AEK puts 100 past Panathinaikos

AEK inflicted the second loss of the season on Panathinaikos with a 100-97 score in the Athens derby on Sunday, to climb to third on the Basket League table.

AEK was particularly prolific in the first half at the Olympic Sports Hall, leading by up to 14 points and then 63-54 at half-time. It took a late rally by Panathinaikos to even things up halfway through the last quarter, before the hosts advanced again to win the match by three.

Nine thousand fans gathered on Sunday at the PAOK Sports Arena for the Thessaloniki derby with Aris, that was also a bottom-of-the-table clash and were rewarded with a spectacular performance in offense by the PAOK players who won 101-84 to come off the bottom. Aris is now alone at the foot of the table, two points from safety.

That's because relegation-threatened Larissa produced the upset of the weekend downing high-flying...

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