(Scoonie Penn)Another chapter in the Olympiacos/Panathinaikos rivalry will be written in the 2010 Greek League Finals. This league is something like a two team monopoly with both of these squads now meeting in the final round for the 5th consecutive year. As expected, Olympiacos & PAO marched through the first two rounds of the playoffs (sweeping both rounds). The Reds took out Aris (5.1 - 5.3.2010) in a quick best of 3 game Quarterfinal before sweeping Marousi BC (5.16. - 5.22.2010) in the best of 5 game Semifinal.
Scoonie Penn was solid in the semis with a 7 point/2 assist average. You can just see that the veteran guard is locked in to the highest degree with this ball club. He is constantly making the extra pass, looking for other guys, and not forcing anything. Scoonie was able to get open and nail a 3 in each of the Marousi games. Any offense (in addition to his sound floor game) Penn can provide will be huge for Olympiacos in the finals. When Penn returned to Greece in January of 2010 he specifically mentioned the desire to gain redemption for the 2007 Championship loss to PAO...it is crazy because he is playing better & better right now and look ready to seize the moment.
Currently we would definitely call this matchup a tossup. Both teams are farily evenly matched. Panathinaikos is the former Euroleague Champion of last season. This year they would fail to make it to the Final 4 and saw their Greek rival Olympiacos advance all the way to the finals before losing to Barcelona. Olympaicos looked a bit stronger throughout most of the season (beating PAO 2 out of 3 times) Yet, Panathinaikos has looked stront in the last month & a half of Greek League play..plus they have home court advantage as the number one seed..this should be a hot series.
-Clips of Game 4 vs Marousi in the Greek Leek Semifinals - hit up the -2010 Playoff Center- for highlights of the games one & 2 from that series)
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