FIBA Basketball

    GRE - Olympiacos win Game Five decider over Aris to reach final

    ATHENS (A1) - Olympiacos won a deciding fifth game in their Greek play-off semi-final at Aris on Saturday to set up another title showdown with rivals Panathinaikos. Sofoklis Schortsianitis, who has endured a difficult campaign since shining for Greece at last year’s FIBA World Championship in Japan, scored 15 points in an 83-75 triumph.

    ATHENS (A1) - Olympiacos won a deciding fifth game in their Greek play-off semi-final at Aris on Saturday to set up another title showdown with rivals Panathinaikos.

    Sofoklis Schortsianitis, who has endured a difficult campaign since shining for Greece at last year’s FIBA World Championship in Japan, scored 15 points in an 83-75 triumph.

    Olympiacos will now attempt to beat Euroleague championships Panathinaikos to another Greek crown.

    Pana, who swept Panionios 3-0 in the other semi-final, have won four titles in a row and eight of the last nine in Greece’s top flight.

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