Olympiacos “kneeled” from Barcelona’s three-pointers!

Her absences and her… irritating accuracy Barcelona outside the 6.75 m. they bent him Olympicwho was defeated 77-68inside the SEF.

The “red and white” were even found at -15 (20-35)in the 14th minute, however, they found a way to turn it around, going even at +7 (66-59), at 35′. There, his players Giorgos Bartzokas they were outplayed, with the Catalans being fresher and running a decisive 14-0, which “locked” the victory for them.

With 15/26 three-pointers the “blaugrana” finished the match, having as their leaders Nicholas Laprovitola and Alex Abrines with 17 p. and 16p. respectively.

From Piraeus, the first scorer was Thomas Walkup with 14 points, with Alec Peters to add 11p. and the Nikola Milutinov 10 p. Debut for him Ignas Brazdeikis with 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal.

The match

Olympiacos started with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The “red and whites” entered the match with several mistakes, with Barcelona taking advantage of them and with Vesely and da Silva escaping to +6 (5-11), in the first five minutes. Afterwards, the Piraeus were even more misguided with Kalinic and Veseli continuing the… damage and thus the Catalans going to +12 (11-23), at 9′. However, in the last minute Barzoka’s team tightened up defensively and with Milutinov and Papanikolaou closed with a 6-0 run in the first period (16-23).

Olympiacos had no… antidote to Barcelona’s excellent perimeter at the beginning of the second quarter, with the three-pointers of Abrines, Parker and Laprovitola sending the difference to +15 (20-35), at 14′. Then, the “red and white” found their… footfalls. With Brazdeikis taking the “baptism of fire” and helping a lot in the defense, just like Papanikolaou, the Piraeus “blocked” the Catalans, while at the same time running individual scores 12-3 (32-38), until 18′. In the remaining time, a basket by Laprovitola and one by Milutinov made it 34-40 in the first half.

With even more energy in the defense, Olympiacos entered the second half and with Kanan finding a rhythm in the attack, he made individual scores of 10-2, for the lead (44-42), at 23′. Barcelona’s answer came from the perimeter with Laprovitola and Yokoubaitis and an 8-0 run, for +6 (44-50), in the 25th minute. The “red and whites” made a new reaction and with Walkup and Milutinov ran a 10-0 run, for +4 (54-50), in the 28th minute. However, in the last minutes the Piraeus did not score another basket, with the three-pointers of Para and Laprovitola putting them ahead again (54-56), at the end of the third period.

With good defenses (with steals and securing the rebound) Olympiacos started the fourth quarter, which in the attack found big shots from Peters, Brazdeikis and Walkap, for +7 (66-59), at 35′. Repeated mistakes by the “red and whites” followed, with Barcelona again finding three-pointers with Satoranski and Abrines, as a result of which they cut off the… legs of Barzoka’s players and ran a 14-0 run, for +7 (66-73), in the 39th minute. In the last minute, nothing changed dramatically, with Olympiakos knowing the defeat with the final 68-77.

The quarters: 16-23, 34-40, 54-56, 68-77

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here