The injury of Nigel Williams-Goss was the only cloud for Olympiakos, in the quarter-final of the Greek Cup against Peristeri: 87-68 in neutral Heraklion.
THE Olympic escaped at the beginning of the second period, when the amazing Kostas Papanikolaou, who scored 13 points in the beginning, found supporters: 39-23. Peristeri was down 40-34 at the start of the second half, but the difference quickly reached double digits, led by Isaiah Kanaan (52-36). The “red and white” never lost control of the match: 62-47, 70-57, 80-62.
Papanikolaou finished the game with 15 points, while Thomas Walkup had 7 points and 10 assists. Naz Mitrou-Long scored 12 against his brother Elijah’s team (7 pts). Larentzakis 15, Wright 14, Kanaan 9, Petrusef 6 also distinguished themselves from Olympiakos.
Williams-Goss felt discomfort and raced less than 1 minute. Apart from the injured Milutinov, Brazdeikis was also left out of the mission.
From Vassilis Spanoulis’ Peristeri, Joe Ragland scored 14 points, while Love scored 10, Williams 10, Kaselakis 9. The two teams had met in last year’s final, with Olympiakos winning.
Cup winners Olympiacos will face the winner of tonight’s match between Prometheus and Panionios in Saturday’s second semi-final (9 pm).
Yesterday, Panathinaikos sealed their qualification to the semi-finals, with a difficult 79-72 win over AEK, and Aris, who needed the crescendo of Vassilis Toliopoulos (24 points) to overturn a 15-point gap against PAOK and win with 76-74.
The final-8 of the Hellenic Cup takes place at Dio Aorakia in Heraklion. The final will start at 7pm on Sunday.
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