Olympiacos fell into Valencia’s trap and “bent”!

The Spanish “curse” for him has been confirmed Olympic!

The “red and white” did not succeed against the Valencia and were defeated with a score of 63-56 in the SEF, knowing the fourth negative result at home, all against the Spanish teams of Euroleague! In doing so, they fell to 7-7, and saw their opponents rise to 8-6.

His team Giorgos Bartzokas he drifted into her low rhythm Valenciawho took the match to a slow tempo, “sealed” the racket and gave the three points to Olympic. But the “red and white” were very misguided with just 9/31, missing the chance to claim victory despite the fact that they had opportunities in the fourth period, taking out one defense after another.

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The match

THE Valencia came on strong and took a 0-5 lead on a basket by Jones and a three-pointer by Robertson, before Kanaan cut it to 2-5 with his first points Olympiakou. The “red and white” found a rhythm with three-pointers from Walkup and Kanaan, while o Papanikolaou completed yet another defense by nailing the fumble for 12-5. Davies reduced it after half-time for Valencia to 12-7, with the Spaniards struggling against the home side’s excellent defence. Somewhere there, taking advantage of some mistakes of Olympiakos, the Spaniards got close to me Jones and Jovic on the point (12-11). THE Papanikolaou made a 3-pointer, but Jovic answered for 15-14 in the first quarter.

With the start of the second period, Davis put Valencia ahead 15-16, while he scored again to make it 16-18. Hermanson took the baton from mid-range and signed 16-20 for the Spaniards, before Larentzakis provided an important solution with a three-pointer for 19-20. Valencia reacted again, with the Jovic, Puerto and Inglis to bring it for the first time to +9 (19-28). THE Brazdeikis gave a breath, but o Toure replied immediately for 21-30 and Rovers scored for 23-32. Inglis hit a free 3-pointer from the top and the half ended with a score of 26-35.

With the beginning of the second part, h Valencia took a double-digit lead with Jovic for the first time (26-37). Fall answered with a foul goal for 29-37, but o Jones he kept his cool and wrote 29-39. The outstanding Fall made a steal and Walkup scored on a breakaway to cut it to 31-39, but Jones and Clavier they had a reaction for Valencia’s 31-43. Walkup spearheaded the home team’s response, scoring five straight points to cut it to 36-43 before Jovic reach 12 points forming 36-45. The third period ended with a score of 38-47.

With two shots from Inglis after his unnecessary unsportsmanlike Lorentzakis, the Spaniards again went to +11 (38-49). Olympiacos reduced to 40-49 with shots by Milutinov, who “wasted” the other two, before making a big basket with an offensive rebound for 42-49. Valencia gave the hosts many chances to reduce, but the three-pointers did not go in and Hermansson with Jones they brought back the double-digit difference (42-53). Kanaan and Walkup hit two big 3-pointers after that to cut it to 48-53. THE Rovers answered with an important hook for 48-55, while o McKissick putt two shots for 50-55. Klaver and Papanikolaou exchanged three-pointers for 53-58, with Jones scoring a difficult basket for 53-60. Papanikolaou with another long shot reduced it to 56-60, but the remaining time was not enough and Olympiacos was defeated.

The quarters: 15-14, 26-35, 38-47, 56-63

Detailed match statistics here.