Evening stroll…
Olympiacos found no resistance against Koroivos Amaliadas, won 85-62 and after 14 days for the STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League remains alone and undefeated at the top.
The first quarter wasn't good for the Greek Champions. Defense was lacking focus, which allowed Koroivos to stay close to the score and hence the first quarter was 25-19.
The players of Giannis Sfairopoulos improved their defense in the second quarter, while the offense stayed at the same good levels of the first one and half time ended 46-32.
Olympiacos stepped up even more in the third quarter, especially in defense, kept Koroivos with single digit scoring following 8 minutes into the third quarter, which finally ended 65-49.
In the last quarter, Giannis Sfairopoulos gave minutes, tried different line ups and got a comfortable victory continuing a perfect record of 14 / 14 for the STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League.
The quarters: 25-19, 46-32, 65-49, 85-62
Οlympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Birch 8 (6reb), Spanoulis 8 (2reb, 2 3p), Printezis 7 (1 3p, 5 reb), Mantzaris 2, Lojeski 14 (2 3p, 7 reb, 5as), Green 9 (1 3p), Τoliopoulos, Papapetrou 16 (2 3p, 2reb), Waters 6 , Agravanis 7, Μilutinov 8 (6as).
Κoroivos Amaliadas (Kalampakos): Μilutinovic 7 (1 3p), Starks 17 (1), Michaloglou, Poland 8, Hall 14, Sachpatzidis, Spyridonidis, Bekris, Ιoakeimidis, Gotcher 12, Smith-Rivera 4.
THE QUOTES
GIANNIS SFAIROPOULOS: "I'm satisfied in general terms, overall we played well, but we have had some lapses in our defense. We played well though, I think it was a good game. We have had the chance to give minutes, to rest some players and we are now focusing at games next. Milutinov is a very skilled big player, passes very well and creates from the high post, but also from the low one. Today was his day in regards to assists".
MATT LOJESKI: "We were better attacking the basket than defending it tonight. It was a good offensive game and we are moving on. The past week was tough, the same goes for the one coming. The whole month is tough, so we need to stay fresh, be healthy and continue the same way".
DINOS KALAMPAKOS: "It was a good game, we tried to be competitive for as long as possible and I think we did it for 22-25 minutes. As you can see, this season any one can beat any one else. We thought that beating Prometheus was a big victory, but we're playing for our lives on Saturday against Kymi, it's still very early to say we need an exact number of victories.