As far as the competitive news of the two teams is concerned, Olympiacos, as everything shows, will compete for one more game without the injured Kostas Slukas and Alec Peters which is expected to be better after the end of the week when Ephesus travels in armor to Greece.
“I see the technical part of the game and the difficulty that this particular opponent gives you. We must limit ourselves to this. They are a very good team, you all know what good guards they have, forwards, centers. Added Singleton who I hold in high esteem. It is not a matter of prestige, it is a matter of concentration, will, disposition. The motivation is always a given, the stadium will be sold out. We want to play well to win, we have to see if we have the readiness to do it.” said, among other things, George Bartzokas for the match.
“I’m ready, as ready as you can feel against two of the best guards in the competition, if not the best. It’s hard work, it’s not just one person. It takes more than one, help from all. I will be ready and we hope for the best”, emphasized on the part of Michalis Lountzis when asked about the Micich-Larkins.
“Obviously, Olympiacos is a different team from the one we faced in the first round. He is an excellent opponent, he got a big win on Tuesday and we will have to go to his court and play hard and aggressively. We’re going to be playing on the road, so we’re going to try to … strike first and keep our intensity going for four innings. Olympiacos has an excellent home base, they will make their streaks, but we have to stay united, continue the hard work until the end and I hope we will succeed”. characteristically stated the Shane Larkin.
Boris Ryzyk (Ukraine), Miguel Angel Perez (Spain) and Milan Nedovic (Slovenia) will be the referees.
Their 51st meeting
Olympiacos and Efes meet for the 51st time in their history, with both teams having 25 wins each. In 2013 and 2017, the two teams met in the Euroleague playoffs, in series that were decided in a fifth match in the SEF with the Olympic winner in both cases. However, Efes had the last laugh, as in the semi-final of the last Final 4, in May in Belgrade, they prevailed 77-74 thanks to a three-pointer by Vasilije Micic in exhalation. Detailed history of the two teams:
27/10/1994 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 42-77
12/01/1995 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 56-79
06/11/1997 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 61-60
18/09/1997 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 67-70
10/10/2001 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 87-72
12/12/2001 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 79-80
27/11/2003 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 57-69
29/01/2004 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 61-52
09/12/2004 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 59-110
02/02/2005 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 80-54
17/11/2005 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 75-78
11/01/2006 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 77-69
22/11/2006 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 95-77
17/01/2007 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 72-91
12/11/2009 Olympiacos-Efes Pilsen 105-90
07/01/2010 Efes Pilsen-Olympiakos 85-93
01/02/2012 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 83-65
08/02/2012 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 65-67
19/10/2012 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 98-72
22/11/2012 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 75-53
10/04/2013 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 67-62 (Playoffs)
12/04/2013 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 71-53 (Playoffs)
04/17/2013 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 83-72 (Playoffs)
19/04/2013 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 74-73 (Playoffs)
26/04/2013 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 82-72 (Playoffs)
02/13/2014 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 78-60
04/04/2014 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 78-83
29/01/2015 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 84-70
03/26/2015 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 86-75
12/11/2015 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 87-91
18/12/2015 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 68-81
20/10/2016 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 90-66
30/03/2017 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 77-69
04/19/2017 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 87-72 (Playoffs)
21/04/2017 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 71-73 (Playoffs)
26/04/2017 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 64-60 (Playoffs)
28/04/2017 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 62-74 (Playoffs)
02/05/2017 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 87-78 (Playoffs)
22/12/2017 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 58-61
23/03/2018 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 89-82
13/12/2018 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 88-81
21/02/2019 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 75-65
07/11/2019 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 67-86
06/02/2020 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 91-79
30/10/2020 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 79-84
18/02/2021 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 76-53
17/11/2021 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 88-69
10/02/2022 Olympiacos-Anatolou Ephesus 87-85
19/05/2022 Olympiacos-Anatolou Efes 74-77 (Final Four)
01/12/2022 Anatolou Efes-Olympiakos 82-71
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