The improbable Larentzakis “unleashed” the frivolous Olympiakos!

He drew… Giannouli Larentzakis from the sleeve of o Olympic and he did not “burn” against Mars!

With the 29-year-old guard in amazing eveningboth in the executive and the creative part of the game (20p., 10as., 5p.), the “red and whites”, bent harder than the final shows 89-75 the fighting Mars of ten players, and continued their undefeated run in this year’s Basket League after 14 games!

A few days before devil’s week of the Euroleague and the crucial matches with Fenerbahce (31/1, away) and Efes (3/2, home), the players of Giorgos Bartzokas – who was sent off in the middle of the fourth period with two technical penalties – presented a frivolous person. And that’s because, they finished the game with 21 errors and just 30% from three (8/26).

In addition to Giannoulis Larentzakis, important solutions were offered by Vezenkov (18p.), McKissick (13p., 3r.), and Peters (14p., 7r.), with the last even to leaves towards the final after a bad step on the floor. However, it didn’t show that it was anything important.

For Marswho fought throughout the match, despite playing with only ten players, stood out Toliopoulos (15p.) and Horchler (13p., 14r.). Defeat, which dropped the “yellows” to eighth place in the standings with 7-7 record.

The match:

The start of the match was quite nervous for him Olympicwith the “red and white” falling for many easily mistakes (6 in the first quarter), while at the same time they shot with low percentages behind 6.75m.. Something that was exploited by Marsand with two consecutive three-pointers by Netzipoglou, he took the lead with 8-5 at 4′.

His entrance Shaquille McKissick gave an aggressive “breath” to the hosts, who together with Sasha Vezenkov they found easy points in the open field, putting Olympiakos ahead with 10-8 at 7′. With a quick 5-0 by Horlcher and Netzipoglou, the Thessalonikians took the lead again (10-13). Three points by Vezenkov, however, and an improbable buzzer-beater three-pointer by McKissick from the logo in the exhalation, brought Olympiakos at +3 and 16-13 of the first quarter.

The second period started with a basket by Peters, while a little later today’s hungry Mitrou-Long reduced the score with three shots (18-16). Piraeus responded with a quick 5-0 from the line of fire, escaping for the first time with 7 points (23-16 at 12′). The energy that Larentzakis, McKissick and Luntzis generated at both ends of the floor helped Olympiacos to gain a rhythm and increase the speed of its game.

Somehow, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team “tightened” its defense, found baskets in the open court, and thanks to a 15-4 run shot the difference to +15 and 44-29 at 19′. Christidis reduced for Aris, with Luntzis’ shot at the end, sending Olympiakos to the dressing room in front of score with 45-31.

At his beginings second half, Vezenkov increased the difference for the first time to +16 (47-31). However, the sequel was not similar, with Olympiakos… losing his sanity and doing one error after the other. As in the first quarter, Aris took advantage of the home team’s nervousness and relaxation, with Holhler, Note and Toliopoulos as well. “gnawed” the difference up to them 5 (50-45 at 25′).

The voices of Bartzokas… outside brakes at that point in the match, it seems that they “awakened” the Olympiakos players, who, ahead of me in the executive and creative part, Giannouli Larentzakis, they managed to raise the difference again to a double-digit value (65-53). Toliopoulos’ shots and Papanikolaou’s lay-up from an assist by Larentzakis closed the quarter at 67-55 in favor of Olympiakos.

The last period of the match started with a lot of tension and nerves, as after two minutes in the last quarter, the Giorgos Bartzokas was expelled with two technical penalties, after intense protests to the referees. A development, which naturally put the home team in the equation of the match, as long as the game was open (71-62 at 33′).

In the remaining minutes, the “red and whites” managed to keep the difference in double digits, thanks mainly to the baskets of Larentzakis, Peters and Luntzis, reaching the difference toi the +16 (87-71), with the last horn of the secretariat finding the Olympic winner with score 89-75.

The quarters: 16-13, 45-31, 67-55, 89-75.

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