By Aris Barkas
It was business as usual on Saturday in Greek League semifinal play offs for Olympiacos, but not for Panathinaikos. The team of coach Dusan Ivkovic won at Panionios home court by 21 points (87-66) and qualified to the finals with a sweep (3-0). Forward Giorgos Printezis with 17 points was the first among equals in the scoring for the winners. For Panionios, experienced American guard Billy Keys tried his best with 18 points.
The upset of the day happened in the afternoon in Rhodes. Kolossos beat Panathinaikos 73-68 (1-2) in a game that was decided in the last four minutes. Greek guard Nikos Liakopoulos with 17 points was the top scorer of Kolossos who also got 13 points from former Panathinaikos guard Giorgos Kalaitzis. “Our mind was not in the court, we were not focused”, said after the game coach Zeljko Obradovic.
Panionios – Olympiacos 66-87
PANIONIOS: Xanthopoulos 5, Keys 18 (4/8 3p.), Athanasoulas 11, Diebler 6, Batis, Kavadas 9, Ioannou 3, Sarikopoulos 5, Nadjfeji 4, Paragios, Barlos 5
OLYMPIACOS: Hines 15, Spanoulis 16, Vasilopoulos 3, Dorsey 6 (6 r.), Keselj 2, Gecevicius 5, Glyniadakis 2, Printezis 17, Papanikolaou 16, Mantzaris 3, Sloukas 2, Katsivelis
Kolossos – Panathinaikos 73-68
KOLOSSOS: Liakopoulos 17, Xatten 13, Kalaitzis 13, Panos 1, Georgalis 5, Asimakopoulos 10, Boykin, Charisis 6, Tsamis 2, Xopson 2
PANATHINAIKOS: Maric 8, Perperoglou 3, Logan 11, Sato 6, Tsartsaris, Diamantidis 4, Vougioukas 14, Calathes 6, Smith 2, Kaimakoglou 3, Jasikevicius 11