Harsh punishment from Baskonia to Olympiakos!

Despite the return from -18, o Olympic “paid” for the mistakes in the fourth period and a basket of his own Miller-McIntyre 0.7″ to gowhich forced him to defeat 75-74 from Baskoniainside the SEF.

The second quarter was disastrous for the “red and whites”, as they returned to the Basques to make individual scores 9-30. In the second half, Piraeus tightened defensively with They did to start the counterattack, he put them back into the match. Yes, with his 2/2 shots Lorentzakis at 10.7” before the end, Barzoka’s team had the victory in their hands, but it was taken away by the Basque guard, almost in exhalation.

THE They did he was also the top scorer for the “red and white” with 23 points, while another 22p. with 8 rebounds added Peters.

Among the Basques, he stood out Monk with 20 points, while a double-double was done by Sedekerskis with 12 p. and 13 rebounds.

Thus, Olympiacos retreated to 3-4as much as Baskonia now has.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The “red and white” entered the game with a terrible mood in defense. That resulted in Baskonia making one mistake after another, while open court baskets by Peters and Kanan sent them up 11 (13-2) in the first four minutes. The Basques then countered and cut it with Howard (15-9), with Peters initially answering for the new +11 (20-9) and Kanaan maintaining the double-digit distance (26-16), until 9 ‘. However, in the last minute Moneke was an unsolved problem for the defense of Piraeus and thus the visitors were reduced to 26-20 at the end of the first period.

Olympiacos started very badly on both sides of the floor in the second quarter with Moneke and Marinkovic finding a rhythm and thus Baskonia initially escaped to +5 (28-33), at 13′. Then the “red and white” found points with offensive rebounds, after their options were generally poor and tragically misplaced. Thus, the Basques set up an incredible “party” on the floor and with Howard, Moneke, Sendekerskis and Costello, they pushed the difference even to +18 (32-50), in the 19th minute. Papanikolaou’s three-pointer “unblocked” Piraeus after about four minutes without a basket, making the score 35-50 in the first half.

Although Kanan started “hot” offensively in the second half, Moneke and Howard were just as “hot” and thus Baskonia went to +18 (43-61), at 23′. Then, Olympiacos tightened up defensively, the Basques started making mistakes again and with Kanan continuing his… violin, with help from Peters, ran a 10-0 run (53-61), until the 26th minute. Sendekerskis with his own 4-0 gave the Basques a “breather” (53-65), with Kanan and Fal providing solutions in the last minutes and thus the Piraeus team closed the third period with individual scores of 7-2 (60- 67).

With good defenses and baskets in the open court, Olympiacos entered the fourth quarter, making a 6-0 run (66-67), in the first three minutes. Then, the “red and white” made repeated mistakes, losing their rhythm, with Baskonia finding points from Costello and Moneke for +5 (66-71), in the 36th minute. A defense and a three-pointer by Larentzakis put the Piraeus team back into the match and a three-pointer by Peters gave them the lead (72-71), at 38′. A series of mistakes followed and Moneke made it 72-73, in the 39th minute. With 10.7” before the end, Larentzakis made 2/2 from the line, but McIntyre with a big basket at 0.7” gave Baskonia the victory with the final 74-75.

The quarters: 26-20, 35-50, 60-67, 74-75

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here