Olympiacos sweep Promitheas, advance to the Greek League finals / News - Basketnews.com

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In Game 3 of the Greek league semifinals,Olympiacos Piraeus crushedPromitheas Patras' 106-69 (26-19, 24-14, 30-20, 26-16) and became the first finalist of the league.

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Panathinaikos OPAP Athens faces Larissa BC on Sunday 6th June with a chance to close off the series (PAO lead 2-1) and advance to the finals.

Tyler Dorsey (2/4 2PT, 2/3 3 PT, 6/6 FT) and Shaquielle McKissic (2/4 2PT, 4/7 3PT) led Olympiacoswith 16 points each.

On the opposing side,Marcus Fosterwas the high-scorer forPromitheas, ending with 13 points (2/3 2PT, 3/5 FT).

Olympiacos started the game better and after Kostas Papanikolaou jumper built an early double-digit lead (26-16) after the first quarter.

The hosts didn‘t slow down in the second tally increasing their advantage to a comfortable 17-point lead (50-33) going into a halftime.

In the third quarter, Oly continued to dominate the game. They finished off the quarter with another huge 15-2 scoring run (80-53) and the winner of the game was clear.

The fourth quarter was just a formality, as Giorgos Bartzokas‘ men never let Promitheas think about the victory until the end of the game.

Olympiacos: Tyler Dorsey 16, Shaquielle McKissic 16, Kostas Papanikolaou 15 (7 AST, 5 REB), Sasha Vezenkov 12.

Promitheas:Marcus Foster 13, Dimitrios Agravanis 10.

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