
Olympiacos beat Ionikos 107–81 in Game 5 of the Basketball League. Piraeus has only won in the league so far.
This was the fourth defeat of Ionikos. The Nicenes were trailing 51-53 in the third quarter, but then the Greek understudies stepped on the gas and took a comfortable win.
Piraeus controlled the match from the first minutes. Olympiacos maintained a double-digit margin, while Ionikos managed to reduce it.
The hosts cut the score to 51-53 in the third quarter thanks to a three-pointer from Simmons. From that point on, the Red-Whites limited their mistakes, especially in defense, and increased the difference to finally achieve a comfortable victory.
Olympiacos had the first scorer Vezenkov. The Bulgarian forward scored 24 points on 6/6 two-pointers, 2/2 three-pointers and 6/6 shots in 22 minutes of play.
Among the losers, Mavrokefalidis distinguished himself with 20 points.
Quarters: 22-30, 43-50, 61-81, 81-107
Ionic (Mexas): Bebis, Simmons 13 (4/8 3s, 4 assists, 2 steals), Mavrokefalidis 20 (5/13 3s, 1/2 3s, 7/8 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Hawkins 17 (3/ 4 two-pointers, 3/5 three-pointers, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds), Lacey 13 (2/2 two-pointers, 2/4 three-pointers, 3/5 shots, 4 assists), Petanidis, Arsenopoulos 6 (2/6 three-pointers), Mantzaris 10 (2/6 3s, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 5 assists), Lawton 2
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Walkup 8 (1 3-pointers, 9 assists), Kanaan 15 (1/2 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 7/7 shots), Fal 8 (3/4 2-pointers, 7 rebounds), Vezenkov 24 ( 6/6 two-pointers, 2/2 three-pointers, 6/6 shots, 8 rebounds), Papanicolaou 10 (2 three-pointers, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Luntsis 6, Larentsakis 10 (2), Papas 3 (1), Slukash 7 (1 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 5 assists), Bolboy 9 (3/4 2-pointers, 3/5 shots, 7 rebounds), Peters 7 (1 3-pointers, 4 assists), McKissick
Source: Kathimerini

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