Basket League: Two-way matches for the first step of qualifying for the semi-finals

With two very strong, as well as lopsided and extremely interesting matches, the competitive action in the playoffs continues Basketball League.

After yesterday qualification of Olympiakos in the semi-finals of the championship on Mars, but also the difficult 1-0 of Panathinaikos in the series with the Colossus, tonight, the first games of their series are held PAOK by Prometheus and his Pigeon bwin with the AEK.

In the first game of the day, o “Biceps of the North”welcomes him Prometheus in Pylaia (15:45, ERT3) for Game 1 of the series. Thessalonians finished in 4th place of the standings with a record of 13-9, while the Patrinos finished the regular season in 5th place with 12-10. PAOK is in a very good “moon”, as it has four wins in its last five games, including those against AEK and Panathinaikos.

On the other hand, Prometheus is coming off a heavy midweek away loss with a score of 80-57 against It foresees in the quarter-finals of the EuroCup, with which her course in this year’s event was completed. As far as their games with PAOK are concerned, this year they have one win (90-69 at home) and one loss (97-92 away) in the regular season.

In the other game of today’s schedule, the Pigeon bwin hosts her AEK in the closed “Andreas Papandreou” (19:15, ERT3). Vassilis Spanoulis’ team finished in 3rd place in the standings with a record of 14-8, behind only Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Armed with her excellent record (9-2), her goal is to reach as far as possible in the playoffs, after her appearance in the Final 4 of the Cup.

AEK, in turn, comes from the painful elimination in the quarterfinals of the Basketball Champions League, knowing the heavy 91-51 loss to Hapoel Jerusalem. The Union, who finished 6th in the league with a 12-10 record, have not been in good form of late, with just one win in their last six games across all competitions.

The program in detail:

PAOK-Prometheus Patras (15:45)

bwin-AEK Dove (19:15)