Zalgiris-Olympiakos: To continue his streak on the way to the championship

The season in the EuroLeague is going very well for him Olympic!

The “red and white” after her defeat Real from Effects in the postponed game they are now alone first, with 6 matches remaining in the top European competition. Next… track for Giorgos Bartzokas’ team is the difficult Kaunas, where it will be hosted by Zalgiris (20:00, NovaSports 4).

Unlike him Olympic of 20-8, which is at the top and is now confident of its continuation in the competition, the Lithuanians are at 15-13 and are tied with 4 other teams on the fringes of the eight. His team Kazis Maksvitis despite a limited budget and multiple misfortunes with injuries (Evans, Cavanaugh) he continues to fight for the qualification, and against the “red and whites” he aspires to continue the two-game winning streak he has after the last “devil’s week” (Alba, Villerban) .

The weapon of the Lithuanians is their always full and dangerous home, where they count 10 wins in 13 matches having one of the top performances in this category. Against them, however, they will find his Piraeus Giorgos Bartzokaswho are the top away team with 9 wins in 14 matches.

For Olympic, a possible defeat will not be catastrophic, but a pink card will bring him one step closer to the big goal, which is the first place in the regular season. For her Zalgirison the other hand, the match has a big must, since he will need to collect as many victories as he can, especially in the “Zalgirio Arena”, in the difficult battle of the eight.

As far as absences are concerned, his participation remains a question mark Kostas Sloukas. The Greek guard felt a tightness in his calf in Olympiakos’ victorious match against Bayernas a result of which he did not compete in the second half and was absent from Sunday’s match (12/3) with Prometheus. From Zalgiris, it is doubtful Isaiah Taylor, who suffered hamstring discomfort during the championship game against Ritas Vilnius. His exams, however, were clean, so his participation is considered very likely.

The prehistory: The “red and white” have a total of 6 wins and 8 losses in 14 games in Kaunas. In fact, until they left with the “double” from Lithuania last year, there were 6 consecutive defeats. In total, the two teams have faced each other 30 times in their history, with Olympiacos holding a narrow lead (16-14).

20/04/1999 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 87-71 (Semifinal F4)

02/03/2006 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-69 (Top 16)

30/03/2006 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 72-99 (Top 16)

29/11/2007 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 90-74 (Regular season)

01/24/2008 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 88-75 (Regular Season)

27/02/2008 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 86-84 (Top 16)

13/03/2008 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 52-61 (Top 16)

26/01/2011 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 64-71 (Regular Season)

03/03/2011 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-64 (Regular season)

25/10/2012 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 61-79 (Regular Season)

30/11/2012 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 63-77 (Regular Season)

22/01/2016 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 75-55 (Top 16)

03/18/2016 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 74-59 (Top 16)

15/12/2016 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 75-88 (Regular Season)

10/02/2017 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 73-64 (Regular Season)

28/12/2017 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 74-68 (Regular Season)

06/04/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 85-86 (Regular season)

04/18/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-87 (Play Offs)

20/04/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 79-68 (Play Offs)

24/04/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 80-60 (Play Offs)

26/04/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 101-91 (Play Offs)

06/12/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 83-75 (Regular Season)

19/03/2019 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 68-72 (Regular Season)

15/11/2019 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 83-74 (Regular Season)

04/02/2020 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 94-69 (Regular Season)

01/10/2020 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 67-68 (Regular Season)

01/22/2021 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 81-79 (Regular Season)

19/10/2021 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 83-68 (Regular Season)

15/03/2022 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 73-84 (Regular Season)

14/10/2022: Olympiacos-Zalgiris 90-80 (Regular Season)