A 15-year record for Olympiakos, the 33 points. of Vezenkov

Not only gave Olympiakos the victory in Rhodes over Kolossos with a three-pointer at 5.6” before the end, but Sasha Vezenkov, in addition to an individual record in the Basket League with 33 points, also set a 15-year record for Piraeus in the league.

His 33 points are the most scored by an Olympiacos player since January 27, 2008 when Mark Jackson he also had 33 points in the away game against PAOK despite his team’s loss (81-80).

At the same time, it is one of the 16 performances of 33+ points in the history of Olympiakos in the Basket League. The absolute record is held by Zarko Paspali with his 54 points in the 1992-93 Championship opener against Dafni, a match in which Olympiacos lost 105-103.

The best performance of the Bulgarian international’s previous 162 games in the league was that of the 15th game of the 2014-15 season when as a player of Aris he scored 29 points in the away game against PAOK (77-78).

With these 33 points, Sasha Vezenkov began the countdown to 2,000 in the Basket League after breaking the 1,900 “barrier” today. At the same time, he became the 21st in the history of Olympiakos in the professional league to reach and exceed 900.

In addition, with 7/10 three-pointers posted just the 5th 7+ shooting performance from the perimeter in Olympiakos Basketball League history. The record has been held since January 8 by Isaiah Kanaan with his eight three-pointers in the game against AEK. With these seven accurate three-pointers, Vezenkov entered the top 15 of Olympiakos’ historical list. He hit 98 and surpassed Lynn Gray who had 95 3-pointers in 2007-09.

Also, having 4/5 two-pointers, he reached and exceeded 500 in the Basket League. It now counts 502/840 (59.76%). Finally, with the two offensive rebounds he collected in the Rhodes game, he became the 26th player in the history of Olympiakos in the professional Championship to reach three figures.

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Separate achievements were also reached by Kostas Papanikolaou and Kostas Sloukas. The former with his 14 points became the 72nd player to reach 2,000+ in the Basketball League and the 8th player competing in this year’s Championship.

The latter became the third passer in the history of Olympiakos in the Basket League! With the four assists he had in the Rhodes match, he reached 624 and climbed to 3rd place on the relevant list after surpassing Vangelis Mantzaris who had 622 in the 8 years 2011-19.

At the team level, this was the fourth game of this year’s Basket League that was literally decided on the point and the second won by Olympiacos after passing Peristeri in the 13th matchday with Tomas Walkup’s basket at 1.4” and a score of 86 -87. The victories of Lavrio over Karditsa (81-80) and Panathinaikos over Peristeri bwin with 72-71 have a place in this list.