A defeat is overcome by… victories. This is what he wants to do Olympicwhich aims to find an antidote for the wounds left by the loss to Panathinaikos in the Stoiximan Basket League by facing the Fenerbahce in Istanbul for the 6th matchday (19:45, Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247 and sport-fm.gr). The two teams meet for the first time after last year’s exciting series of playoffs with the two breaks and the three-point victory in Game 3 by Slukas, with the Piraeus smiling last with 3-2.
THE George Bartzokas in addition to the fatigue and frustration of his players he has to manage them again absences of Shikma and McKissick, with the second one needing about another month to recover. The “red and whites” will once again rely on their defense, hoping this time to find a better pace in attack. It is a given that they will try to use the superiority in strength that they have near the basket with Milutinov and Fal.
However, their task will not be easy in order to reach their fourth victory. Fener appears improved compared to last season, it is 4-1 and has 3/3 at home. THE last year’s strong trunk by Calathy, Dorsey, Goodrich, Hayes-Davies, Pierre and Motley has been reinforced with Mandar, Sestina, Papagianni and Sanli. The last two will surely try to hurt Olympiakos with their good long shot. Out of contention for his team Dimitris Itoudis Raul Neto remains after his World Cup injury with Brazil, while Yam Madar is extremely doubtful.
The referees of the match will be Fernando Rocha (Portugal), Uros Nikolic (Serbia) and Saso Petek (Slovenia).
Balance in a strange prehistory
Olympiacos and Fenerbahce have a very balanced history, with the “red and whites” having 19 wins against their opponents’ 18. The paradox is that seats have little importance in this couple. It is worth noting that until 2011 the “red and white” had lost four out of five home games against Fenerbahçe, but since then they have won 8 out of 13 matches. Until 2011 they were 5-0 (!) and in total they have won nine times in Istanbul, but they have lost just as many times. In fact, among these defeats is the one in the 2017 final.
In detail, all the games of Olympiakos with Fenerbahce
23/11/1995: Olympiacos-Ulker 92-76 (Semifinal Round)
18/01/1996: Ulker-Olympiakos 60-72 (Semifinal Round)
08/10/1998: Olympiakos-Ulker 58-72 (First Phase)
19/11/1998: Ulker-Olympiakos 79-89 (First Phase)
07/10/1999: Ulker-Olympiakos 64-86 (First Phase)
18/11/1999: Olympiakos-Ulker 62-73 (First Phase)
17/11/2002: Olympiakos-Ulker 71-77 (Regular Season)
18/12/2002: Ulker-Olympiakos 65-82 (Regular Season)
20/01/2011: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce/Ulker 70-84 (Top 16)
24/02/2011: Fenerbahce/Ulker-Olympiakos 65-80 (Top 16)
27/11/2011: Olympiakos-Fenerbahce/Ulker 81-74 (Regular Season)
01/12/2011: Fenerbahce/Ulker-Olympiakos 86-70 (Regular Season)
31/01/2013: : Olympiacos-Fenerbahce/Ulker 82-71 (Top 16)
29/03/2013: Fenerbahce/Ulker-Olympiakos 73-78 (Top 16)
01/03/2014: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce/Ulker 95-82 (Top 16)
28/02/2014: Fenerbahce/Ulker-Olympiakos 78-74 (Top 16)
16/01/2015: Fenerbahce/Ulker-Olympiakos 68-74 (Top 16)
13/03/2015: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce/Ulker 64-73 (Top 16)
29/12/2016: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 71-62 (Regular Season)
23/02/2017: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 67-64 (Regular Season)
21/05/2017: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 80-64 (Final)
15/11/2017: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 83-90 (Regular Season)
01/02/2018: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 95-70 (Regular Season)
15/11/2018: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 72-73 (Regular Season)
24/01/2019: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 90-75 (Regular Season)
02/01/2020: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 87-96 (Regular Season)
23/12/2020: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 84-77 (Regular Season)
26/03/2021: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 71-76 (Regular Season)
28/10/2021: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 67-65 (Regular Season)
11/01/2022: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 94-80 (Regular Season)
13/12/2022: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 94-67 (Regular Season)
21/01/2023: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 73-93 (Regular Season)
26/04/2023: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 79-68 (Playoffs)
28/04/2023: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 78-82 (Playoffs)
03/05/2023: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 71-72 (Playoffs)
05/05/2023: Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 73-69 (Playoffs)
05/09/2023: Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 84-72 (Playoffs)
The 6th matchday in detail:
Thursday 2/11
Red Star-Bayern Munich 19:30
Fenerbahce-Olympiakos 19:45
Zalgiris-Willerban 20:00
Valencia-Alba Berlin 21:30
Armani Milan-Monaco 21:30
Maccabi Tel Aviv-Real Madrid (postponed)
Friday 3/11
Virtus Bologna-Anatolou Efes 21:30
Baskonia-Partizan 21:30
Barcelona-Panathinaikos 21:30
Source: Sport Fm
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