Olympiacos “cleaned” Aris and went… to the semi-finals!

In… warming up for him Olympic the quarter-final took place with Mars.

The “red and white” imposed their dominance from the first period and having established a double-digit difference from very early on, crushed 82-51 the “yellows” and got the ticket for the semi-final (18/2, 19:15) of the Final 8 waiting for Panathinaikos or the Colossus of Rhodes.

They are excellent Wezenkov and Black with 15 p. and 14p. respectively, while others 11p. Laurentzakis added. Back to action for Slukawho played for 13:04”, having 3 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

From the Thessaloniki team, he stood out Goodwin with 11 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap, while Aris started with Note, Netzipoglu, Huggins, Horchler and Goodwin. The “red and white” entered with 4-0, but mistakes gave the “yellow” the opportunity to equalize (4-4), in the first three minutes. However, from that point on, the game belonged entirely to Giorgos Bartzokas’ team. With the excellent defenses, he forced the Thessalonians into mistakes and bad choices in the attack, while on the other hand, Fal and Vezenkov had found a rhythm and thus pushed Olympiakos in an 18-0 run, making the first period 22-4.

With 2/2 shots by McKissick, the “red and white” started the second quarter for +20 (24-4). Mistakes by Bartzoka’s players followed, with Aris going on a 7-0 run and reducing the difference (24-11) in the 13th minute. Olympiakos’ answer came from Peters and Black for +18 (29-11), but the “yellows” responded thanks to offensive rebounds and Goodwin and Mitrou-Long, making individual scores 2-9 (31-20), until in 17′. However, in the remaining minutes, the Piraeus team tightened up defensively and hitting inside the racket with Fall and Black, they went to the locker room with +15 (39-24).

With Vezenkov coming in… furious in the second half, Olympiacos escaped again to +20 (48-28), at 23′. Then, Aris reacted with defenses and protagonist Mitrou-Long, making a 7-0 run (48-35), until the 25th minute. From that point on, the “red and white” stepped on the gas again, where through their defense they found baskets in the open and with polyphony in the attack they closed the third period with partial scores of 12-2 and +23 (60-37 ).

With the same concentration and appetite, Olympiacos continued in the fourth quarter as well, with Larentzakis and Black increasing the difference to +28 (72-44), in the 34th minute. From then on, the game became free, since the last minutes were procedural, with the Piraeus team taking the victory with the final 82-51.

The quarters: 22-4, 39-24, 60-37, 82-51

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here