Piraeus on top in battle of ports

26th March 2010

Prokom Asecco Gdynia are on the verge of being eliminated from the European League in the quarter-final playoffs after losing twice in a week to Greek side Olympiacos Piraeus. The playoffs are in the form of a first to three contest, and despite having home advantage for the next games, Prokom will have real difficulty getting past the Greek side.

In the first match this week, on Tuesday, Gdynia started brightly enough, opening up an 11-0 lead in the first quarter, stopping the Greek side from scoring for the first six minutes. The second quarter was fairly metronomic as the two sides went toe to toe with rarely more than a point between them. By the end of the third quarter, though, Olym ...