Panathinaikos-Olympiakos: To keep the greens alive, the red and whites for the cup

Act three of the Stoiximan Basket League Finals, and possibly… last.

Panathinaikos AKTOR hosts Olympiakos at OAKA (9:15 p.m., ERT3, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247) for third final of the championship, for which there is now a clear favorite.

The “red and white” started the series with a “double” at OAKA and continued with a home win at CHEF, making it 2-0. Now, they want another away pink card so they can clinch the league for good and make it 3/3 in domestic titles against their arch-rivals.

Even if his team doesn’t succeed Giorgos Bartzokas, she will have two more chances to win the title, the first of which will be in front of her world (12/06 at SEF, the fourth match if necessary). Of course, Olympiacos does not face unexpected problems beyond what it knows Mustafa Falwhile those “cut” from the championship will be left out Brazdeikis, Wright and Sikma.

On the other hand, for Panathinaikos ACTOR the pressure is much greater, since the match is do-or-die. Oi European champions they haven’t been able to show a good competitive face in the series of finals and find themselves with their backs against the wall, since they have a… mountain to climb if they want to return to the top of Greece after that of Euroleague.

It is characteristic, in fact, that his team Ergin Ataman will be fighting for something that has only been done once in the history of the Stoiximan Basket League. That is, to come back from 0-2 in a series of finals and win the cup, something that only the AEK in the 2001-02 season.

This, however, should not concern the “greens” from now on, whose main goal is to improve their competitive image and stay alive. The absence log of the Turkish technician is “white”, except for the given absence of one of them 7 foreigners of the group, who will be either the Luka Vildosa or Olek Balcerovski.

The refereeing team for the match will be: Poursanidis, Pitsilkas, Maglogiannis.

Detailed schedule of the finals:

Game 1: Panathinaikos AKTOR – Olympiacos 84-89

Game 2: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos AKTOR 92-86

Game 3: Panathinaikos AKTOR – Olympiacos (10/6, 21:15)

Game 4: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos AKTOR (12/6, 21:15, if necessary)

Game 5: Panathinaikos AKTOR – Olympiacos (14/6, 21:15, if necessary)