Olympiacos kept trying from everywhere and Zalgiris was swept away!

Terrible Olympic had… a party at the crowded SEF!

The “red and white” were sweeping against the Zalgiriswhich they easily defeated by a score of 89-72, picking up their third consecutive pink card in Euroleague and reaching 6-4!

After a very competitive first 15 minutes, the Piraeus started to find a goal… from everywhere, they finished the match with 15/29 three-pointers and in the end they were not threatened at all by the Zalgiriswhich had no answer to the incredible accuracy of the home team from 6.75.

Top of the match Isaiah Canaan, who set a EuroLeague career high with 25 points, making 4/6 2-pointers and 4/6 3-pointers. Another terrific performance from him Alec Peters, who scored 22 points on 4/5 three-pointers and heard his name become a slogan in the SEF. Assisted with 14 points and 5 assists o Thomas Walkupexuberant o Ignas Brazdeikis with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

From the Zalgiriswho fell to 4-6, tried hard o Keenan Evans with 21 points, while from 10 they had Kevarius Hayes and Brady Manek. He returned Nikola Milutinov who played 15 minutes and had 6 points and 2 rebounds. He didn’t play Shaquille McKissick which still needs time.

The match

The two teams entered the game nervous and misguided, with Kanaan scoring the first basket for a 2-0 lead and Butkevicius to write 2-3 with three dots. Fall drew a foul to make it 4-3 but missed the shot, but Papanikolaou took advantage of Walkup’s pass to make it 6-3. THE Butkevicius with Hayes finding baskets on the racket and cutting to 8-7, while Lekavicius scored from long range to make it 8-10. THE Walkup scored on a layup and Hayes made two shots to make it 10-12. The American guard of Olympiakos made the team’s first three-pointer, reducing the score to 13-14, but the Dimsa answered for 13-17. Peters and Kanaan each scored two shots to tie the game (17-17). Manek and Kanaan scored to tie the first period 19-19.

At the beginning of the second period, Zalgiris escaped with 21-23 thanks to a floater by Lekavicius, with Luntzis immediately answering for 23-23. Peters provided a solution from a distance, writing with a three-pointer at 26-23, while o Evans cut to 26-25 after an error by Shikma. Brazdeikis after an offensive rebound scored 28-25, while o Sikma with a nice pass by Fal made it 30-27. Brazdeikis with a three-pointer brought the home team ahead for the first time with +6 (33-27), while Walkup put in his second straight for 36-27. Kanaan took the baton with a stop and a layup for Olympiakos 38-27, while Walkup made it 42-27 with a three-pointer, with the home team going on a 12-0 run. The half ended with a score of 43-31.

At the start of the second half, o Evans cut it to 45-36 with a tough 3-pointer, but Walkup answered in kind for 48-36. With Fal creating anew, o Canaan he also scored from a distance, for +15 of Olympiakos (51-36). THE Zalgiris tried to react and cut it to 51-40 with layups by Evans and shots by Ulanovas, but Kanaan was “hot” and made two consecutive three-pointers for 57-42! Evans was playing alone for the Lithuanians and hit another 3-pointer for 59-47, but Brazdeikis did the same for 64-49. Two shots by Milutinov brought Olympiakos to +17 (66-49) for the first time. The third period ended 69-52 with three pointers from Peters and Mannequin.

THE Mannequin temporarily cut it to 14 with a second straight 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, but Peters responded with five straight points to make it 74-55. Zalgiris tried to fight back and cut the gap to 15 on a 3-pointer by Evans who continued to play alone. THE Hayes together with Ulanovas they reduced to 77-64, but Larentzakis made an important shot from a distance (81-66), which cut off the… wings of the Lithuanians. THE Canaan he finished his excellent night by hitting a career high with a new three-pointer (84-66), which was the… free throw for Zalgiris.

The quarters: 19-19, 43-31, 69-52, 89-72

Detailed match statistics here