He struggled, but he bent the mighty Colossus o Olympic!
The “red and white” beat his team 71-52 Kuro Segura in SEF for its 14th matchday Stoiximan Basket Leaguein a game that was hypnotized in the first part, however, they improved their performance in the second and returned to winning results after the two defeats in Spain against Barcelona and Baskonia for the Euroleague.
Protagonist for Piraeus o Nikola Milutinov with the impressive double-double (18 points, 15 rebounds), with the Serb having a worthy supporter Alec Peters who scored 15 points with eight rebounds, but also Isaiah Canaan with ten points. On the other hand, Mr Godlock was the most valuable for the Rhodes team with 14 points and four assists, as was Perantes with ten points and three assists.
So, his team Giorgos Bartzokas which went to 13-1, and is behind in the standings only Panathinaikos who has the absolute (14-0), turns its attention to the game with Maccabi at SEF (18/01, 21:15), while Kolossos, who dropped to 5-9, welcomes Apollon in Rhodes (21/01, 18:00).
The match:
The match started with Olympic to score the first points with his two accurate shots Milutinov (2-0) and the Colossus to “answer”, initially, with Perantes (2-2) and take the lead with his three-pointer Polly (2-5). A fine energy Peters reduced (4-5), Goudlock scored with one hand (4-7) and the hosts provided a fine phase with Walkup partnering Milutinovwho scored for 6-7 in 4′.
Piraeus went ahead with his four consecutive points Brazdeikis (10-7), with Brajkovic reducing to a point (10-9) and Perantes to put the guests in front for 10-11. Kanan tied with 1/2 shots (11-11) and Walkup’s 3-pointer was the last basket of the first quarter for 14-11 in a slow-paced game that facilitated Kuro Segura’s total.
A similar continuation in the second period, with Giorgos Bartzokas changing all five players he had on the court. THE Mitro Long he was accurate in the three-pointer he attempted (17-11), with the Rhodes team not letting the difference grow, scoring four points with Sitou and Goudlock (17-15).
Papanikolaou hit 3/3 shots (20-15), o Situ stole and scored an easy basket (20-17), while the score was quite balanced, with Larentzakis’ three-pointer giving a five-point difference to Piraeus (25-20). However, not only did this not affect Colossus, it seemed to do him good! THE Petropoulos was hot, hitting three straight 3-pointers to give the Colossus a 25-29 lead.
THE Peters scored 27-29, however, Perantes had amassed points offensively, with 27-32 being the half-time score, with Kolossos being combative, energizing and taking advantage of Olympiakos’ poor image.
The second half started with Walkup’s basket (29-32), with Olympiakos reacting and going on a 9-0 run that gave them the lead (36-32). THE Godlock he put a stop to the “red and whites” with a three-pointer (36-35), but Kanan “answered” him in the same way for 39-36.
The game was completely balanced, with Olympiakos having a small lead and Kolossos constantly finding solutions to be close to the score (43-40 at 27′). THE Milutinov stood out aggressively (45-40), just like o Situ for the visitors (47-44 at 29′), with the “red and white” closing the third quarter at +6 (50-44), after significantly improving their performance and taking the lead for victory.
In the last period, Gosh wrote 54-44, with Olympiakos increasing the difference in their favor, taking advantage of the shots given to them by the tired Kolossos. The score became 59-48 at 34′, the players of Giorgos Bartzokas sealed the victory, while three minutes before the end, Larentzakis sent the home team to +14 (64-50) with a three-pointer. The match in the final had a procedural character, with Olympiakos winning 71-52 and turning their attention to the crucial matchup with Maccabi in SEF.
The quarters: 14-11, 27-32, 50-44, 71-52
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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