The 5th semi-final between Panathinaikos and Peristeri was a one-half derby only. Despite being in control from the start, the Greens ended the half with only a one-basket difference (41-39) and only Agravanis led them to an easy victory (81-67) in the third quarter. ), which gave them a 3-2 lead to the final, disadvantaged at home and rivals Olympiacos. The match was decided at the beginning of the second half, where with “hot” Agravanis and Grigonis “Panathinaikos” held a series of 9:0 (50-39) on the 24th and 15-2 on the 26th (56-41). ). Again a stable value for Ponitka, while Papayannis moved in shallow water.

Quarters: 23-17, 41-39, 64-48, 81-67

PANATINAIKOS: Lee 8 (1/4 out., 5 out., 3 cells), Williams, Grigonis 16 (4/5 out., 2/5 d.p., 2 out., 5 out., 2 cells. ), Mantsoukas 7 (2/3 out., 4 out.), Gudaitis 13 (4/7 out., 5/7 out., 4 out.), P. Kalaitsakis 5, Papayannis 4, Bohoridis, Agravanis 15 (6 / 7 out. out., 1/4 out., 4 out., 2 cells), papas, ponyka 13 (4/8 out., 1/2 out., 2/4 out., 8 out., 3 out.).

DOVE: Bilan 12 (6/12 doubles, 8 rows), Francisco 16 (2/3 doubles, 3/5 triples, 3/4 b., 4 p., 7 kills, 2 kg.), Pulyanitis 6 (p3/3), Denmon 4 (p1/7), Kaselakis 6 (p1/5), Coleman 10 (p2/3, p2/3, p4), Moraitis 3 (1), Radanov 1, Hamer 9 (4/7 out., 4 out.), Persedis, Zugris.

Panathinaikos coach Christos Serelis stressed: “We have a lot of issues to solve. Panathinaikos is a team that lacks chemistry and automation in attack and cannot find them now, in the last days, so they have to live and die on their defense. If you think about winning matches in attack, then in defense we are not good. Olympiacos will need much more. We play as an armada team. We must do something else. Olympiacos is the favorite, but nothing more. We are in Panathinaikos, the team with the most titles. We have to be mentally prepared.”

The series of finals starts next Sunday with the first meeting of the two “eternal” teams at SEF at 21.15. Thursday will see the 2nd match at OAKA and Sunday the 3rd at SEF. If other games are required, they will be played in order in OAKA and SEF again on Thursday and Sunday, all at 21:15. The secondary finals will take place a day earlier (Saturday, Wednesday, 19:15), where Peristeri will have a home advantage over PAOK.