (206-85, agency: FCM) contributed with 14 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. Nick Calathes (198-89, college: Florida) answered with 17 points and Dimitris Diamantidis (196-80) added 13 points and 5 assists in the effort for Panathinaikos. Four Panathinaikos players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players in this decisive game.
Olympiakos was the regular season champion in Greece with almost perfect 23-1 record. They eliminated PAOK in the Quarterfinals (2-0) and Panionios in the Semis (3-0). Olympiakos was the Greek league champion in 49, 60, 76, 78, 93, 94, 95, 96 and 97. Of course, they added another trophy tonight. PAO was No.1 in the country in 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 61, 62, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 98, 99, 00, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 11.

Olympiacos: V.Spanoulis 24+2ast, G.Printezis 14+7reb, A.Law 10+2ast, K.Papanikolaou 8+7reb+1ast, M.Keselj 5+3reb, J.Dorsey 4+4reb
Panathinaikos: N.Calathes 17+4reb+2ast, D.Diamantidis 13+3reb+5ast, S.Perperoglou 11+8reb+1ast, K.Kaimakoglou 10+3reb+1ast, M.Batiste 7+5reb, A.Maric 6+3reb

http://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/basketball.asp?NewsID=273363


Almost perfect season, they just lost the cup.

[Euroleague]

I got my account enable to post for some reason and i wasn't even banned, and i couldn't post here.
I watched all the games. it's been a pretty busy week between greek finals, ACB semifinals and NBA playoffs.

Didn't catch the game today but Olympiakos did it again, another championship right? Who was the finals MVP?

Yes, Olympiacos won 82-76. Spanoulis was the MVP.


Here is the box score:

http://www.esake.gr/main/index.php?pl=4&lng=en&pfpar=bWF0Y2hpZD0xMjEw


I will add the complete game 5 as soon as it gets put on YouTube.


Yes, between the ACB and NBA semifinals and the Greek League Finals, this was the best time of basketball for the whole season.

[Maga_1]

I've subscribed to basket24gr channel, and they upload the all games very quickly.. it's always good. I'm expecting to watch this game tomorrow or something like that.

[Euroleague]

I've subscribed to basket24gr channel, and they upload the all games very quickly.. it's always good. I'm expecting to watch this game tomorrow or something like that.

Yeah, I am glad that they started doing it. They are usually adding the Italian League games too.

[Maga_1]

Yeah, I am glad that they started doing it. They are usually adding the Italian League games too.

I gave a quick look at all the pages and they have plenty of greek games too.

[Borat_Sagdyev]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4CVrqwof_M&feature=player_embedded

[Maga_1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4CVrqwof_M&feature=player_embedded

:roll: :roll: so drunk

[Euroleague]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4CVrqwof_M&feature=player_embedded

:roll:

Spanoulis and Ivkovic...........

:roll:

[Euroleague]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-MHFaZFxY

:lol Gecevicius and Sloukas.......

[Euroleague]

Game 5 Complete Game (with the trophy presentation):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_WT2TEAQBk&feature=plcp

[jamal99]

Keselj singing to Ivkovic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qsZ9fyjUQgQ

Looks like it was helluva party :lol

[Euroleague]

Keselj singing to Ivkovic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qsZ9fyjUQgQ

Looks like it was helluva party :lol

lol Ivkovic looks so wasted.

[Fiba basketball]

Obradovic isnt head coach of PAO anymore .

[Euroleague]

Obradovic isnt head coach of PAO anymore .

Obradovic is a sissy. He loses to Olympiacos one time and he bails.

:rolleyes:

At some press conference they asked him now if he made the right decision in refusing to pay Spanoulis what he wanted and instead let him go to Olympiacos.......and he just got this crazy mad as hell look on his face and swore and stormed out of there.

He needs to learn some humility and to become a better loser.

I am sure that coaches all over are lining up to take PAO's team with the current budget and the huge salary that Obradovic had. But Obradovic is acting like he was being mistreated or something. He's a douche bag.

[Fiba basketball]

Euroleague can you post here an interview with Ivkovic , I think it was with some greek site . Serbian news only translated some parts . He was talking aboute expetations at beging of the season , aboute players ( Keselj , Dorsey were only parts I read but I know he said something aboute Papanikolau ) .

[Euroleague]

Euroleague can you post here an interview with Ivkovic , I think it was with some greek site . Serbian news only translated some parts . He was talking aboute expetations at beging of the season , aboute players ( Keselj , Dorsey were only parts I read but I know he said something aboute Papanikolau ) .

Give me the site. Is it like sport.gr or sport24.gr?

[Fiba basketball]

Give me the site. Is it like sport.gr or sport24.gr?
I dont know they just said site . I just heard Ivkovic left OLY , reason is he wants to give his full atention to NT. I also heard that Papaloukas said he is going to play in Europe next season and then he will go to the NBA . I know you said that NBA scouts liked Keselj so I thought I should share this , in one interview he said he doesnt follow NBA and that he thinks European basketball is more interesting but he would like to play in NBA to se how its like . Dalas is interested in Law ( and Calathes ) so it look like OLY is going to fall apart in coming years .

[Euroleague]

I dont know they just said site . I just heard Ivkovic left OLY , reason is he wants to give his full atention to NT. I also heard that Papaloukas said he is going to play in Europe next season and then he will go to the NBA . I know you said that NBA scouts liked Keselj so I thought I should share this , in one interview he said he doesnt follow NBA and that he thinks European basketball is more interesting but he would like to play in NBA to se how its like . Dalas is interested in Law ( and Calathes ) so it look like OLY is going to fall apart in coming years .

You mean Papanikoloau right? Supposedly, Printezis might join the Knicks also, and Dorsey the Rockets.

I don't think Olympiacos will have any problems though, unless the Greek election causes problems. If the election keeps the euro, then the owners want a 20 million euro budget.

Since Vasilopoulos and Ivkovic's huge salaries will come out of that, they will actually have more money to sign players than they did last summer.

But, if the Greek election does not lead to keeping the euro, then they will cut the budget. I guess in that case, Spanoulis will have to go to Russia, Turkey, NBA - somewhere like that to get his money.

[Fiba basketball]

You mean Papanikoloau right? Supposedly, Printezis might join the Knicks also, and Dorsey the Rockets.

I don't think Olympiacos will have any problems though, unless the Greek election causes problems. If the election keeps the euro, then the owners want a 20 million euro budget.

Since Vasilopoulos and Ivkovic's huge salaries will come out of that, they will actually have more money to sign players than they did last summer.

But, if the Greek election does not lead to keeping the euro, then they will cut the budget. I guess in that case, Spanoulis will have to go to Russia, Turkey, NBA - somewhere like that to get his money.
Yes Papanikolau , my bad . PAO and OLY will have problems because thay cant find good coaches like Ivkovic and Obradovic . Who is going to take their place ?