“Roadrunner” Olympiacos leveled Maccabi!

Back to winning ways in emphatic fashion by Olympic in the crowded SEF!

From the beginning to the end, the “red and white” left no room to react to Maccabi Tel Avivwhich they crushed 89-72doing so 2/2 against her and going up to 12-10.

Delightful and dominant Nikola Milutinovwho had 20 points, but also 20 reboundswhich are a new individual record in his Euroleague career.

Excellent too Azaia Kanan with others 20p., while 17p. added the Alec Peters.

From the “group of the people”, which is also in 12-10stood out Wade Baldwin with 18 points.

The match

Olympiacos started with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. A very good start from the “red and whites”, who through their good defense found an open field and with versatility in the attack they went to +8 (12-4), in the 5th minute. Maccabi’s reaction was a three-pointer by Blatt, with the Piraeus responding with Milutinov’s racket dominance and Kanan’s shots, for +13 (20-7), in the 7th minute. There, the “people’s team” took advantage of the offensive rebounds and with 3-pointers by Blatt and DiBartolomeo dropped the difference to a single digit value (23-16), with the home team again escaping to +10 (26-16), but Rivero to forms at the end of the first period 26-18.

Olympiacos started the second quarter with mistakes and frivolous attacks, with Maccabi tying (28-28) with Rivero and Boldwin in the first three minutes. The “red and white” responded with a 6-0 run and maintained +6 (36-30) with Petrusev, until 15′. Then, the visitors responded with Nimbos and got closer to the basket (36-34), at 17′. However, in the last three minutes, Milutinov returned to the court and with his dominance of the racket with offensive rebounds, he helped Piraeus to close the first half at +6 (42-36).

Explosive start from Olympiakos in the second half, as through its defense it “locked” Maccabi and with Peters, Kanan and Walkup executing from the perimeter, it shot the difference to +16 (54-38), in the first three minutes . The “red and whites” maintained +16 (59-43), until 25′, with Colson… waking up and the guests gnawing away at the difference (60-49), at 27′. With Peters and Kanan, the Piraeus responded and went to +17 for the first time (67-50). However, in the last two minutes Barzoka’s players relaxed and Blatt and Webb made it 69-57 in the third period.

With Kanan starting “hot”, Olympiacos went on a 9-0 run at the beginning of the fourth quarter, pushing the difference to +21 (78-57), at 33′. The “red and white” were in control and with a three-pointer by Larentzakis, they were at +20 (81-61), until the 35th minute. In the final minutes, the match became very loose, with Baldwin keeping Maccabi on the offensive but not threatening Giorgos Bartzokas’ team, which cruised to an emphatic 89-72 victory.

The quarters: 26-18, 42-36, 69-57, 89-72

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here