Olympyacos, with Bulgarian national Alexander Vezenkov, triumphed with the Greek league title after defeating Panathinaikos 85-71 in the fourth game, closing the dramatic final series with a 3-1 victory. After the first 10 minutes of play at the “Palace of Peace and Friendship” in Piraeus, the “red-and-whites” took a 19-15 lead, and at halftime the score was 42-38 in their favor. In the final quarter, Olympiacos started with a 12-point lead (64-52), and there were no surprises in the last part of the game.

Bad news for the Piraeus team came when, with about a minute left in the second half, Sasha suffered an ankle injury that forced him to leave the game.

He spent only 15:39 minutes on the court, during which he scored 2 points, grabbed 1 rebound, made 1 assist, and recorded 1 block. Tyler Dorsey scored the most points in the last game of the season for the “red-and-whites” with 17.

Evan Fournier added 13, and Nikola Milutinov stood out with a double-double: 11 points and 10 rebounds. Alec Peters also scored 11 points.

Kendrick Nunn led PAO with 18 points.

After almost 3 minutes of play, PAO was ahead 6-5. The visitors continued to lead, increasing their lead to 4 points (11-7) thanks to a three-pointer from Slukas. With 4:13 remaining in the quarter, Olympiacos was again down by only one point (12-13), and Vezenkov had yet to score. The Bulgarian international scored his first basket shortly after, turning the score in his team's favor (14-13), and Walkup increased the lead to 3 points (16-13). The hosts pulled away by 6 points and led by 4 points (19-15) after 10 minutes of play.

In the second quarter, Mitoglou reduced the deficit to 2 points in the opening seconds, but McKissick increased it to 4 again after being fouled and converting two free throws. Once again, the American basketball player from Olympiacos increased his team's lead to 6 points (23-17). With 7:23 minutes remaining before the break, the hosts led 28-20. The visitors managed to reduce the deficit to 7, but the lead quickly jumped to 11 (35-24) with 5:30 remaining in the quarter. McKissick made it 38-26, but Grant responded with a three-pointer for Olympiacos, reducing PAO's deficit to 9. The visitors continued to try to reduce their deficit, and with 25 seconds left, they managed to cut it to just 4 points (38-42), sending the two teams into the break. The bad news for the hosts was Alexander Vezenkov's ankle injury, which forced him to leave the court.

Immediately after the restart, the difference jumped to 7 points after a three-pointer by Dorsey. Less than 4 minutes into the second quarter, Olympiacos was ahead by 9 points. Despite Vezenkov's absence, the home team continued to dominate, leading 57-46 with just under 3 minutes remaining in the quarter.

In just 2 minutes, Olympiacos increased its lead to 14 points. Ergin Ataman's players couldn't find a way to trouble their opponents and trailed 57-76 with 4:48 left in the quarter. The difference continued to be solid in favor of the hosts from Piraeus (82-63), and with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game, there were no surprises. | BGNES