“Block” in Belgrade for Olympiacos!

He stopped in Belgrade Olympic!

Piraeus lost their minds in the last four minutes against Red Star, who won 81-76 and so he threw them at 9-5.

With a three-pointer by Sloukas the score was at 69-69 at 36 ‘, but the bad defenses and the offensive choices that followed, gave the Serbs the opportunity to do individual score 9-1 (78-70) until 39 ‘and essentially the plate to tilt in their favor.

From Bartzokas’s team, he stood out Dorsey with 18 points, with Slouka and Vezenkov having 12 points each. anyone.

From the “red and whites” of Belgrade, who went up to 6-8, five players had double-digit points. Top was the Kalinic with 25 points, with Mitrovic having 12 points, Davidovac 11 points. and from 10p. Walters and Ivanovic.

The match

Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. Bad start by the “red and whites”, as their easy mistakes gave them points in the transition for the Red Star and the favor of 9-2, in the first four minutes. With Dorsey and Vezenkov, Piraeus responded aggressively, but the three-pointers kept the Serbs firmly ahead (17-10), in 7 ‘. With some defenses and offensive rebounds, Bartzoka’s players reduced to the basket (17-15), but Ivanovic’s failure and two shots made it 19-15 in the first period.

Martin held Olympiakos aggressively, but defensively Bartzokas’s players were very sluggish and so the Red Star kept its distance (26-21) at the beginning of the second period. With the entry of McKissick, Piraeus found energy on both sides of the floor and approached the point (29-28), in 16 ‘. The response of the hosts came with a series of Kalinic for +6 (34-28), but in the last minutes the good defense “blocked” the Serbs with shots outside the 6.75m. of Larentzakis and Slouka, Olympiakos went to the locker room with a 38-36 victory.

Dorsey and Vezenkov sent Olympiakos to +5 (36-41) at the beginning of the second half, but Davidovac’s three-pointer put the Red Star ahead again (45-43). Dorsey was still very “hot” and so Piraeus responded again for +4 (49-53), in 27 ‘. However, from that point on, Bartzoka’s players lost their minds, making one cheap mistake after another, with the hosts taking advantage of this and making a 7-0 (56-53), until end of the third period.

With good defenses that gave him a 5-0 run, Olympiakos entered the fourth quarter, for the lead (56-58). From that point on, the game was yours and mine, with Piraeus holding the lead (64-66), until 35 ‘. There, the two big shots of Walters and Kalinic sent the hosts to +3 (69-66), with Sloukas answering with a three-pointer for the equalizer (69-69), in 36 ‘. However, Walters and Mitrovic were unstoppable offensively, Bartzoka’s players did not score even with… request and so the Red Star went to +8 (78-70), in 39 ‘. Now, the game had no … return for Piraeus, who lost the final 81-76.

MVP: The biggest “damage” in the defense of Olympiacos was undoubtedly done by Nikola Kalinic. There were times when the Serbian forward was like playing… alone, ending the match with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The number that made the difference: With the two teams having the same two points (18/31) and Olympiakos 11/24 three points against 9/22 of the Serbs, the one number that made the difference was the 18/21 shots of the hosts, with the 7/11 of Piraeus. Also, the 23 assists made a significant difference for only 9 errors of Radonjic’s players, with those of Bartzoka having 16 final passes and 13 errors.

The ten minutes: 19-15, 36-38, 56-53, 81-76

See here the film of the match

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