THE Olympic appeared serious in Rhodes against Colossus and prevailed with 69-87, returning to positive results after the defeat in Israel by Maccabi. In the 10-1 now the record of Piraeus, while on the other o Colossus fell on 7-5, knowing its first home defeat in this year’s championship, after five consecutive victories.
Top for Olympiakos are Woocap (double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds), Σλουκας (14p.) And Martin (13 points, 8 rebounds), while from the home side, the Floyd (21p.) And Miller (19p.). Sasha Vezenkov did not protect himself at all and did not play for the guests.
The match:
THE Olympic started strong in the match scoring six unanswered points with two points by Dorsey, Fal and Papanikolaou, with the players of Kolossos reducing to 5-8 in the 4’ with Williams. The guests picked up the pace and led 5-13 in the 6th minute thanks to a three-pointer by Papanikolaou, however the Colossus reacted, reducing to 16-19 by Floyd at the end of the first period.
Floyd continued his attack … crescendo at the beginning second period and with two of his own shots the Colossus reduced to one point (18-19), with Olympiakos staying for 2:30 minutes without basket. THE Σλουκας gave aggressive solutions for the “red and whites” making it with a three-pointer 20-26 at 13 ‘, while Martin raised the difference to 9 (22-31) at 15 ‘with a nice hook. The half ended with another three-pointer by Sloukas, who formed the 32-44, the maximum difference so far in the match.
Olympiakos “stepped on the gas” at the beginning of the second half and after raising his performance in defense and attack, with baskets by Dorsey, Fal and Martin shot the difference in his favor in +18 (43-61) at 27 ‘. The third period ended with 45-63, with Martin responding to an impressive alley-up nailing of Miller after a pass by Xanthopoulos, in the most beautiful phase of the match.
Formal process in the fourth and last ten minutes, with Martin scoring for 52-70 at 33 ‘ and Floyd to continue his … violin, scoring from the line of free throws for 61-75 in 37 ‘, reaching 21 personal points. THE Printezis formed it with a three-pointer final 69-87, for Olympiakos which is now focusing on the home game of next Thursday (27/1, 21:00) for the 23rd game of the Euroleague.
The ten minutes: 16-19, 32-44, 45-63, 69-87
Watch the … film of the match
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