The tragically misguided Olympiacos was handed over to Milan

The defense was holding him Olympic for 31 minutes in Milan, but his tragic attack was … heartbreaking especially in the final minutes, resulting in defeat 65-53 from Armani.

Bad performance from the “red and whites”, who they were also deprived of Kanan from the second periodas he was sent off with two technical penalties.

From then on, in the attack they scored with… application, having 14/34 2-pointers and 5/19 3-pointerswhile they also fell into 15 mistakeswith just 12 assists.

The only ones who… were rescued from the confrontation Milutinov and Walkup with 15 p. and 11 p.m. respectively, with the Piraeus retreating to 1-2.

From the Italians, who achieved their first victory and went to 1-1stood out Mirotic and Pangos with 20p. and 16p.

The match

Olympiacos starts with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The match had a very fast pace early on, with the “red and whites” relying more on Milutinov and getting points from offensive rebounds, but for Armani, Shields and Mirotic came in “hot” for their lead (14-11). at 5′. Then, the Piraeus team tightened up defensively and with Walkup and Brazdeikis aggressively leveled the match (17-17), in the 9th minute. In the remaining time, two free throws by Flacantori made it 19-17 in the first period.

Olympiacos entered the second quarter with unanswered mistakes, with Armani taking advantage of them with a 5-0 run, for +7 (24-17), in the 12th minute. With the return of Walkup and Kanan to the floor, as well as a good defense, the “red and whites” reacted and reduced the point (26-25), at 15′. Then, the Piraeus lost their concentration for a while, while Kanan was sent off with a second technical penalty, with Mirotic sending the hosts to +4 (29-25), in the 17th minute. The response of Giorgos Bartzokas’ players came with a good defense and Miloutinov-Peters attacking for a 7-0 run and +3 (29-32), in the 19th minute. However, with two shots by Shields in the last seconds, the Italians were reduced to a point (31-32) at the end of the first half.

Both started the second half with bad attacks and mistakes, with Milutinov’s nailing bringing Olympiakos back to +3 (31-34), at 22′. Armani then responded first with Mirotic and then Pangos, who went on a 7-0 run, for +4 (38-34), in the 24th minute. The “red and white” came back with Brazdeikis and Papanikolaou (40-39), but mistakes and difficult shots by Pangos sent the hosts to +5 (44-39), in the 26th minute. In the following minutes, the match was played more… wood than basketball, with 2/2 from Papanikolaou bringing the Piraeus to -3 (44-41), at the end of the third period.

Playing just as hard in defense and with a mini 4-0, Olympiacos took the lead (44-45), at 31′. However, the follow-up was not the same, as easy mistakes and a big miss gave Armani baskets in the open court, which went on a 9-0 run, for +8 (53-45), in the 35th minute. A basket by… Papas “unstuck” the Piraeus team, but from that point on… it delivered spirit, with the Italians completely in control of the matchup for +13 (60-47) with Meli and taking the victory with the final 65-53.

The quarters: 19-17, 31-32, 44-41, 65-53

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here