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100 points for the first time this season

Olympiacos had no problem whatsoever against KAOD and despite it was less than 48 hours from the game against Cedevita for the Euroleague, the ‘reds’ were ready and focused and succeeding a very easy 103-67.

Olympiacos had no problem whatsoever against KAOD and despite it was less than 48 hours from the game against Cedevita for the Euroleague, the ‘reds’ were ready and focused and succeeding a very easy 103-67.


The Giorgos Bartzokas’ players made their intentions obvious from the beginning, reaching two digit leads and kept increasing the difference to the end of the game ultimately surpassing 100 points for the first time in the season.

The Olympiacos coach used all his players and gave minutes without any of the players used failing to perform up to standards.

The quarters: 31-14, 58-32, 81-50, 103-67
Οlympiacos (Bartzokas): Hines 10, Law 4, Antic 4, Spanoulis 18 (4/4 3p.), Perperoglou 2, Sloukas 5, Mavroeidis 12, Gecevicius 11, Printezis 20, Papanikolaou 7, Mantzaris 6, Katsivelis 4
KAOD (Κalafatakis): Slaftsakis, Knowles 14, Kalaitzidis, Akepsimedis, Benas 4, Mitchell 15, Carter 4, Kakaroudis 17, Dale 6, Zaras 2, Ioannou 2, Palmer 3

GIORGOS BARTZOKAS: “We respected the opponent, just like we do in any game. We had watched KAOD’s game against Panionios and the victories they had succeeded, and we assessed that they are an athletic team than plays with great concentration. We had to give emphasis to certain aspects and I think we did so; we were especially creative with 28 assists. Congratulations to the guys for the victory, since we hadn’t had much time to prepare”.

For the game against Armani: “We are going to Milan for a tough game. On a first analysis, we have seen that they have great success percentages against close-up defenses. We shouldn’t let them find their constant scorers and they should be stopped from moving the ball well. Some guys should work on their confidence levels because the team shirt is a very heavy one. We should study Milan well. They play a lot of isolations with Hairston and Langford, Armani is certainly a team with a full roster”.

For Ikaros win over Panathinaikos “it’s good news for us, but we are only looking at our team. The game rhythm is relentless and every mistake costs”.

For what the agent Thanos Koukouravas has said: “Social media give everyone the opportunity to write whatever they want. Everyone says whatever they want to say without any cost. The point is who says what and nothing more. Before me, with me and with the coach that will follow me there is strategic and administration. Mr. Skindilias and Stavropoulos have been in contact with the American agent and he guides them appropriately. I have only made my suggestion to the administration and they have taken up to conclude the deal”.

DIMITRIS MAVROEIDIS: “We played a good game in both offence and defense. We don’t look at what the rival team does and we always give 100% just like when we play Euroleague games. We respect our opponents. KAOD has a fighting team; we didn’t leave them any space and reached victory.

It’s sure that because Joey left, we are dealing with a void in the basket, but all the guys can help as well as Powell who is coming. It’s for sure that when you play, you find rhythm for the difficult games that are coming. This happens for all the players and not just with me”.

GIORGOS KALAFATAKIS: “The game was of procedural character, what I tried to do was to convince my players to play without watching the score and the board, just like playing a friendly game. It would show down the stretch whether we had a chance or not. Olympiacos was very focused, very determined and very successful with threes in the first quarter. I don’t expect with our budget and with such young players to play against the European champion and face up to the challenge. We should learn from this, since tonight cost us nothing. I wish we had a game tomorrow so as to overcome this defeat. We did better in the second half and we are looking forward to our future games. Congratulations to Olympiacos and coach Bartzokas. I had expected that we were going to “pay the price” for their Euroleague performances. Olympiacos sets an example for having just one day to prepare and played a very good game.

There is a different kind of pressure between Europe and Greece. Everyone wants to beat the European Champion and Cedevita has a good roster. The pressure is greater in the Euroleague because they have nothing to prove in Greece. What they need is patience, time credit and faith in the work they’ve been doing”.