For a second year in a row, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos will face each other in the semifinals of the Greek Basketball Cup, with the first game to take place at the Peace and Friendship stadium in Piraeus at 9pm on Thursday. The two teams will then face each other again on Monday, for the A1 Basket League.

For the Reds, coast Yannis Sferopoulos will not have centers Othello Hunter and Vasilis Kavvadas at his disposal. On the other side, Panthinaikos will not have Nikos Pappas or Lefteris Bochoridis available due to injuries.