Olympiacos leveled Bayern and went full speed for an advantage!

Score and spectacle from Olympic in SEF!

With… away from Barcelona and scoring a new 3-pointer record (19/30) in the Euroleague, the “red and whites” were crushed 102-74 her Bayern and they went up to 20-8nearly embracing home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Five players of Bartzoka’s team had a double-digit number of points, with Vezenkov to be top with 18p. At 15 p.m. McKissick stopped, while 14p. Laurentzakis added.

From the Bavarians, who fought with many absences and retreated to 11-17first scorer was Bonga 16 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. Defensively concentrated, the “red and whites” came in, who with excellent ball circulation in the attack and Vezenkov and Walkap in… cheers went to 15-0, in the first five minutes. After that, Bayern found points with Gillespie, Bonga and Hunter, but the Piraeus were in total control, maintaining their double-digit difference and closing the first period at +14 (26-12).

Olympiakos’ sluggish start in the second quarter was taken advantage of by Bayern, who went on a 5-0 run to cut the lead to single digits (26-17). However, the “red and white” immediately found a rhythm and with Peters, McKissick, Larentzakis and Slukas coming “hot” from the bench and scoring consecutive three-pointers, they sent the difference to +19 (43-24), at 15′. Then, Barzoka’s players relaxed defensively and Winston and Bonga kept the Bavarians offensive (47-33), until 17′. But, in the last minutes the home team turned up the heat again and with the Slukas-Black duo they went to the locker room with +20 (55-35).

With a 4-0 run, Olympiacos entered the second half for +24 (59-35). Then, the pace of the match picked up, as Bayern found three-pointers with Jaramaz and Bonga, with Kanan keeping the difference at the same levels (66-44), until 23′. However, there the “red and whites” relaxed quite a bit on both sides of the floor, with Seely and Yaramaz going on an 11-0 run (66-55) and Bonga keeping the distance at the same levels (70-59), until 27′. In the next few minutes, Barzoka’s players tightened somewhat defensively and with Vezenkov and Walkap finding shots from the perimeter they sent the difference to +18 (81-63), with Gifai’s shots making it 81-65 in the third period.

The party of the “red and white” continued in the fourth quarter. With the protagonists of Larentzakis and McKissick, who had caught fire from the perimeter, Olympiacos did whatever they wanted on the court, against a tired Bayern with the difference jumping to +30 (99-69) in the 36th minute. The last minutes were procedural, with the team from Piraeus taking the victory with the final 102-74.

The quarters: 26-12, 55-35, 81-65, 102-74

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here