“Hot” Peters… signed the dress rehearsal of Olympiakos!

With a great protagonist Alec PetersThe Olympic he left Cyprus undefeated, winning 71-68 her Maccabi Tel Avivfor 2/2 in the “Neofytos Handriotis” tournament.

In addition to being the “red and white” top scorer with 21 points, the American scored a decisive three-pointer a minute before the end, clipping the… wings of the Israelis, who counter-attacked. Good showing again from him Nikola Milutinov with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

The Piraeus team was dominant in the first half, as it went to the locker room with +16 (45-29), however, in the second half it looked a little tired due to the absences, since they did not compete again Fall and McKissick and so the Katas players returned.

Maccabi’s first scorer was James Webb with 15 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. A good start from the “red and whites” with Peters and Papanikolaou sending him to +4 (7-3), in the first two minutes. Maccabi responded with Nimbo for their lead (7-9), with the tempo of the match rising and being balanced (15-15), until the 6th minute. From that point on, the Piraeus relied on their defense and with Milutinov dominating the racket, they closed the first period at +7 (24-17).

Williams-Goss’ three-pointer sent Olympiakos up +10 (27-17) at the start of the second period. Webb kept Maccabi aggressive, but the “red and whites” kept control of the match and with Milutinov-Larentzaki they escaped to +11 (35-24), at 16′. Afterwards, the Piraeus players tightened their defense and by blocking the Israelis they reached +16 with Kanan and Larentzakis (43-27) and with this difference they went to the locker room (45-29).

Olympiacos entered the second half sluggishly, with Webb pushing Maccabi to a 7-0 run (45-36) in the first two minutes. The “red and white” reacted with defenses and baskets in the open court with Peters and Kanan for the new +15 (51-36), in the 24th minute. However, easy mistakes by Barzoka’s players followed with the Israelis getting “fire” from the perimeter and reducing the difference (54-47), until the 28th minute. The Piraeus “unblocked” with a difficult three-pointer by Larentzakis and with a hook by Milutinov they went to +12 (59-47), with Rivero’s basket and foul making it 59-50 in the third period.

Rivero kept Maccabi aggressive at the beginning of the fourth period, with Peters responding and keeping Olympiacos at +10 (64-54), until the 34th minute. Then, the Piraeus made mistakes and “blocked” offensively, with Colson making a 5-0 run for the Israelis (64-59), until the 36th minute. Williams-Goss “unstuck” Barzoka’s team temporarily (67-59), but the lost defensive rebounds and the “hot” Webb brought the match to a point (67-66), in the 38th minute. It was followed by an error for each team and a 3-pointer by Peters for +4 (70-66) to “lock” the victory, which came with the final 71-68.

The quarters: 24-17, 45-29, 59-50, 71-68

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here