Olympiacos fought for 39 minutes but bowed out in the final and left defeated by Monaco

Olympiacos suffered its fifth defeat in this year’s Euroleague, which left its home ground with its head bowed. Monaco for the 11th matchday of the competition.

In a game that was a derby throughout and despite not being at their best attacking night, the ‘red and whites’ fought with all their might and came close to victory, but finally buckled down entering the ‘final stretch’, knowing the defeat me 85-77.

Decisive for Monaco in the last attacks o Mike Jameswho was also the overall leader of the winners, with 24 points and 6 assists, while for Olympiakos they stood out Canaan (20 points on 5/3 3-pointers), Walkup (16π) and Peters (15 points with 4/5 three-pointers).

After its defeat in the Principality, Olympiacos fell to 6-5, while he is now preparing for the home matches of the coming “devil’s week” with Real Madrid (5/12, 21A15) and Bayern Munich (8/12, 21:15). On the other hand, Monaco climbed to 4th place and 7-4, while away games against Partizan and Zalgiris follow for them.

The match

Giorgos Bartzokas started the game with Walkup, Kanaan Papanikolaou, Peters and Fall, while on the other hand, Saša Obradović, who did not have the injured Lloyd at his disposal, chose Ouattara, James, Diallo, Brown for his starting five. and Jaite. Monaco “opened the scoring” with a three-pointer by Diallo, before Kanaan gave Olympiacos its first lead (5-6) with… four points, after hitting a three-pointer while also drawing the foul from Diallo. Fal dominated offensively in the first minutes, reaching 6 personal points early and making it 10-7 in favor of the “red and whites”, but the home team responded with consecutive baskets by Diallo and Motejunas, for 15-10. Olympiacos regained the lead (15-17) thanks to a 7-0 run and with Kanaan carrying the offense, before Monaco responded with a 7-0 run of their own for a 22-17 lead with the end of the first period

The hosts took their maximum difference in the match (25-17) with a three-pointer by Kemba Walker at the beginning of the second quarter, while Olympiacos had a lot of difficulty offensively against the very pressing defense of their sports rivals. Kanaan continued his offensive crescendo, making 4/5 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 30-24, but Monaco was able to find solutions offensively, keeping the lead at +8. Nevertheless, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team closed the first half on a positive note, going into the locker room ahead 39-38, thanks to a 3-pointer by Peters and a free-kick by McKissick, who returned for the first time since the injury that plagued him !

The third period started with a basket and a foul by Brown, while the Olympiakos players had three mistakes in the first two minutes. Ouattara with 4 consecutive points put Monaco ahead 45-42, while Kanaan continued his… violin, hitting another three-pointer for 45-47. Peters found a rhythm with five consecutive points of his own, he reached 11 personal points with 3/3 three-pointers and put the “red and white” in front again (49-52), while Monaco responded with three-pointers by Okobo and Cornelli, for 55 -52. Peters hit another three-pointer for 58-57, before Brazdeikis made his first basket, for 58-59!

With a three-pointer by Walkup and a basket-foul by Milutinov and with a streak that

trailed 11-2, Olympiacos took its biggest lead of the match (65-60) early in the fourth quarter, before Okobo, Brown and Moteyounas put Monaco back in front, 67-65.

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