Olympiakos confirmed the title of favorite in the Final 8 final of the Greek Cup among men in basketball and in the indoor gym “Dio Aorakia” Heraklion “lifted” the second consecutive and 11th trophy in its history at the institution (1976, 1977). , 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023).

In the final, the Red-Whites defeated Vassilis Spanoulis Peristeri 85-57, marking their second title this season after the Super Bowl.

In their 20th appearance in the Greek Cup final, Piraeus made sure to get on the winning lane early as with defense in the foreground they closed the quarter with a +16 (26-10) score and turned the rest of the match upside down. in the “hunt” for the record with the biggest difference in the history of the finals held by Panathinaikos since 2016 with +47 (101-54) over Faros Keratsini (category A2).

The exemplary first period of Olympiacos in defense and attack (7/10 two-pointers, 4/5 three-pointers) was enough for Piraeus to control the match and close the quarter at +16 (26-10).

Without slowing down, the “red-whites” ran up to the 16th minute with a partial score of 15:1 and showed a difference of … astronomical proportions (+30 11-41).

As the winner of the Greek Cup was predetermined, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team took to the road race to “break” the record with the largest points difference in the final. In the 29th minute, he ran for the first time with +37 (68-31), and in the 33rd minute he reached … the fortieth mark (+39, 79-40).

The latter was, however, the biggest difference as Olympiacos reduced their scoring in the remaining time, all the way to the final 85-57.

With 26 points and 6.75 rebounds (8/11 3-pointers), Alec Peters led the Olympiacos offense with Sasha Vezenkov trailing with 20 (4/5 3-pointers). Dimitris Moraitis scored from Peristeri with 16 points.

Quarters: 10-26, 21-45, 34-68, 57-85