The match
Giorgos Bartzokas started the game with Walkup, Luntzis, Brazdeikis, Peters and Fall, who left Kanaan out for rotation reasons and did not have McKissick available, while Vetoulas, in his debut on the Amarousi bench, chose Hill, Kosey , Yiannopoulos, Juston and Radulitsa for his starting five.
The game started with Walkup scoring for three and Yiannopoulos immediately answering for 3-3. Marousi took its first lead (5-6), this time on a 3-pointer by Kosey, while Fal got in front of Radulica, drawing the foul as well, but missed the shot for 7-6. Radulitsa with four consecutive points put the visitors ahead 7-10, Peters hit a three-pointer for 10-12, while Wright went on the floor and gave Olympiakos solutions, scoring four consecutive points for 14-14. However, the home side did not look good defensively and never found a rhythm offensively in the first period, which ended with Maroussi leading 20-18!
The second period started with Petrussen putting…. A basket in his attempt to get a rebound, while the Maroussi continued to play with an elevated mentality, escaping for the first time with +7 (22-29), thanks to consecutive points by Woodard. At that point in the match, Bartzokas passed Williams-Goss on the floor, who gave Olympiacos many solutions offensively, reaching 11 personal points and tying the game at 33-33. Radulitsa also made it into double figures, putting Maroussi back in front, while Olympiacos went ahead 40-38, having greatly improved their defensive function and taking their first lead after 7-6 and the first minutes. Lerentzakis made it 43-38 with a three-pointer, while the first half ended with the “red and whites” leading 46-40.
Olympiacos built a double-digit lead for the first time in the match (55-45) at the beginning of the third period, thanks to Mitrou-Long, who was very active on both sides of the floor. while Yiannopoulos hit his third 3-pointer of the night to cut it to 60-53, but it was clear that Olympiacos had found a rhythm, with Papanikolaou scoring his first points to make it 67-55, while Williams-Goss had 16. before Hill made a 3-pointer to make it 72-59 in the third period.
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The quarters: 18-20, 46-40, 72-59, 93-87
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Source: Sport Fm
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