PAOK mateco lost against Olympiacos with 77-97 at PAOK Sports Arena, so the advantage for the qualification in the big final of PLAYOFFS in Basket League, is on the visitor’s side. The third game will be located in the Peace n’ Friendship Stadium, Sunday 28th of May at 19:05.

Yannick Franke started off with two three-pointers and helped PAOK mateco to lead with 8-5 in 2’. Olympiacos replied with 0-7 run (8-12) but our team had already found a solution. Saloustros and his three-pointer put PAOK mateco on top with a 8-0 run and a 16-12 lead, in the first half. The first quarter ended with Vezenkov leading Olympiacos (21-24) and in the second quarter the lead switched to Sloukas, while the gap was getting bigger (26-37 14’ and 34-51 17’30’’).

In the second half, Franke took his tally to eighteen points while the score was 47-57 in 22’ but PAOK mateco didn’t find a solution to continue the counter attack. As Olympiacos was boosting its difference by being ahead with 61-79 in the end of the third quarter, our team tried to step up in the fourth quarter with a small run. The gap have had reduced to 12 points (69-81) but in the end of the game, Olympiacos was the winner by being on top with twenty points.

Quarters: 21-24, 41-56, 61-79, 77-97

PAOK mateco: Franke 18 (4), Riley 27 (4), Tsiakmas, Hands 6 (2), Margaritis 2, Polley 5, Slaftsakis, Sibert 8, Kaklamanakis 2, Kamperidis, Saloustros 3 (1), Renfro 6.

OLYMPIACOS: Walkup 4 (1), Lountzis 2, Larentzakis 2, Pappas, Fall 15, Sloukas 23(4), Vezenkov 17 (2), Papanikolaou 9 (1), Bolomboy 10, Peters 6 (2), McKissic 9.