Olympiacos went through Ano Liosia and kept its undefeated streak!

First and invincible o Olympic!

Despite her great effort AEKthe “red and white” confirmed their superiority by winning 85-78in Ano Liosia, completed at 22-0 the regular season of this year’s Basket League.

Leader for the Piraeus people Vezenkov with 20 points and 7 rebounds, with Fall and McKissick adding 12 points each. anyone.

On the other hand, the Union retreated to 12-10 and finished in 6th placehaving as the first scorer Lemar with 17 points.

The match

AEK started with Mitchell, Miles, Jankovic, Williams and Flioni, while Olympiacos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Larentzaki and Walkap. A strong start from the “red and whites”, who went 0-7 in the first two minutes, with the Union… picking it up with the offensive rebounds and Mitchell, equalizing (11-11), in the 5th minute. Then, the Piraeus persisted misguidedly from the perimeter, with the home team finding three-pointers with Flionis and Lemar, taking the lead (17-16) and maintaining it until the 8th minute. In the last two minutes and with the entry of Slukas, Bartzoka’s team took control and running on the open field closed the first period with individual scores of 2-6 and +3 (19-22).

Olympiacos continued at the same good pace at the beginning of the second quarter, with McKissick and Peters sending them to +8 (21-29). AEK’s answer came with forward Xanthopoulos, who reduced the difference to a point (29-30), in the 14th minute. Peters and McKissick reacted again for the new +7 (29-36) of the visitors, but the mistakes and Miles-Mitchell brought the match to the basket (35-37), at 19′. In the last minute, nothing changed dramatically, except for a free throw by Boloboi, which made it 35-38 in the first half.

With Fal’s offensive rebounds, Olympiacos found second chances and escaped to +6 (37-43) at the beginning of the second half. AEK reacted with Xanthopoulos and Yankovic and reduced to a point (42-43), at 23′. Then, the “red and white” tightened defensively and with Vezenkov catching fire, they sent the difference to +13 (46-59), in the 27th minute. From that point on, the Piraeus team was in total control, closing the third period at +14 (53-67).

AEK took advantage of the sluggish start of Olympiakos in the fourth quarter and, with Lemar leading the way, went on a 6-0 run (59-67). The “red and whites” countered with McKissick and Sluka for +13 (59-72), with Madsen’s offensive rebounds pushing the Union to a 5-0 run (64-72), until the 33rd minute. Barzoka’s team answered with Sluka and Vezenkov for +12 (66-78), with Lemar and Jankovic going on a 7-0 run (73-78), in the 35th minute. Then, the Piraeus responded with defenses and with Black’s shots they “stuck” for +8 (73-81). In the final minutes, both were horribly off target and this benefited Olympiakos, who took the victory with the final 85-78.

The quarters: 19-22, 35-38, 53-67, 78-85

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here