Olympiacos made it easy in the end against Kolossos

BASKET LEAGUE / (Eurokinissi Sports)

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Olympiacos beat Kolossos in Rhodes 70-59 and with this win the Reds are tied to a 16-1 record with Panathinaikos.

Kostas Papanikolaou was the leading scorer with 13 points, Giorgos Printezis and Khem Birch followed with 11, while Matt Lojeski scored 10.

The hosting team was able to take control of the game in the first period, leading 18-16 after 10′ and kept tying the score in the second one. The two teams went to the lockers with both having scored 35 points, yet with the hosts managing the pace of the game.

Olympiacos reacted in the third quarter, with Birch and Printezis signaling the Reds’ outbreak. After 30 minutes, Giannis Sfairopoulos’ team was up 46-55.

The visitors expanded to their biggest lead (+10) with a little less than a minute left in the game, sealing another victory.

Yesterday, Panathinaikos made a short work of Kimi away from home.

Greek league 2016/17 – Round 17 results
AEK vs Trikala 87-82 (Sakota 25)
Aris vs Promitheas 80-64 (Cummings 16)
Lavrio vs Rethymno 73-62 (Kaklamanakis 17)
Doxa vs Koroivos 65-69 (Milutinovic 19)
Apollon Carna vs PAOK 88-79 (Bart 20)
Kimi vs Panathinaikos 54-77 (Bourousis 13)
Kolossos vs Olympiacos –

Standings
Olympiacos 16-1
Panathinaikos 16-1
AEK 14-3
Aris 10-7
PAOK 9-8
Kolossos 9-8
Lavrio 7-10
Rethymno 7-10
Koroivos 6-11
Promitheas 6-11
Trikala 6-11
Apollon Carna 5-12
Kimi 5-12
Doxa Lefkadas 3-14

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