Ugly “foot” for him Olympic in 2022!
The “red and whites” stayed for about 25 minutes in the match with Fenerbahce, paying the match inactivity and knowing the 94-80 defeat, which took them to 12-6.
Lots of nerves from his team George Bartzokas, who was sent off in the 17th minute, while he left with an injury Shaquille McKissick and of course he lost at +2 from the victory in SEF, in case of a draw.
From Piraeus, the first scorers were Dorsey and Sloukas with 14 points each, with the second sharing 7 assists. From 12 p.m. had the Printezis and Papanikolaou.
For Djordjevic’s team, which went up to 8-10 and had 15/29 three points, the top was the Machmoutoglou with 17 points and was followed by Polonara with 15p.
The match
Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. Signs of inaction were evident to the “red and whites” in the first three minutes, with Fener being at 6-2. With some defenses and Fal, Piraeus went ahead (6-7), with the Turks responding with baskets in the open field and leading again (10-7), in 7 ‘. However, in the last three minutes, the defense of Bartzokas’s team tightened a lot and with Printezis in front in the low post, they made a partial score of 1-10, for +6 (11-17), at the end of the first period.
Olympiacos did not have an antidote for Henry at the beginning of the second half, with Fener making a series of 7-0 (18-17), until the 12th minute. Then, the “red and whites” found a rhythm in the attack starring Printezis and Slouka from the periphery for the overtaking and the +4 (28-32), which lasted until 15 ‘, while earlier they had lost Makkisik with an injury. The reaction of the hosts came with the three-pointers of Mahmutoglou and Polonara, while at the same time Bartzokas was sent off with two technical penalties, with the Turks making a series of 8-0, for their own +4 (36-32), in 18 ‘. However, in the last two minutes, Piraeus took out many defenses and with seven unanswered points from Papanikolaou, went to the locker room with a 39-36 victory.
With the three-pointers of Booker and Polonara, Fenerbahce opened the defense of Olympiakos, going forward again (44-41) and going to +6 (50-44), in 23 ‘. The “red and whites” returned with Dorsey’s three-pointer for their own overtaking (50-52), in 25 ‘. However, there, Piraeus suffered another “blackout”, making many mistakes, with Guduric taking fire and sending the Turks to +7 (61-54), in 28 ‘. Sloukas tried to keep his team offensively, but Pierre had the answer and so the hosts closed the third period at +7 (66-59).
Olympiakos entered the other stadium in the fourth period, with Fener having found a rhythm to have a party on the floor and with baskets in the open field, they made a series of 8-0 and went to +15 (74-59), in 32 ‘ . From that point on, the hosts… were solved, continuing… their violin outside the 6.75m., With the difference being shot even at +20 (89-69) and the “red and whites” knowing the defeat with the final 94-80.
MVP: Fenerbahce showed great polyphony offensively, having several protagonists, so no player stands out. But, those who caused the most problems in the “red and white” defense, mainly with their creation, were Henry and Guduric.
The number that made the difference: The Turks had the upper hand in all categories, with the big difference to make the three-pointers clear with 15/29 against 12/27 of the “red and whites”, who had no energy in defense, with the players of “Sale” sharing 27 final passes.
The ten minutes: 11-17, 36-39, 66-59, 94-80
See here the film of the match
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