His pressing and tough defense Red Star spoiled the minds of Bartzokas players, with him Olympic to know the defeat (81-76) in Belgrade, after three consecutive victories.
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Two critical “blackouts”: The overall performance of Olympiacos was not good, however in the match his good moments were presented and so he could take the “reins”. Instead, Bartzoka’s players suffered two major “blackouts”, with one putting the Red Star in the game and the other giving him the pink card. The first came in the 27th minute for Piraeus. At that point it was at +4 (49-53), but the collected mistakes in the next minutes gave the hosts the opportunity to close with a series of 7-0 in the third quarter (56-53). The second and most ήταν painful was in 36 ‘. With a three-pointer by Sloukas, the score went to a draw 69-69. There, followed by bad and… anemic defenses for the easy baskets of the Serbs and on the other hand bad offensive options (even 1/3 shots by McKisic) for the individual score 9-1 that made the score 78-70, in 39 ‘ .
Olympiacos fell into the… trap: The Red Star is one of the teams that relies mainly on defense, choosing a slow tempo in its game. Olympiacos fell into this trap for good. The “red and whites” did not get the necessary energy in Belgrade to run in the open field, something they allowed the Serbs to do. This is confirmed by the 14 points that the Red Star had in the surprise, against just 5 points. from the team of Piraeus.
Nobody stopped Kalinic: The big protagonist in the Red Star victory was undoubtedly Nikola Kalinic. The Serbian forward “scraped” the defense of Olympiacos, which treated him quite… politely. Kalinic, therefore, played for 32:54 ” not only because he is very necessary in the game of the Serbs, but also because Bartzokas’s players can not be said to have made a great effort to limit him. On the one hand, the experienced forward suffered just one personal foul and is one of the players who play tough defense, so no one managed to wear him down. On the other hand, he won only three fouls! So, one can not say that the defense on him was tough. Therefore, Kalinic was given the opportunity to thresh on the floor, having 25 points with 3 / 3b., 8 / 13d. and 2 / 4tr., to get 4 rebounds and share 6 assists!
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