Calathes shakes off fever to lead Green hoopsters to triumph

Panathinaikos produced an emphatic performance on Thursday and made the most of Olympiakos's numerous turnovers to win Game 4 of the final series and force a fifth game on Sunday in Piraeus to determine the new champion of the Basket League.

The Greens won 71-58, having led by up to 21 points in the second half before dropping a gear to ease into a 2-2 score in the best-of-five finals.

Olympiakos trailed for the entire game registering a record high number of turnovers (23) in the game, while some of its key players were either out of energy or very well blocked by the amazing Panathinaikos defense on the night at the Olympic Sports Hall.

It was led by Nick Calathes, who spent some of his morning in hospital due to the fever he had throughout the day. He still managed to notch up 14 points and handcuff Olympiakos captain Vassilis Spanoulis, who did not make a...