Basket League

Promitheas alone in second as Peristeri suffers Kolossos upset

Just a week after shocking Panathinaikos, high-flying Peristeri suffered an upset itself, as it went down at struggling Kolossos on Rhodes, in what has been a quite unpredictable Basket League so far this season: After 12 rounds of games, it has Thessaloniki archrivals PAOK and Aris tied at the bottom of the table along with new boys Larissa.

Peristeri shocks Panathinaikos in Basket League

Peristeri upset Panathinaikos for a second year in a row, shattering its unbeaten record in the Basket League and showing it is the favorite for finishing second in the regular season.

The excruciating schedule of the Euroleague, that had Panathinaikos face Barcelona last Friday, and then host Fenerbahce this Tuesday before traveling to Israel to play Maccabi on Thursday.

Aris has dropped to the bottom of the Basket League table

Historic Aris is left alone at the bottom of the Basket League after a 26-point loss at Ifaistos on Saturday, while Promitheas suffered a shock defeat at Rethymno.

Aris was for more than a decade the undisputed king of Greek basketball, in the 1980s and early 1990s, but their recent financial problems have deprived Thessaloniki's Yellows of much of their strength.

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