Olympiacos Piraeus kicked off the best-of-five semifinal series in the Greek Basketball League on a high note, demolishing Promitheas Patras 116-73 (24-19, 29-13, 36-14, 27-27) and taking a 1-0 lead.
The 116 points marked Olympiacos' highest-scoring performance in the 2021-22 season.
Game 2 is scheduled for June 1, at 18:30 CET, in Patras.
The Reds decided the game outcome in the second quarter. Georgios Bartzokas' men arranged a 15-0 run at the start of the second tally and gained a solid 21-point advantage (42-21).
From that point, the EuroLeague Final Four participant never looked back and secured a crushing W.
Tyler Dorsey led the scoring race for the winners, posting 18 points (3/4 2PT, 3/4 3PT, 3/3 FT), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 turnover.
Olympiacos: Tyler Dorsey 18, Shaquielle McKissic 17 (4 REB), Sasha Vezenkov 15 (7 REB), Kostas Papanikolaou 12, Giannoulis Larentzakis 11, Livio Jean-Charles 10, Thomas Walkup 9 (6 AST), Kostas Sloukas 7 (6 AST).
Patras: Georgios Tanoulis 17, Nikos Gikas 15 (4 AST), Dimitrios Agravanis 11, Marcus Foster 9.
