Posts Tagged ‘Olympiacos Piraeus’
Greek A1: Olympiacos, AEK Athens still Perfect
Round 4 of the 2016-17 regular season in the Greek A1 league was capped off with dominant showing by Panathinaikos Athens over GS Kymis, 92-52. The win lifted Panathinaikos to 3-1 slate and moving them up the league standings to fourth place. They are still chasing co-league leaders Olympiacos and AEK Athens, the two clubs…
Read MoreEuroleague: Giants Flex Their Muscles
What a week of Euroleague action we are being treated to. Because there are two rounds being played in one week, we are getting the hottest hoops action on the continent on four consecutive days. On day three of this festival of Basketball, four more contest happened as the best clubs in Europe gathered for…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid stunned, CSKA Moscow marches on
An early start for the Euroleague this week opened round three of the 2016/2017 Regular Season. There will actually be two rounds this week in the busiest Euroleague week for many years. Four contests took place on Tuesday, with another four closing Round 3 on Wednesday. Round 4 will then tip off on Thursday and…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid and Milan stay unbeaten
Four contests opened Round 2 of the 2016/2017 Euroleague Regular Season, with the remaining four games to be contested on Friday. Real Madrid and EA7 Armani Milan maintained 100% records to move to 2-0 in the standings. Olympiacos and Brose Baskets Bamberg got off the mark, while Unics Kazan and Maccabi Tel Aviv are still…
Read MoreEuroleague opens with Real Madrid win over Olympiacos
A new historic era of Euroleague Basketball opened on Wednesday and Real Madrid and Olympiacos opened the 2016/2017 season. This will be the first campaign in top flight European hoops where all clubs are guaranteed to meet each other. The path to the Final Four in Istanbul is harder than it has ever been, but…
Read MoreKhem Birch added by Olympiacos
2016 Greek A1 champs Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus are strengthening their roster of the 2016-17 season with the addition of Khem Birch (208 cm, UNLV’14). Birch is a 23-year-old Canadian player who spent his 2015-16 season playing for Usak Sportlif (Turkey-BSL). He played 32 games for Usak and delivered averages of 10.5 ppg and 9.1 rpg.…
Read MoreOkaro White signs with Olympiacos
Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus (Greece-A1) has secured the services of Okaro White (206 cm, Florida State’14) for the upcoming 2016-17 season. White is coming over after playing the 2015-16 season for Aris Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). He played 16 games for them during their run in the Eurocup and he posted averages of 11.0 ppg and 6.4 rpg.…
Read MoreOlympiacos wins 2016 Greek A1 Championship
Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus are the 2016 Greek A1 champions after an epic Game 4 victory over rivals Panathinaikos Athens. The heroics of veteran Vassilis Spanoulis lifted Olympiacos through the double-overtime slugfest, allowing the 2015 champs to defend their title. This is the 12th title for the Greek powerhouse, but only their third in the last…
Read MoreOlympiacos downs Panathinaikos for finals advantage
The Greek A1 finals series is shaping into a classic encounter between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, as the two titans of Greek basketball continue to maintain the pressure on the other. Tonight Olympiacos stole a lead over its great rival with a 77-72 home success, the first home success of the series so far. In Game…
Read MoreOlympiacos ties finals series against Panathinaikos
If the opening two games of the Greek championships finals series have shown us it is that Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos are equals, and that home court advantage means nothing. Panathinaikos snatched two point 81-83 win in Piraeus during Game 1, but Olympiacos returned the favour in Game 2 with a two point 66-68 success.…
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