Olympiacos destroyed Fener and in the city!

Sovereign Olympic in town!

Despite their absences Kostas Sluka and Alec Petersthe “red and white” played complete basketball for the most part and did not leave room for Fenerbahcewhich they crushed 93-73.

Thus, the Piraeus team went up at 15-7 and remained on topwhile the total of Dimitris Itoudis fell to 13-9.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. With a series of good defenses, the “red and white” came in and thanks to the efficiency from the perimeter they went to +9 (2-11), in the first five minutes. Fener’s reaction came from Booker (7-11), in the 6th minute. However, from that point on, the Piraeus had absolute control of the match through the defense and dominance in the rebounds (even in the offensive ones), while with the three-pointers of Papanikolaou and Kanan they closed the first period at +14 (10 -24).

With the same recipe, Olympiacos started the second period as well, with good defenses and baskets in the open court by McKissick and Boloboi sending them to +18 (13-31), at 12′. Mahmutoglu’s three-pointer temporarily “unstuck” Fener. However, a storm from the “red and whites” followed. Through their excellent defense and the “hot” McKissick and Larentzakis in the attack, but also having severely irritated the hosts (with Wilbekin being sent off with two technical penalties), they went on a 15-0 run, which sent them to +30 (16- 46), at 16′. In the last minutes, Barzoka’s players relaxed, as a result of which, on the one hand, they lost their offensive rhythm, and on the other, they found Guduric and Antetokounmpo, who kept the hosts until the end of the first half (30-51).

Fenerbahce pressed a lot on the offensive rebounds and from there found enough scores at the beginning of the second half, but on the other hand Kanan was very “hot” and so Olympiacos escaped to +27 (41-68), in the 24th minute. The tempo of the match then dropped, with errors and misplaced attacks from both sides, with Kanan having another small burst with Vezenkov for +29 (46-75), at 28′. In the remaining time, Gudurich took advantage of the offensive rebounds of the home team and made the third period 51-77.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Olympiacos showed tendencies of self-control. Repeated missed defensive rebounds, mistakes and tragic choices in the attack, with Fenerbahce on the other hand taking advantage of this and with the three-pointers of Guduric and Mahmutoglu made individual scores 15-2 (66-79), until 35′. After a time-out by Barzokas, the “red and white” made a series of defenses and with the shots of Walkup, McKissick and Papanikolaou outside the 6.75m. they went to +23 (66-89), at 37′. In the last minutes, the Piraeus managed properly and thus reached the victory with the final 73-93.

The quarters: 10-24, 30-51, 51-77, 73-93

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here

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