“Red and white” triumph in the eternal SEF derby with … Wright’s signature!

With wide… wide his signature Moses Wright The Olympic defeated 71-65 him Panathinaikos AKTORin SEF and making 2/2 in the “eternal” derby in Euroleague he also has the upper hand in the draw!

In the 18-11 now both “eternal”, with the “red and white” energetically entering the “battle” for the top four.

The American center of Piraeus was by far the leader with 19 points, while another 11p. added the Alec Peters.

From the “greens”, who had 18 mistakes and just 9 assistsstood out Kendrick Nunn with 17 points, but also 7 mistakes, while a very good performance from Dino Mitoglou with 11 p. and 16 rebounds.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap, while on the other hand Panathinaikos AKTOR started with Balcherovski, Mitoglou, Grigonis, Nan and Grant. Very nervous start from both, with mistakes and the score at 2-2 in the first three minutes. With Mitoglou and Balcherovski the “greens” went to +5 (2-7), with Peters and Kanan collecting it (7-9), at 6′. From that point on, Piraeus continued to make bad choices in the attack and were tragically misguided, with the “clover” on the other hand taking advantage of offensive rebounds and with Nan’s three-pointers escaping to +10 (7-17) , with which he also closed the first period.

With more energy in defense, Olympiacos entered the second quarter, where by making back-to-back steals, they found baskets in the open court and with Wright as the protagonist, reduced the score to a point (18-19), in the first three minutes. Panathinaikos reacted with Lesor’s forward and escaped to +6 (20-26), with Wright answering for the “red and whites” and reducing to a basket (24-26), at 17′. The guests took a “breather” with Slukas going back to +5 (25-30), however in the last two minutes the Piraeus responded with three pointers from Papanikolaou and Brazdeikis, with the score in the first half tied at 33-33.

Nervousness and several mistakes from both of them in the first two minutes of the second half, with Peters giving the lead (35-33) to Olympiakos. However, the continuation belonged to Bartzoka’s team. Through her excellent defense, she completely “blocked” Panathinaikos’ attack, with Ataman’s players making countless mistakes and bad choices in attack. On the other hand, Fall ensured the rebounds defensively and offensively and with three-pointers by Peters and Papanikolaou the difference initially escaped to +10 (45-35), while Williams-Goss even sent it to +11 (47-36). in the 26th minute. In the following minutes, the match became tough and the tempo dropped, with the Piraeus insisting wrongly from the perimeter, with Lessor initially reducing the difference to single digits (47-38) and Nan’s three-pointer and foul reducing it even more (48-42), at the end of the third period.

With the “hot” Nan, Panathinaikos went on a 5-0 run in the fourth quarter, getting closer to the point (49-48). McKissick scored Olympiakos’ first basket (51-48) and by raising the pressure again on his defense with McKissick and Petrusev, he escaped to +6 (55-49), in the 34th minute. With a basket and a foul by Slukas, the “greens” reacted, with Wright giving new “breath” to the Piraeus, for +5 (57-52), in the 35th minute. Afterwards, the derby became one yours and one mine, with Mitoglou reducing the basket (61-59), in the 37th minute. This was followed by repeated wrong choices outside of 6.75m. from the guests, with Wright and Williams-Goss sending the “red and whites”, to +6 (65-59), in the 39th minute. Mitoglou’s 1/2 shots followed and Wright made it 67-60 with 30 minutes to go. Lessor lowered and Walkup went 2/2 from the shooting line (69-62), at 16.2”. A 3-pointer by Grigonis followed, with Papanikolaou from the line making the final 71-65.

The quarters: 7-17, 33-33, 48-42, 71-65

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here