Olympiacos overcome PAO with a dominant third-quarter performance in Game 2 / News - Basketnews.com

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In Game 2 of the Greek league finals,Olympiacos Piraeus defeatedPanathinaikos OPAP Athens in a hard battle on the court 78-72 (20-21, 12-25, 29-10, 17-16) and took a 2-0 series lead.

3-pointers this season

33%7,7Points made:7,7Accuracy:33,2%Place in standings:15Record max:15Record min:1Most made 3FGs:Nemanja NedovicTeamEuroLeagueStatisticsSchedule

Game 3 is scheduled for 17 June, 20:00 CEST in Piraeus.

Konstantinos Sloukas was the top scorer for the winners, accumulating 20 points (5/8 2PT, 2/4 3PT, 4/5 FT), and 4 assists.

Sasha Vezenkov aided him with 19 points (2/7 2PT, 5/7 3 PT), and 4 rebounds.

On the opposing side, Ioannis Papapetrou was the high-scorer for Panathinaikos, ending with 17 points (4/7 2PT, 1/5 3 PT, 6/6 FT), and 9 rebounds.

Olympiacos have scored 18 out of 20 points from the three-point line in the first quarter. Powered by Okaro White, who scored 7 consecutive points, the hosts gained a tangible advantage (33-25) in the mid-second quarter.

That was not over, the Greens closed the first half with a 6-0 mini spurt, and had a 14-point cushion (46-32) after the first half.

However, it was a different story after the halftime. The visitors started the quarter on a massive 23-2 run and regained control of the game while being up by 7 (55-48). Tyler Dorsey was impressive during that stretch, scoring 13 points and becoming Oly‘s main offensive threat.

PAO went scoreless for more than 6 minutes in the third.

Sasha Vezenkov took over the flag to start the final quarter scoring 8 points in a row and Oly increased their lead to double-digits (71-61) with 6:31 to go.

Darryl Macon Jr managed to trim the deficit to 7 points (67-74), but Kostas Sloukas answered with a layup on the other end (76-67) with 2:15 left.

Nemanja Nedovic made a duo, Ioannis Papapetrou sank both shots from the charity stripe and PAO were down just by 4 (72-76) with 43 seconds remaining.

However, Kostas Sloukas converted two free throw shots for the visitors (78-72) that buried The Greens' hopes to win a game.

Olympiacos:Konstantinos Sloukas 20 (4 AST),Sasha Vezenkov 19 (4 REB), Tyler Dorsey 17.

Panathinaikos: Ioannis Papapetrou 17 (9 REB), Georgios Papagiannis 12 (10 REB), Nemanja Nedovic 11, Okaro White 10 (6 REB).

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