Korivos loses to relegated Trikala and goes down

Panionios needed a miracle to remain in the Basket League, and that is exactly what happened in the last round of the regular season on Sunday: Korivos Amaliadas lost at home to already relegated Trikala and followed it on the way down to the A2 division. Also on Sunday Kolossos earned the last ticket to the play-offs and Panathinaikos finished the entire regular season unbeaten.

Trikala had only three wins and 22 defeats, but took advantage of the lack of concentration by Korivos to win 85-82 at Amaliada and condemn its host to relegation.

Korivos manager Dinos Kalabakos was inconsolable. He apologized to everyone in the town of Amaliada and said "I feel I am an idiot, for not convincing the team, each and every player, that this was a life-and-death game." He also promised to find out whether anyone had thrown away that match.

Therefore Panionios, that failed to...