Olympiacos stepped on Prometheus and… gas for the “devil’s week”!

A serious and dominant o Olympic from the beginning to the end he left no room for him Prometheuswhom he comfortably defeated 92-75for 5-1 in the Stoiximan Basket League and ahead of the double week in the Euroleague with Maccabi Tel Aviv (14/11, off) and Red Star (16/11, inside).

Despite his absence Nikola Milutinovbut also of Luke Sikma and Shaquille McKissickthe Piraeus were leveling for most of the match, reaching the difference in their favor even to +26.

The leader of the “red and white” was Walkup with 20 points, with Fal to add 15p. and the Peters 14 p.

From the Patrinos, who retreated to 4-2stood out Cowan with 20 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fall, Peters, Brazdeikis, Kanan and Walkup, while Prometheus started with Etsenike, Chrysikopoulos, Reynolds, Hale and Koniari. The two teams were together in the first four minutes (8-7). Then, the “red and white” found solutions from the perimeter and escaped to +8 (17-9), in the 6th minute. However, from that point on, Barzoka’s players made easy mistakes, pacing the Patras team and giving Reynolds and Etsenike the opportunity to cut to the basket (19-17) at the end of the first period.

With its good defense, Olympiacos had control of the match at the beginning of the second quarter, while with reference points from Tanoulis and Larentzakis in the attack, the difference increased to +13 (36-23), at 15′. Then the pace of the match picked up even more. Cowan and Koniaris aggressively kept Prometheus and did not allow the difference to increase (43-34), while on the other hand Walkap’s three-pointers kept Piraeus within double digits, sending them to the locker room with +12 (51-39) .

With defenses and Kanan-Wokap attacking, Olympiacos went on a 6-0 run in the second half, for +18 (57-39) initially and with the second player continuing his… violin, the difference went to +21 (64- 43), at 24′. Prometheus’ reaction was a few points from Etsenike, with Peters taking the… baton and taking the Piraeus team to +26 (73-47), at 27′. In the final minutes, Barzoka’s players threw … turns and with the – until that point … disappeared – Hale finding a rhythm, the difference fell below 20 points (76-57), at the end of the third period.

With Fal dominating the racket, Olympiacos entered the fourth quarter with individual scores of 9-2, going to +26 (85-59), at 33′. From that point on, the match became free with the “red and whites” completely controlling the situation and taking the victory with the final 92-75.

The quarters: 19-17, 51-39, 76-57, 92-75

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here