Comfortable… revival for Olympiakos at the unveiling of Mitrou-Long

His superiority from beginning to end was confirmed by Olympic opposite to Apollowhom he comfortably defeated 84-65for 10-1 in the Stoiximan Basket League.

The “red and white” dominated from the start, even reaching the difference and at +31 (84-53)but in the last minutes they relaxed, giving the Patrinos the opportunity to reduce.

Debut for him Naz Mitrou-Long with the Olympiakos jersey, having 5 points (1/3d., 1/5tr.), 5 rebounds and 4 assists. First match in the Greek league for him Philip Petrushev with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Leading for the Piraeus was Alec Peters with 20 points, while o Nikola Milutinov had 16p. and 9 rebounds.

Except the Mustafa Fal and Isaiah Kanan for the “red and whites”, who are waiting for the last match of 2023 against the Alba Berlin (29/12), for the 17th matchday of the Euroleague.

On the other hand, Apollo retreated to 2-9 and had him as the first scorer Desmond Washington with 14 points.

The match

Early on, the “red and whites” came in concentrated with a 7-0 run and with Brazdeikis and Peters they went to +10 (19-9), in the 5th minute. Then, in addition to Peters, Milutinov entered the equation for Olympiacos, with the difference going to +13 (27-14), while Apollon was held aggressively by Murato and Blaylock, until the 7th minute. Muratos slowed down temporarily, but the Serbian center continued his dominance for +16 (33-17), at the end of the first period.

The Bartzokas players were just as serious in the first minutes of the second quarter, sending the difference to +19 (40-21), at 12′. Then, the “red and white” made a lot of mistakes and persisted incorrectly from the perimeter, with the pace of the match falling and Apollo finding a 5-0 run (40-26), until the 16th minute. From that point on, Olympiacos tightened up defensively, ran into the open court and with Petrusev in front aggressively escaped to +23 (51-28), with which he also went to the locker room.

With Lountzis at the beginning of the second half, Olympiacos escaped to +25 (53-28) and maintained this distance (58-35) until the 24th minute. There, the “red and white” relaxed and with Vaughn finding a rhythm, he dropped the difference (58-42), at 26′. Then, the Piraeus responded with defenses and Miloutinov-Larentzakis, closing the third period at +20 (66-46).

Milutinov and Petrusev sent the difference back to +24 (72-48) at the beginning of the fourth quarter, while with three-pointers by Larentzakis and Mitrou-Long and baskets by Papas and Tanoulis, the difference jumped to +31 (84-53 ), at 37′. In the last minutes of the match, nothing changed dramatically, except for an aggressive “outburst” by Osborne, with Olympiacos winning the final 84-65.

The quarters: 33-17, 51-28, 66-46, 84-65

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here