Friendly game: Peristeri - Οlympiacos 68-72
Olympiacos won against Peristeri 72-68, in a friendly game that was held behind closed doors at the gym of the opponent.
Olympiacos played without Vassilis Spanoulis (resting), Nikola Milutinov, Sasha Vezenkov, Wade Baldwin and Aleksej Pokusevski.
Relying on their good perimeter percentages and at the same time taking advantage of the poor shooting percentages of the ‘reds’ both in the perimeter, as well as from the free throw line, Zouros’ players set the tempo (25-14 at 9’) and controlled the game up to 25’ (50-39). Olympiacos put pressure in the defense, found solutions from the perimeter (mainly with Paul) and gradually closed in 54-56 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Peristeri succeeded in getting a +6 lead (64-58 at 35’), however, with Paul and Koniaris leading the come back, Blatt’s players responded and running a partial 14-4 won the game.
The quarters: 25-15, 38-33, 56-54, 68-72.
Peristeri (Ζouros): Xanthopoulos 4(1), Gray 13(1), Saloustros 2, Vassilopoulos 14(4), Morrison 6, Hatcher 10(2), Agravanis 5, Skordilis 12, Blake 2, Gontikas.
Οlympiacos (Blatt): Punter 9 (1 3p., 3 reb., 1 as. 1 st.), Paul 17 (4 3p., 6 reb. 1 as. 1 st.), Κoniaris 6 (1 3p. 3 reb., 2 as., 4 st.), Cherry (2 reb., 3 as.), Printezis 10 (1 3p. 2 reb.), Papanikolaou 7 (1 3p., 3 reb., 1 bl.), Kuzminiskas 11 (1 reb., 1 st.), Rubit 6 (3 reb. ,1 as. 1 bl, ) Happ 6 (2 reb., 1 as. 1 st.).