ARIS - PAOK (78-81, 1988/89 League)

5/11/88 PAOK beats Aris 81-78 for the first time since the 1984 Greek Cup final. Prelevic is not allowed to play, but Aris misses Yannakis who abstains for financial reasons (Jones 30).
Ο ΠΑΟΚ σπάει το αήττητο του συμπολίτη (80 σερί νίκες) που κρατούσε απο τις 2 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ '85
Korac Cup:Eliminated in 2nd Round (by Red Star Belgrade)
John Newman (20-4 season record), is replaced by Costas Politis (6-3 season
record) after a loss to AEK, very close to the end of the regular season.
Newman's replacement was imminent ever since the game in Belgrade.
Aris 78 8/12 26/54 6/19 34 28 6 200

Galis 30 3/ 3 12/19 1/ 2 3 2 1
Subotic 20 0/ 0 4/14 4/ 9 6 5 1
Wiltjer 11 3/ 3 4/ 7 0/ 0 11 9 2
Thoxakis 9 0/ 0 3/ 7 1/ 8 4 4 0
Misounov 4 2/ 4 1/ 2 0/ 0 3 2 1
Filippou 2 0/ 2 1/ 2 0/ 0 2 2 0
Lipirithis 2 0/ 0 1/ 3 0/ 0 5 4 1

PAOK 81 11/15 29/69 4/16 45 25 20

Jones 30 5/ 5 11/31 1/ 2 14 6 8
Korfas 17 4/ 4 5/ 7 1/ 7 5 5 0
Karatzolithis 11 0/ 0 4/ 9 1/ 3 9 2 7
Stavropoulo 10 1/ 2 3/ 7 1/ 3 5 3 2
Fasoulas 9 1/ 4 4/12 0/ 0 11 8 3
Melis 4 0/ 0 2/ 3 0/ 0 1 1 0
Makaras 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0 0 0


Greek Cup: Finalist (lost to Aris)
Regular Season: 2nd (1st: Aris)
Play-offs: 2nd (1st: Aris)