“King” McKissick… brought Monaco to its knees in the SEF!

Although the Monaco was in control for most of the match, o Olympic… he refused to lose and defeated her 75-73in the “hot” Chef!

Determinant o Shaquille McKissickwho with a huge three-pointer at 22.8” before the end took the “red and white” to +3 (72-69), while an important contribution was also made by Isaiah Canaan with his composure from the line, in the last seconds.

The only negative of Piraeus was the many missed defensive rebounds, as the Monegasques they got 14 offensivelywhile they did not cover the -8 (85-77) of the first round.

Thus, Olympiacos ended the first “devil’s week” of the year undefeated and climbed to the 11-8. On the other hand, the Principality team retreated to 10-9.

First scorer o They did with 16 points, with Peters to add 14p. and the McKissick 13p. Excellent game by him Walkup with 9 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, with only 1 error.

From Monaco, he stood out Zaite with 14 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The two teams were together at the beginning, with the “red and white” having a small lead (8-6) in the first four minutes. There, Monaco ran into the open court with Diallo, who pushed them on a 7-0 (8-13) run until the 6′ mark. The Piraeus responded with Papanikolaou and Peters by reducing to the basket (13-15), but the misguided persistence from the perimeter and Brown’s mini-breakout sent the visitors to +8 (13-21), at 8′. However, in the last two minutes the Barzokas players tightened up defensively and closed the first period with a 4-0 run (17-21).

With McKissick in front and his baskets in the open court, Olympiacos tied (24-24) in the first two minutes of the second period. Okobo temporarily gave the lead (24-26) to Monaco, with the “red and white” answering for their own overtake (28-26), at 15′. The guests’ reaction came with offensive rebounds and a 7-0 run (28-33), in the 17th minute. The Piraeus came back with Larentzakis and Peters reducing to a point (34-35), with James making 1/2 shots at the end to make it 34-36 in the first half.

With Walkup and Papanikolaou, Olympiacos went ahead again (39-38) at the beginning of the second half, with Monaco reacting and Peters’ three-pointer tied the game (42-42) at 23′. Brown then sent the visitors to +5 (42-47). The “red and whites” were finding scores in the attack, but Motiegiounas was… an unsolved lead and so the guests escaped to +6 (48-54), in the 27th minute. In the last minutes, Kanan played almost… alone for the Piraeus and thus they closed the third period at -2 (56-58).

Barzoka’s players started the fourth quarter with bad choices in attack, with Monaco going 4-0 with Zaite for +6 (56-62), in the first two minutes. Olympiacos responded with back-to-back 3-pointers by Peters to equalize (62-62), in the 33rd minute. Baskets followed on both sides, with the visitors constantly in front (64-66), with Kanan’s three-pointer giving the lead (67-66) at 36′. Another lost defensive rebound for Olympiakos gave Okombo the opportunity to score a three-pointer (67-69), with Fal tying the score (69-69), in the 38th minute. After back-to-back misses, a big 3-pointer by McKissick made it 72-69 with 22.8 minutes to go. At 15.7” Okobo made 1/2 from the line, Kanan made 2/2 and James’ three-pointer made the score 74-73. At 3.5”, Peters made 1/2 shots, but James didn’t find a target from the center and Olympiacos won 75-73!

The quarters: 17-21, 34-36, 56-58, 75-73

See here the match statistics

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