By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
A classic derby took place in the finale of the 7th week of the Greek league. Panathinaikos beat Aris in Thessaloniki with 59-71.
In a game in which defense was the key factor, the Greens were leading for the most part, though Aris wouldn’t let the visitors expand. At halftime, the score was 28-36.
Aris kept following and was still down 45-51 at 30′. In the final period of the game, Panathinaikos grabbed a 12-point advantage which set the foundations to an important victory.
Chris Singleton led the winners with 14 points and 8 rebounds, KC Rivers contributed 13 points, Ioannis Bourousis reached a double double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Nikos Pappas added 10 more points.
For Aris, Will Cummings had 17 points and 8 rebounds.
With this win, Panathinaikos improved to 6-1, while in the other game of the evening, Olympiacos had an easy win at Lavrio and remained perfect in the standings.
Greek League 2016-17 regular season – Week 7 Results
AEK (7-0) – Promitheas (3-4 ) 76-60 (Vasileiadis 19)
Kolosos (3-4) – Doxa Lefkadas (2-5) 77-60 (Wells 19)
Apollon Carna (2-5) – Koroivos (1-6) 92-66 (Bavcic 21)
Trikala (2-5) – PAOK (4-3) 84-73 (Manolopoulos 23)
Kimi (3-4) – Rethymno Cretan Kings (4-3) 73-62 (El Amin 20)
Lavrio (2-5) – Olympiacos (7-0) 64-80 (Lojeski/Printezis 15)
Aris (3-4) – Panathinaikos (6-1) 59-71 (Cummings 17)