Peristeri upsets AEK on Basket League's tip-off

The new Basket League season started this weekend with three new entries in the top flight, one of which, Peristeri, scored a big upset over FIBA Champions League holder AEK on Saturday. The other two, Ifaistos Limnou and Holargos had too high mountains to climb.

In a thrilling game at Peristeri the host celebrated its return to the top flight with an 83-80 result, showing that the team of coach Argyris Pedoulakis may aim at more than just staying up.

Ifaistos is a club that was only born this summer, as the businessman to buy out Gymnastikos/Faros decided to move the team to his native island, Limnos, in the northern Aegean and named it after the ancient Greek god of fire who was supposed to live on that island. This challenging project, complete with the renovation of the island's indoor arena, is certainly one of the most daring ever in Greek professional sports.

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