Olympiacos resist AEK and advance to the final of the Greek Super Cup

Olympiacos beat AEK by 93-80 and advance to the Greek Super Cup final

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man

First semi-final determines the first finalist on Saturday

On Saturday, Olympiacos and AEK opened the knockout stage of the Greek Super Cup with a direct confrontation: whoever won would advance to Sunday's final, and whoever lost would already be out of the tournament.

For Olympiacos fans, the result puts the team in a title game. for AEK, it reads as a duel where they managed to reduce a big disadvantage but did not sustain the reaction until the turn.

Development of the scoreboard: lead by 20 points, top 23 and scare at 82-75

Olympiacos' start was the clearest point of the match. The team managed to open 20 points in the first half, a sign of rhythm control and capitalization on offensive shots. In the third quarter, the difference was expanded to 23 points, the biggest advantage of the game.

AEK, however, did not come out of the game. As time went on, the team decreased their loss and came to be only 7 points away from 82-75. At that moment, the match gained tension: the winning team had to prove that the initial advantage would not be a waste ADA .

The response came with Jean Montero, who converted a three-point ball and subsequently scored a two-point basket to put Olympiacos in a safer position.

Sasha Vezenkov and Tyler Dorsey completed Olympiacos' offensive production with 14 points each. On the AEK side, the lead came from Giorgos Tsalmpouris, with 18 points, followed by Nelly Joseph, with 16. The numbers help to explain why the match stayed alive until the end: AEK found scoring distributed while Olympiacus depended less on a single name.

Last step: Sunday awaits the winner of Panathinaikos and PAOK

With a guaranteed place, Olympiacos enters the final without having played the other game of the same day.

The decision takes place on Sunday. For the fan, the scenario is straightforward: Olympiacos have one match to win the title while their rival still depends on another semi-final to know who they will face.[1] The Saturday-Sunday sequence also puts cast depth and rhythm control as decisive factors because the champion is defined right after an elimination duel.[2]