Costas Sloukas gathers – and not unjustly – the lights on him, due to the terrible buzzer beater at the end of the overtime, in the victory of Olympiacos against Efes.
But the “red and whites” got the extremely important pink card as well other players appearedwhich until recently was not at their standards.
The coach of the podium records on www.sportfm.gr everything that judged the match…
In Sloukas the ball: The leader of Olympiacos is in excellent condition lately and did not need the buzzer beater three-pointer against Efes to confirm it. Once upon a time the attack was “Spanoulis the ball”, but now it is “Sloukas the ball”. Even in his mediocre night he will not be afraid to take the last shot, as he did several times this year, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. He played for 38:36 ”, having 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists and despite the great pressure and strain of the match, he put the big shot. Even in defense, Sloukas did his best, in the absence of Thomas Wookup, having to face either Mitsic, Larkin or even Boboa.
The well-known Vezenkov and Dorsey and Fal who returned: Sloukas took the victory, but Vezenkov, Dorsey and Fal laid the foundations for it. The Bulgarian forward put his body in the “fire” again, fighting and pushing the “beasts” of Efes, so he collected 8 rebounds. At the same time, in the attack he was again productive with 16 points and if he was not so tired, he would not have 2/9 out of 6.75m. One of the reasons for George Bartzokas to smile was Tyler Dorsey. The international guard left behind the bad performances of the last weeks, returning to the good of 2021. Agreed, he made a mistake and lost the three-pointer at the end of the regular time. But thanks to him, the “red and whites” claimed the victory in the first 40 minutes, while thanks to his own big shot, the match came to a point (84-85), at 30 ” before the end of extra time. After Dorsey’s basket came Fal’s terrible defense. The French “giant” was also mediocre in recent weeks, but against Efes he remembered his good self. He also gave “battles” under the racket, fought in the last minutes claiming the offensive rebound and of course pulled out the formidable defense on Mitsic in the last possession of Efes, giving Sloukas the opportunity to dry the European champions. Praise can also go to McKissick. The American ran, stole balls and can only score 6 points, he also had 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Good peripheral defense and rebounds: Efes’s talent, especially in the periphery, is undoubtedly huge. Besides, she did the big “damage” to Olympiakos in the first round match in Istanbul. This time, however, at SEF, Bartzokas’s players put pressure on the Turkish periphery and this paid off. Ataman’s team had 8/26 three-pointers and with a more reliable player outside the 6.75m. Moerman with 3/4! From there on, Mitsic (1/7), Larkin (2/5) and Bobua (1/4) all had 4/16 three-pointers together! However, at the same time, the “red and whites” completed their defenses correctly, as they also collected rebounds in Efes’ missed shots. This is confirmed by the total of 34 “garbage” against 26 of the Turks, who took only 2 offensives.
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