Welcomes PAOK and Olympiacos leaves for Kaunas

Back to action for the Basket League.

Olympiacos welcomes PAOKat SEF (13/5, 19:15, www.sportfm.gr, News Bulletin 247, ERT3), for the first semi-final between them, a few days before traveling to Kaunas for the Final Four of Euroleague (19-21/5). The qualification to the championship finals will be taken by the team that will reach first in three wins.

This will be the third meeting of the two teams this year, with the “red and whites” having drawn 2/2. In the match of the first round in Pylaia, the team of Giorgos Bartzokas had prevailed 88-68while in SEF the score was 100-70.

From there, Olympiacos finished the regular season of the Basket League first and undefeated with a record 22-0. On the other hand, PAOK finished in fourth place with 13-9.

To qualify for the semi-finals, the “red and white” overcame his obstacle Mars in the first round of the playoffs. The Piraeus team immediately “cleaned” the two matches, winning 97-73 in SEF and 82-58 in Alexandria.

On the other hand, PAOK faced him Prometheus with home advantage, getting the ticket for the “4” in the third and final match in Pylaia. There, the team of Fotis Takianos prevailed 81-78 of Patrina.

As far as the competitive part is concerned, the two teams they face no problems. His team Giorgos Bartzokas he comes with… after the big qualification over Fenerbahce, in the playoffs of the Euroleague and the Greek will have all the players at his disposal. Except of course Isaiah Canaanwho is ineligible, as the seventh foreigner on the roster.

The “two-headed man of the north”, who has to compete for about two weeks, traveled to Piraeus without any problems.

The referees of the match are Pitsilkas, Katrachouras and Karpanos.

The series schedule:

Olympiacos-PAOK (13/5, 19:15)

PAOK-Olympiakos (25/5, 19:15)

Olympiacos-PAOK (28/5, 19:15)

PAOK-Olympiakos (31/5, 19:15, if necessary)

Olympiacos-PAOK (2/6, 19:15 if necessary)