Stoiximan GBL: Home tests for Olympiakos and Panathinaikos – The positions of the Final-8 are clarified

The 11th and last matchday of the first round of the Stoiximan GBL concludes with three interesting and strong matches, while it will be decided which of Panioni and Peristeri will advance to the Final 8.

In the first game of the day, o Olympic hosts Marousi at the Stadium of Peace and Friendship (14:15, ERT3). The “red and white” come from a difficult “devil’s week” in the Euroleague, in which they did “2 on 2” against Virtus Bologna and Alba Berlin. On Friday, they flirted with… kazoo against the Germans, however, thanks to Fournier and Vezenkov who came out ahead in the last minute, got the pink card with the final 90-85.

At the league level, they are coming from the double over Panioni with a score of 84-78, with the total of Giorgos Bartzokas to find them… dark for about 30 minutes. Piraeus is firmly in 2nd place in the standings with a record of 9-1, behind the leader Panathinaikos.

On the other hand, the Maroussi is in second to last place in the standings with a 2-8 record. Last weekend, he was defeated at the “Agiou Thomas” Indoors with a margin of 83-81, losing a great opportunity to return to the pink match sheets in Greece after 1.5 months. For the Northern Suburbs team, a difficult schedule follows with away games against Promethea and Kolossos, as well as the European match against Porto.

Six hours later, specifically at 20:15, o Panathinaikos AKTOR hosts at OAKA the Mars in a derby from the past (ERT3). In the… shadow of his shocking injury Matias Lessorwho submitted to successful fibula fracture surgery suffered in the match against Baskonia, the “greens” want to continue the undefeated streak they have maintained this year inside the… walls.

Last week, his team Ergin Ataman impressed in the Euroleague, scoring two goals against Armani Milano (103-74) and Baskonia (104-69), with the “moonlighted” Kendrick Nunn to count in these matches a total of 65 points! Grigonis is permanently out, while Papapetrou is doubtful.

The Thessalonians, for their part, are coming off a big home win in the EuroCup against them Lietkampelis (81-66). A victory that gave confidence to the team of coach Kastritis, at the same time putting an end to a streak of four defeats in all competitions. At league level, the “yellows” have fallen behind in the standings, with just one win in their last five games. At the same time, the team traveled to Athens with only nine players, after Vassilis Toliopoulos, Lefteris Bohorides, Giorgos Fillios, James Banks, Vassilis Kazamias and Vassilis Pourlidas have been knocked out.

Finally, at 17:15, the bottom of the standings, Colossus of Rhodeswill welcome the Closed of Kallithea the Dove. The hosts are looking for their second league win of the year, having now completed their European BCL journey with six defeats and now turn their attention to Greece. On the other hand, after securing their presence in the knockouts of the BCL, the Peristeriotes are aiming tonight for the victory with which they will claim a place in the top 7 leading to the Final-8 of the Greek Cup.

Detailed schedule of the 11th matchday:



Saturday 21/12

Karditsa-PAOK 81-84

Prometheus-Panionios 85-87

AEK Betsson BC-Lavrio 97-86

Sunday 22/12

Olympiacos-Marousi (2:15 p.m.)

Colossus of Rhodes-Peristeri (17:15)

Panathinaikos AKTOR-Aris (20:15)