Olympiacos and Prometheus played their first friendly in their preparation ahead of the new season at “Dimitris Tofalos”, in a match that it was interrupted in the 33rd minute of, as after the injuries of Peters and Papas the “red and whites” were left with 7 players and both teams agreed to the early termination, which found the Patrinas winners with 61-45.
Olympiacos struggled with many absences since Giorgos Bartzokas was not available McKissick (nose job), Williams-Goss (achilles tendinitis) and the internationals (Papanikolou, Walkup, Luntzi, Larentzaki, Fal and Milutinov), while during the match he also lost Peters (left acromioclavicular sprain) – Papas (pull), with their problems however not inspiring great concern. On the other hand, Kourouks, Jones, Laios and Plotas were absent for Prometheus.
In the competition, the match was inconclusive in its first period, with the Patrinos leading 21-178 at the end of the period, before taking a double-digit lead at 14′ (34-24) and going to the locker room with +10 (40-30) . In the third quarter, Prometheus was clearly better offensively and led 52-39 and 56-43, reaching the early end having taken its maximum lead (+16, 61-45).
The two teams are expected to face each other in a new friendly next Sunday (10/9).
Ten minutes: 21-17, 40-30, 56-43, Final stoppage in the 33rd minute: 61-45.
Prometheus (Papatheodorou): Cowan 11, Koniaris 5, Chrysikopoulos 3, Vassiliou, Stephens 2, Bazinas 4, Hale 14, Etsenike 16, Kofei 6.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Kanaan 8, Economopoulos 7, Rozakeas, Papas 9, Tsamis 3, Peters 10, Sikma 5, Tanoulis 3, Abosi.
Source: Sport Fm
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