By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Panathinaikos crushed Promitheas Patras 103-77 at home in Game 1 of the Greek League Finals to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
Five players scored in double figures for Panathinaikos. Matt Lojeski scored 16 points plus five assists, DeShaun Thomas 13 points while George Papagiannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo dropped 10 points apiece. Nick Calathes posted a double-double of 11 points and 13 assists in 21 minutes.
For Promitheas, Tony Meier scored 13 points. Petros Geromihalos had 11 points, Ryon Brown 10 and Octavius Ellis 10 as well. The team from Patras was overwhelmed 28 – 13 by Panathinaikos in the second period, never to recover. The Greens proceeded to drop 30 points in the third quarter against their opponents’ 20 to further establish their dominance.
At halftime, Panathinaikos owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos left the arena. The boss of the club later released a statement for the game’s low attendance (3.100), saying that it was “shameful.”