The coach of the podium: The “read” Olympiakos and the best… student

A Olympic ready for any eventuality was presented as dominant in OAKA, defeating Panathinaikos 84-65.

The “red and whites” were ready for the defense and responded with good shots from the periphery, they did not panic in the big “green” return in the third period and with the key the McKissick in the fourth quarter, they left Maroussi with the pink card.

The coach of the podium records on www.sportfm.gr everything that judged the derby…

The “red and white” bases came in from the first 13 minutes, with Sloukas in front: From the beginning of the derby, Olympiakos showed its position. He may have lost two quick fouls to Thomas Wookup, one of his best regional defenders, but Costas Sloukas came on the floor, showing his intentions early on. The rest of the “red and whites”… covered the defensive weakness of the international guard and giving him the necessary space in the attack, the team of Piraeus maintained a steady lead from the first ten minutes, while in 13 ‘it went to +16 (23-39). This… pillow gave the opportunity to Olympiakos to keep a safe distance and the “green” reaction, going to the locker room with +13 (32-45).

The “green” third ten minutes, but in the fourth Papagiannis needed a bottle of oxygen: Panathinaikos did a very bad first half on both sides of the floor. However, in the third period he found the mental reserves to make the big comeback through his defense. With Papagiannis as the main protagonist, who “covered” the baskets, taking out the defenses and at the same time running first in the attack, spoiled the minds of Bartzokas’s players, with Priftis’s team scoring 19-9 and converting it to -13 of the first part, at -3 (51-54), of 30 ‘. However, the lack of another tall player from the “green” roster, in order for Papagiannis to take the necessary “breaths”, brought him great fatigue and so in the last ten minutes the international center did not have the strength to continue the same.

Big difference in the region: A month ago, Olympiacos suffered a shock from the zone defense of Panathinaikos, which left with the “double” from SEF, in the Stoiximan Basket League derby. However, as it turned out, the “red and whites” were very well prepared for this eventuality. In the previous game, Bartzoka’s players had a lot of missed shots from the periphery. This time, the choices were more rational, as the ball circulated correctly and the result was 13/37 three-pointers. On the other hand, however, Piraeus did not forget their good regional defense, forcing Panathinaikos to end a match at home with the “poor” 6/27 outside the 6.75m.

Signed by McKissick: The fourth period followed the “green” της storm of the third. George Bartzokas chose to start with McKissick, as he wanted his energy. The American, as if he had been ready for a long time, took the “red and whites” by the hand and held them aggressively, while the rest of his teammates fell on the “wall” of Papagiannis. With his big shots, even outside the 6.75m., But also with his penetrations, McKissick generously offered the “unpredictable” in the defense of Panathinaikos, with Olympiakos on the other hand enjoying a steady lead, which gave in the end and victory.

Second time Μέ Macon is negative: One of the barometers of this year’s Panathinaikos is undoubtedly Daryl Makon. The. Absence of the American from the match with Barcelona cost the “greens” and as it seems, the same happened in the derby. So, after the negative match against the Catalans, Makon continued on the wrong path and against Olympiakos, having 7 points with 3/12 shots and 3 assists for an equal number of errors, in the 20:48 ‘he played. That is why his rating was at minus and specifically at -8.

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