Back to winning ways for Olympiakos, who put behind them the home defeat by Real Madrid and prevailed against Bayern Munich 77-69 in the SEF, having the lead throughout the match and confirming their superiority!
The “red and white” got double-digit differences from the first period, having defense as their biggest “weapon”, while they remained calm in the “final stretch” of the match, when the guests came close to -6 (75 – 69), finally celebrating the victory thanks to which they improved their record to 7-6.
The leading scorers for Olympiakos were Walkap (14p, 7 assists), Peters (14p, 7 rebounds), Miloutinov (12p, 6 rebounds) and Larentzakis (13p, 3 assists), while for the visitors, Edwards (11p) and Francisco ( 10p).
The match
Barzokas started the game with his classic five, Walkup, Kanaan, Papanikolaou, Peters and Fall, while Lasso chose Edwards, Bonga, Brankovic, Gifai and Booker for his starting five. Olympiacos showed from the first minutes of the match its… wild moods, “biting” the defense and taking an early double-digit lead (13-2) thanks to three-pointers by Walkup, Kanaan and Peters. Bayern started the match with 0/3 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers and 4 errors, scoring their first basket with 4 minutes left in the first period, while Walkup with 5 consecutive points of his own, “wrote” the 24-8 first quarter.
Milutinov entered … into the offensive equation of Olympiakos, making it 28-10 with consecutive points of his, Bayern hit its first three-pointer of the match with Weiler-Bubb for 28-13, at which point Lorentzakis crossed the floor , making consecutive good defenses and scoring for the maximum difference in favor of Olympiakos (36-16). The visitors tightened up their defense and went on an 8-0 run in the final minutes of the second period, cutting it to 36-26, before Widman made it 41-29 at halftime with a well-timed 3-pointer that he took … from his own home.
The third period began with Olympiakos going on a 7-0 run, thanks to a three-pointer by Papanikolaou and four straight points by Peters (48-29), while Bayern responded with a 10-0 run of their own, scoring after too much time the difference in single digits (48-39). Kanaan and Milutinov restored the safety difference in favor of the “red and white” (52-41), before Weiler-Bubb hit a three-pointer for 54-44 in the third quarter.
The quarters: 24-8, 41-29, 54-44, 77-69
Source: Sport Fm
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