Greens dedicate second win over Reds to Pavlos Giannakopoulos

Panathinaikos imposed itself on Olympiakos for the second time in the day to win Game 3 of the Basket League finals with a 73-58 score on Sunday and lead 2-1 in the series.

The Greens require one more win in the best-of-five finals to clinch one more league title, with Game 4 set to take place on Thursday in Piraeus.

This time the hosts were dominant throughout the match, as they made up for their poor shooting from the line (just 10/25) with a solid defense and a prolific teamwork in attack.

Olympiakos could not match its host after going level at 20-20, as its players lagged in energy and ideas in attack.

Following the 38-28 lead at half-time, Panathinaikos stretched its advantage up to 19 points (63-44) leaving no chance to the Reds.

KC Rivers was the top scorer of the game with 15 points, followed by Mike James with 14. Vassilis Spanoulis also...