Olympiacos and PAOK reach Greek Super Cup final
Vezenkov led Olympiacos past AEK 93:80, while Osman's 18 points against his former club helped PAOK stun Panathinaikos 84:82.
Olympiacos and PAOK reached the final of the Greek Super Cup, both winning their semi-finals on 26 September.
Olympiacos beat AEK 93:80 (28:18, 18:19, 28:25, 19:18). Tyler Dorsey and Kostas Sloukas were not among the leading scorers; the win was built by Sasha Vezenkov, who added 14 points and 6 rebounds, while Moustapha Fall's side saw Thomas Walkup post 19 points and 7 rebounds and Jean Montero add 19 points and 5 assists. Dorsey scored 14. AEK's response came from Konstantinos Tsalmpouris with 18, K.J. Joseph with 16 points and 5 rebounds, and Norris Cole with 12 points and 6 assists; Sasha Katsivelis added 10.
PAOK went on to eliminate Panathinaikos 84:82 (15:24, 19:14, 24:17, 24:29), overturning a nine-point first-quarter deficit. Gigi Datome's former club fell behind 15:24 after the opening period but outscored Panathinaikos in each of the next three. The game belonged to Jared Terrell with 15, and to Mateo, a positional peer of PJ Dozier, who played like Zeke Nnaji.
The story of the second semi-final was Georgios Papagiannis' former team-mate turned opponent: Gerald Mouden, the forward Panathinaikos let go in the close season, scored 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds against his old side, with Tyson Ward adding 12 points and 5 assists, Trent Forrest-style guard Moore contributing 11 points and 9 rebounds, and Tyree adding 10. Panathinaikos got 20 points and 7 assists from Kendrick Nunn's namesake Francisco, 17 from Bado, 13 from Lessort and 10 points with 6 rebounds from Hernangomez, but could not hold on.
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