Our team did its best game between the previous two against Olympiacos, stayed more concentrated but lost with 75-54 and missed out on PLAYOFFS Final in Basket League.

PAOK mateco is now waiting for the final outcome in the other Semi Final between Panathinaikos and Peristeri, to know the next opponent for the third-place battle on standings.

The hosts led the game from the start, while they created a twelve-point deficit (24-12) in the end of the first quarter. However, PAOK mateco found solutions in offense and put pressure in defense and by that, our team reduced to 5 points*39-34) in the end of the first half.

Due to the fact that Olympiacos was on top with 14 points (48-34) some minutes before the half of the third quarter, PAOK mateco reduced to 5 (48-43) with a 0-9 run from the double three-pointer Hands and a «goal-foul» from Sibert. That was the first free throw of our team after 26 minutes! The third quarter ended with the hosts doing a 13-2 run and created the biggest difference (61-45) so far in the game. PAOK mateco made an effort to come back in the game and managed to reduce the difference to eleven points.

Quarters: 4-12, 39-34, 61-45, 75-54

OLYMPIACOS: Walkup 10 (2), Lountzis 2, Larentzakis, Pappas, Fall 2, Sloukas 17 (4), Vezenkov 19, Papanikolaou 5 (1), Bolomboy 8, Peters 5, McKissic 4.

PAOK mateco: Franke 6 (2), Riley 8 (2), Tsiakmas 3 (1), Hands 11 (3), Polley 3(1), Slaftsakis 2, Sibert 14 (1), Kalliontzis, Kaklamanakis 5, Kamperidis, Saloustros, Renfro 2.