After the mediocre first ten minutes, the Olympic spread defensive… calipers and “strangling” her Monaco, won 86-65 and maintained this year’s unbeaten run at SEF (6-2)!
The “red and whites” were even found at -12 (17-29), but then reacted, throwing the difference -3 (35-38) at the end of the first half, which paved the way for the excellent second half, where the individual score was the 51-27!
The leaders of Piraeus were Dorsey and Jean-Charles with 18 points each, with them Papanikolaou and Wokap to have had from 11p. and the Vezenkov to make a double-double with 10p. and an equal number of rebounds.
On the other, the Monegasques fell to 4-4, having Diallo as the first scorer with 12 points. and Andjusic and Hall from 11p. anyone. At very low’s James with just 7 points. with 2/11 shots.
The match
Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. From an early age, the game gained a fast pace, with Monaco coming in very hungry in the attack and without almost losing a shot, it went to +7 (9-16), in the first three minutes. The reaction of the “red and whites” came with some defenses, reducing to the basket (14-16), however an outburst of James and the mistakes of Piraeus, sent the guests to +11 (14-25), in 8 ‘. Papanikolaou’s three-pointer broke Bartzokas’ team, but in the remaining time the wrong choices gave the Principality team the opportunity to close the first period at +10 (17-27).
Despite their best defense at the beginning of the second ten minutes, Olympiakos continued to make mistakes and was inaccurate, with Monaco being firmly in front of a double-digit distance (19-30), until 13 ‘. Then, the “red and whites” put more pressure on the defense and in combination with the offensive rebounds (starring Jean-Charles) and Sloukas being activated, they reduced to -4 (30-34), in 17 ‘. From that point on, Piraeus was in control of the rhythm in the game, as a result of which they closed the “gap” even more (35-38), at the end of the first half.
Olympiakos entered the second half with excellent defenses, as a result of which Monaco lost its mind and Vezenkov took the lead (42-41). The sequel was even better for the “red and whites”, with Dorsey and Fal sending them to +8 (51-43), in 16 ‘. With the international guard in front, the difference escaped to +9 (55-46), however, a lack of concentration and the return of James, the Monegasques reduced to -3 (55-52), in 29 ‘. But, in the last minutes, Vezenkov kept Piraeus at +7 (59-52), at the end of the third period.
With his defense and the right offensive choices, Olympiakos initially escaped at +12 (66-54), in 33 ‘. From that point on, the “red and whites” gained the momentum of the match, with the defenses of Papanikolaou and Dorsey and Jean-Charles shooting the difference to +17 (74-57), in 35 ‘. Now, the game was over, with the difference even going to +23 (84-61) and the final score was 86-65.
The ten minutes: 17-27, 35-38, 59-52, 86-65
MVP: Normally the award should go to all Olympiacos players, due to their excellent team defense. However, the one who gave the offensive “spark” to get the train on the rails was Tyler Dorsey, while many praises go to Livio Jean-Charles.
The number that made the difference: Clearly the superiority of the “red and whites” in rebounds with 42 against 31, while the good defense of Olympiacos was seen both from the 11 steals, and from the bad percentages of the Monegasques who had 16/45 two points (35.6%) and 8 / 22 three-pointers (36.4%).
See here the film of the match
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