Deserving of its fate, Olympiacos lost its own match in Bologna!

The rights he gave were “paid” again by Olympic!

The “red and whites” closed the first half with a double-digit difference, they had the lead for 36 minutes, but in the end they made a “sea” and were defeated 69-67 from the Virtuesin Bologna.

The touching one Lorentzakis kept the Piraeus team “alive” (67-67), until the 37th minute. However, an aggressive foul by him Walkupa basket of Hackett at 41” before and the missed three-pointer by “Larry” in exhalation (while Walkup had an open field for a layup), cost the loss.

Now, Olympiacos has retreated to 7-8while on the other hand Virtus climbed to 11-4.

First scorer o Lorentzakis with 13 points, with Fal to add 12p. and the Milutinov to double-double with 10p. and 11 rebounds.

Among the Italians, the leader was Cordinier with 13 points and o Belinelli with 12 p.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. With the defense and Fal as a reference point, the “red and white” entered the attack in the first minutes, initially going 0-6 and with Peters +8 (4-12), in the 4th minute. Virtus’ answer came from Cordinier, who with his own points brought the match to a point (14-15), in the 7th minute. Piraeus countered with Fal and Milutinov for +5 (14-19), but with a basket and a foul by Lundberg at the end of time the score of the first period was 17-19, with Barzoka’s players not succeeding either a three-pointer (0/7).

With a very good defense and the first three-pointers from Larentzakis and Brazdeikis, Olympiacos entered the second quarter with an 8-0 run, which sent them to +10 (17-27), at 12′. Virtus “unstuck” with a three-pointer by Paiola, with the “red and whites” responding with their front line and with Milutinov and Petrusev for +13 (22-35), in the 16th minute. In the last minutes, the pace of the match dropped and the Piraeus relied on their defense again, while with baskets by Peters they went to the locker room with +12 (28-40).

Without concentration on both sides of the floor, Olympiacos started the second half with Cordinier and Keikok making separate scores of 9-3 and Virtus dropping the difference to single digits (37-43), at 23′. Milutinov and Kanan kept the “red and whites” aggressive, with Belinelli and Sengelia finding rhythm and the Italians getting even closer (44-48), at 26′. With a three-pointer by Kanan, the Piraeus took a “breather” and with Milutinov and Williams-Goss entering the equation, they escaped to +10 (45-55), with Cordinier making it 47-55 in the third period.

With Fal’s basket in the first attack of the fourth quarter, Olympiacos went to +10 (47-57), with mistakes then giving baskets in the open court to Virtus for a 6-0 run (53-57), at 33′ . Lorentzakis and Fal reacted for +7 (55-62), however, new mistakes and the many loaded fouls gave the home team the opportunity to get closer with Dobrich in the basket (60-62). With a three-pointer, Lorentzakis “unstuck” the Piraeus team, but Hackett and Dobrich put the Italians ahead (67-65). Larentzakis won a foul for three shots, making 2/3 for the tie (67-67), in the 37th minute. There, the Piraeus did not find a basket, with Hackett making it 69-67 41 minutes before the end. Walkup then drew an offensive foul on Hackett, Fal took the defense off Sengelia, Walkup having an open field but passing outside to Larentzakis, who missed the exhalation.

The quarters: 17-19, 28-40, 47-55, 69-67

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here