By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Panathinaikos crushed Ionikos Nikaia 110 – 65 on the road in the game that concluded Round 20 in the Greek League regular season. The “Greens” bounced back from the loss to CSKA Moscow – their worst in the modern EuroLeague era – and improved to 18 – 2.
Jacob Wiley scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Nikos Persidis had 15 points for Panathinaikos. DeShaun Thomas added 14 points plus seven rebounds and Jimmer Fredette 14 points. Rick Pitino’s squad scored 67 in the first half en route to the blowout win.
Only Vincent Simpson (22 points) scored in double figures for Ionikos that dropped to 8 – 12.
Second-placed AEK Athens made short work of Iraklis Thessaloniki at home. Meanwhile, Peristeri sank PAOK Thessaloniki closer to elimination, at 5-15. Fellow Thessaloniki side Aris took a potentially decisive victory over Ifaistos Limnos to rise to 6-14.
Greek League Day 20 Results:
Aris Thessaloniki – Ifaistos Limnos: 88 – 77 (Brown 22, Smith 18)
Larissa – Kolossos Rhodes 95 – 90 (Hickey 22, Kromah 19)
Lavrio – Panionios 104 – 71 (Allman 22, McGill 19)
AEK – Iraklis 86 – 61 (Ray 16, Hanlan 14)
PAOK – Peristeri 68 – 75 (Shorter 20, Gray 19)
Ionikos – Panathinaikos 65 – 110 (Wiley – Persidis 15, Simpson 22)
The game between Promitheas and Rethymno in Patras was postponed due to the area of Patras being a coronavirus high-risk area.