Exhilarating Olympiacos leveled Alba in Berlin!

Basketball… rhapsody by Olympic in berlin!

The “red and white” did not leave her Alba nor to… breathe, crushing her 93-60 and so they went to 17-7which keeps them at the top of the standings.

From the first quarter, the Piraeus were in control, with Vezenkov yes… breaks the counters, having 28 points and 13 rebounds, with 40 points in the evaluation system. Double-double and from Walkup with 15 p. and 10 assists.

For the Germans, who remain in last place with 6-18stood out Olinda with 16 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. Despite the fact that their tall players were “loaded” with fouls (early on they had two from Fal and Black) the “red and white” led 0-7 in the first two minutes and thanks to their defense they maintained this lead (5-12), until 4′. Alba reacted and got closer to the basket (10-12), with Vezenkov pushing the Piraeus in a 9-0 run for +11 (10-21), in the 8th minute. Barzoka’s players continued with the same concentration on defense, making back-to-back steals and with Kanan taking it too… go ahead, they closed the first period at +15 (13-28).

With the same consistency in defense, Olympiacos entered the second quarter and finding baskets in the open court, went to +20 (15-35), while with Black it reached +21 (18-39), at 15′. Then, Alba ran down the court and with a series of three-pointers from Olinde and Smith made individual scores 9-2 and reduced (27-41), at 17′. With the entry of Vezenkov and some defenses, the “red and white” escaped to +16 (29-45), at 19′. However, in the last minute the players of Barzoka lost their concentration and gave the opportunity to the Germans to close the first half with a 6-0 run (35-45).

An informal… duel between Fal and Lammers was the first three minutes of the second half, with Alba dropping the difference to a single digit value (41-50). Then, Olympiacos tightened up defensively and with good circulation in the attack found three-pointers for +17 (41-58), in the 24th minute. The Germans’ response was a Lammers basket. From that point on, the Piraeus put on a… party with excellent defenses and starring Vezenkov, Walkup and Fall on offense for a 14-0 run, with which they extended the difference to +29 (43-72), closing the third period at +28 (45-73).

Vezenkov and Walkap continued the party in the fourth quarter and with help from Boloboi and Larentzakis, Olympiacos increased the difference to +37 (49-86), in the 34th minute. Since then, the match became very free, since the last minutes were of a procedural nature, with the “red and whites” taking the victory with the final 60-93.

The quarters: 13-28, 35-45, 45-73, 60-93

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here

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