A Vassilis Spanoulis three-pointer and a controversial referee
decision allowed Olympiakos to emerge unscathed from Aris's home court
in Thessaloniki on Sunday and stay joint top of the table along with
Panionios.
Olympiakos beat Aris 71-70 thanks to a last-ditch
Spanoulis effort five seconds from time, when the score was at 70-68 in
the hosts' favour.
However Aris have filed an official
complaint for the match officials' decision not to award the
Thessaloniki side two points when Dominic James saw his buzzer-beating
shot stopped right on the basket by Michalis Pelekanos and Kyle Hines.
The hosts argued that the shot should have counted, but the referees consulted the video replay and decided against it.
Elsewhere Panionios beat Ikaros Kallitheas 78-64 to improve their record to 6-1 so far this season.
Champions
Panathinaikos strolled to an 84-58 victory over Ilisiakos on Saturday
to share the same record (five wins and one loss) with Kolossos, who
thrashed Kavala 83-55 on Rhodes on Sunday.
Peristeri returned to
winning ways with a 73-63 win over PAOK, while Maroussi failed once
again to get their first win, going down 79-64 at AGO Rethymnou.
