Olympiacos passed… without a breath from Patras!

Despite the fatigue from the double week in the Euroleague, o Olympic dominated him Prometheus and defeated him comfortably 81-57in Patra.

Pluralism in attack from his team Giorgos Bartzokasby Moses Wright to make an excellent debut in the Stoiximan Basket League as a leader for Piraeus with 16 points and 6 rebounds.

Alec Peters added another 12p., o Philip Petrushev 11p. and Isaiah Canaan stopped at 10 p.m. He did not compete, although he was declared in the dozen o Nigel Williams-Gossto protect himself.

Among the Patrinos, he stood out Hunter Hale with 14 points and in fact he was the only one in double figures.

At 15-2 now Olympiacos, while on the other hand Prometheus retreated to 9-8.

The match

Prometheus started with Etsenike, Chrysikopoulos, Reynolds, Hale and Koniaris, while Olympiacos started with Wright, Peters, Brazdeikis, Kanan and Walkup. In the best start of the “red and white” (0-5), Patrinoi answered for their lead (6-5), in the first three minutes. Then, the Piraeus tightened defensively, forcing the hosts into many mistakes and running into the open field with Wright, Peters and Kanan escaped to +11 (8-19), in the 8th minute. The home team’s response was a 3-pointer by Reynolds, with Cannon’s shots sending Barzoka’s team up +10 (11-21) at the end of the first period.

With Petrusev’s shots, Olympiacos went to +12 (11-23) at the beginning of the second quarter, with Prometheus responding with the “hot” from the Hale area and reducing it to three points (22-25), at 13′. Then, the “red and white” took the reins of the match through their defense and with the hungry duo Mitrou-Long and Petrusev, they went to +12 again (27-39), in the 18th minute. In the remaining time, both made mistakes and were off target, with one shot by Etsenike making it 28-39 in the first half.

In the first two minutes of the second half, Olympiacos went to +12 (30-42), with Prometheus answering again with good defenses and the three-pointers of Cowan and Hale and with individual scores of 10-1 (40-43), until the 24th. Then, the Piraeus made repeated defenses with steals and with protagonists Walkap, Wright and Kanan escaped to +17 (42-59), in the 28th minute. A 3-pointer by Cowan was the response from the home team, with Wright sending Barzoka’s team up +18 (45-63) at the end of the third period.

Prometheus took advantage of Olympiakos’ laxity at the beginning of the fourth quarter, with Bazina and Reynolds reducing the difference (52-65) in the first four minutes. The “red and whites”… broke the deadlock with a three-pointer by Luntzis with the Patrinos from that point and then giving up the match. Thus, with Petrusev in front, the Piraeus went to +24 (55-79), in the 38th minute. Nothing changed in the final minutes, with Olympiakos winning the final 57-81.

The quarters: 11-21, 28-39, 45-63, 57-81

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here