In free fall o Olympic!
The “red and whites” continued their bad performances knowing the defeat 76-72 by Red Star, which was the third in a row and first for this year at SEF, thus receding 12-8!
At the same time, this was the first victory of the Serbs in their history in Piraeus, which raised them to 8-12.
Very bad image from the team of Bartzokas, which did not have McKissick, Papanikolaou and Printezis, as it did 17 errors, while he also had 8/29 three points.
Dobrich and Kalinic with 14p. and 12p. respectively were top for the Red Star.
From Olympiakos, he stood out Vezenkov with 20 points and 8 rebounds.
The match
Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Larentzaki, Dorsey and Wokap. Nervous on both sides of the floor were the “red and whites” in the first minutes, with the Red Star escaping at 2-7. Then, Dorsey and Vezenkov kept the team of Piraeus aggressive, but its easy mistakes not only kept the Serbs firmly ahead, but they reached +10 (10-20), in 7 ‘. The reaction of Bartzoka’s players came with a lot of pressure defenses and the entry of Sloukas, who gave the impetus for an 11-0 and overtaking (21-20), however Lazarevic’s basket formed the 21-22 of the first period.
With good defenses, Olympiacos went to +4 (26-22) at the beginning of the second half. However, the mistakes made their appearance again and with Kalinic in front, the Red Star made a series of 7-0 for its overtaking (26-29), in 14 ‘. The answer of Piraeus came with Jean-Charles and Eisi for the draw (31-31), in 16 ‘. Nevertheless, the guests hit with baskets inside the racket, taking the lead again, with Sloukas bringing the difference to the point (36-37), at the end of the first half.
Larentzakis’s basket and foul gave Olympiakos the lead again (39-37) at the beginning of the second half. However, from that point on, Bartzoka’s players had bad and misplaced offensive options, with Dobrich and Kalinic on the other hand punishing every mistake and sending the Red Star to +8 (42-50), in 25 ‘ . There, the “red and whites” of Piraeus reacted and with Vezenkov-Wokap reduced the basket (48-50), but the Serbs remained ahead with offensive rebounds, closing the third period at +4 (52-56).
Olympiakos was still very nervous at the beginning of the fourth season, with its tragic failure outside the 6.75m. to give the opportunity to the Red Star to go first to +7 (54-61) and then to +8 (57-65), in 34 ‘. There, Bartzokas’s players started pushing in defense and with Vezenkov and Slouka they came close to the point (65-66). However, there was no follow-up, as Piraeus completely lost their minds, with Kalinic on the other hand having a party in their defense and so the guests escaped at +7 (67-74), in 39 ‘. Essentially, the match was judged there, with Olympiakos knowing the defeat with the final 76-72.
MVP: Dobric and Kalinic were the leaders for the Red Star and those who did the most “damage”. Especially the second, who occupied the whole defense, opening the corridors for the rest.
The number that made the difference: Olympiakos’ 17 mistakes against just 11 of the Serbs, but also the very mediocre 8/29 three-pointers were parts of the statistics that made the big difference.
The ten minutes: 21-22, 36-37, 52-56, 72-76
See here the film of the match
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