Olympiacos in Madrid deserves its fate!

Although it closed the first half at +14 and withstood its counterattack Real in the third period, the Olympic he did it… mantara in the last minutes and was defeated 75-67in Madrid.

The match was in the tie (65-65) at 3:19 ” before the endhowever from that point until the end the “red and whites” lost one attack after another, with Rudy and Yul instead to achieve decisive three-pointers and “seal” the pink card for the “queen”, who kept her alone at the top with 19-3.

On the other hand, Piraeus suffered their fourth defeat in a row and retreated to 12-9while they are called to find the energy they wasted, as the crucial match with the Baskons (4/2).

The leader of Lasso’s team was Ερτέλ with 20 points and followed by Yabouseli and Tavares with 11p. each and every second to download and 9 rebounds.

From Piraeus, the first scorer was Vezenkov with 16 points, with Dorsey to have 13p. and the Σλουκα 12π.

The match

Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. The “red and whites” got a very good defensive point in the first four minutes, keeping Real low and having the lead (3-6). Then, the hosts took advantage of Tavares to move forward (7-6), with Piraeus responding with their own streak through multiple defenses (7-10). Hertel brought the match to a draw (10-10), but in the last three minutes Bartzoka’s players continued their good defense, secured the rebounds and with Slouka and Jean-Charles closed the first period at +5 (10-15).

With the same… recipe in the back and Sloukas with an exceptional rhythm in the attack, Olympiakos escaped at +9 (15-24), in 13 ‘. The “queen” tried to stay in the game with Poirier’s offensive rebounds (20-27), but from the middle and after the “red and whites”, after “locking” the rebounds, ran to the open field and with Vezenkov and Zan in front. -Charles escaped at +16 (20-36), at 17 ‘. In the remaining minutes, the strength and the failure prevailed more, with the Piraeus being comfortable with it and going to the locker room with +14 (24-38).

Real increased the pace of the match with the “hot” Hertel, with Olympiakos maintaining the double-digit distance (33-43), until 22 ‘. The “red and whites” did not have such a “clear mind” offensively, now making mistakes, while they were still losing the defensive rebounds. As a result, in addition to the French guard, Yul also entered the… equation for the “queen” and she approached -3 (44-47), in 27 ‘. The reaction of Piraeus came with Dorsey, who kept them aggressive, with Williams-Goss bringing the hosts to the point (50-51), at the end of the third period.

With a lost defensive rebound and a mistake, Olympiakos started in the fourth quarter, with Real making it 5-0 for the lead (55-51). The answer was with a series of Vezenkov for 55-57, in 32 ‘. Then, the “red and whites” blocked, with the “queen” going with Abalde at +5 (62-57), however with defenses and Dorsey went ahead (62-63), in 36 ‘. From that point on, the match was a derby with Tavares ‘attacking rebounds giving the hosts the lead again (67-65), in 38’. Unlucky three-pointers from Wokap and Dorsey followed, but not from Rudy and Yul for +8 (73-65), with the defeat coming with the final 75-67.

MVP: As long as Real did not pull aggressively, Hertel kept it and that is why he was the top scorer and one of the top. However, the hidden V MVP was the Tavares, who in the missed shots of Madrid, especially in the second half, broke the offensive rebounds, giving second and third chances to his team.

The number that made the difference: Of course, the rebounds, since the “queen” got 15 more than Olympiakos with 42 against 27! In fact, 14 of them were aggressive for the “queen”, with the “red and whites” on the other hand getting only 3!

The ten minutes: 10-15, 24-38, 50-51, 75-67

See here the film of the match

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