He remains on the road to the playoffs Olympic via Munich!
With a lasting counterattack in the fourth period by the duo Walkup-Petrushev and the Lorentzakis to “lock” the match with 2/2 shots in the last seconds, the “red and white” prevailed 76-72 her Bayerndefeating both Germans in the “devil’s week”!
In the 14-11 the Piraeus, while on the other hand the Bavarians retreated to 10-15.
Leading for Olympiakos o Walkup with 16 points and 8 assists, with Petrushev to add 14p., while a very good presence from Brazdeikis with 11 p.
From Bayern, they stood out Ibaka and Francisco with 18 points each.
The match
Olympiacos started with Wright, Peters, Brazdeikis, Kanan and Walkup. The “red and whites” were wrong in the first minutes, with Bayern leading (7-3). Piraeus responded with the very active Brazdeikis, who with consecutive baskets and fouls took them to +4 (9-13), in the 6th minute. Afterwards, the Bavarians reacted with Lucits and Francisco to overtake (14-13), however with a good defense and Williams-Goss and Peters in the attack, the team of Giorgos Bartzokas closed with a 5-0 streak and at +4 ( 14-18) in the first period.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Harris was an unsolvable… problem for Olympiakos’ front line, with Bayern making the turnaround (22-21) and maintaining their lead (27-26) until the 14th minute. The “red and whites” reacted with forward Papanikolaou on both sides of the floor and with a 5-0 run, for +4 (27-31), in the 17th minute. Afterwards, the match became one yours and… one mine, with the Piraeus team consistently at +4 (31-35), until the 18th minute. But, in the remaining time, the cheap mistakes blocked Barzoka’s players offensively and gave a surprise basket to Gifai, while with the three-pointer of Weiler-Bubb in the exhalation, the home team went to the locker room with +3 (38-35).
The beginning of the second half was bad offensively for Olympiakos, with Ibaka on the other hand coming in with no appetite and sending Bayern to +7 (44-37), at 23′. Then, the “red and white” responded with repeated defenses, dropping the pace and with baskets in the open court they reduced to three points (46-43), in the 26th minute. The home team’s reaction was a shot by Bolmaro, with Barzoka’s players securing the defensive rebound and with Walkap attacking, they went ahead (47-48), at 28′. With a basket and a foul by Francisco, the Bavarians went ahead (50-48), but the defense and Walkup and Petrusef sent the Piraeus to +3 (51-54) at the end of the third period.
With the Walkup-Petrushev duo continuing the same at the beginning of the fourth period, Olympiacos escaped to +9 (51-60), in the 32nd minute. Bayern’s answer came from Ibaka and Francisco, who brought the match to a point (59-60), in the 34th minute. Petrusev unstuck the Piraeus team, while the three-pointers of McKissick and Larentzakis sent them to +6 (62-68), in the 35th minute. Once again, Ibaka held the Bavarians and brought them close (67-70), in the 37th minute. With 2/2 shots from Petrusev, Barzoka’s team escaped to +5 (67-72), with Francisco reducing (69-72), in the 38th minute. Misses from Williams-Goss and Walkup followed, with Obst missing a 3-pointer and Petrusev making it 69-74, but Francisco’s 3-pointer tied the game (72-74) with 4.1 minutes to go. the expiration. At 3.7”, Larentzakis went 2/2 from the line and locked up the victory that came with the final 72-76!
The quarters: 14-18, 38-35, 51-54, 72-76
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Watch the film of the match here
Source: Sport Fm
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