Olympiacos – Panathinaikos: Match Preview – Basketball – Greece – Olympiacos Basketball

Everything is ready for her big finals Basketball League!

Olympic And Panathinaikos They start the series between them that will determine the champion of the local competition, where the first match will be held in the SEF due to the home advantage of the “red and white” (4/6, 21:15, ERT3).

The two teams once again promise us a very interesting series, but the truth is that they start this year from a different starting point. Piraeus after a “magical” season in which he won the Super Cup, cup And they got one breath from them euroleague, they appear to be big favorites to win a double in a row, something they have yet to achieve in their history. As if that wasn’t enough, they didn’t lose a fight with him Panathinaikos As of November 2021, so they seem to have caught the “air” of their “eternal” rival.

The Greens, on the other hand, have had a very difficult season, have pretty much become a “punching bag” in Europe, have had huge ups and downs and counted 13 straight defeats against their great rival, and entered the series as underdogs, although such things are rarely important in games of this magnitude.

Of course, the limited rotation available to Christos Cyrillis’ squad also plays a big part Paris me He’ll need to “carry” a big load in the playmaker position (Walters hasn’t been announced in the league), while losing Dwayne Bacon Limits offensive solutions for Panathinaikos. To these must be added the fatigue given to the “greens”, who have suffered a lot from the series with Peristeri bwin unlike Olympic Who took a pretty “picnic” in the playoffs.

In terms of purely competitive teams, both teams will line up in full force on the SEF floor. the Panathinaikos In the past few days he had an unexpected accident with Arturas Gudaitis, who faced a virus, but the Lithuanian overcame his problem and trained normally on Saturday (3/6). From the “red and white” side, o Tariq Black He also returned at full speed after being injured in the right knee. We remind you that Isaiah Kanaan has no right to participate in the playoffs.

In the first match, it will be the referees Poursanidis, Tsarouha and Tsimouris.

traditions

As said, Olympiacos has a 13-game winning streak over Panathinaikos, and this year they are unbeaten in six matches in all competitions.

Details of this year’s matches:

10/2/2022: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 67-52 (Super Cup).
12/5/2022: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 68-66 (Basket League).
12/30/2022: Panathinaikos – Olympiacos 71-95 (EuroLeague).
2/18/2020: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 81-65 (the cup).
3/19/2023: Panathinaikos-Olympiacos 74-76 (Basket League).
31/3/2023: Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 81-73 (Euroleague).

In the total number of matches in their history, which is more than 200 matches in the course of the Greek championship, the “greens”, however, had a huge lead.

The first team (from 1962-1963): Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 94-110
Basketball League (since 1992-93): Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 70-78
Qualifiers (since 1990-91 when they first met): Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 42-50

Statistics for the two teams this year from the official ESAKE website:

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