For over 30 minutes o Olympic the… he found it dark against combat Carditsahowever in the end, they “spoke”. Luntzis and Wrightwith the Piraeus doing – even if it was difficult – their duty, winning me score 85-73 for the 21st matchday of the Stoiximan Basket League.
The “red and white”, who fought without them Walkup and Williams-Goss for reasons of discharge since they came from an injury, he appeared…empty in the spiritual and physical limb of the race after and the great effort on it Panathinaikou AKTOR last Thursday, which was also reflected in his image on the floor.
Despite everything, he managed in the last period to press the “gas” as much as needed and reach his 19th victory in this year’s championship, remaining firmly in second place.
The first scorer for the winners was Luntzis (16 points, 3 assists), with the Lorentzakis (14p.), Wright (11p., 3r.) and Fal (9p., 5p., 4pl.) to follow in performance. Let’s remember how it follows “devil’s week” in the Euroleague for the team of Giorgos Bartzokas with the matches against Efes (away) and Villerban (inside).
For Karditsa, which fell to 6-15, the standouts were Buchanan and White with 18 and 13 points respectively.
The match:
THE Olympic started with Caanan, Mitrou-Long, Papanikolaou, Peters and Fal in his starting five, with Carditsa to start the match with Buchanan, McCallum, Camberidis, Mack and White. The ones who entered the match better were the guests, who, despite Fal’s start (3 points, 2 assists), took the lead with 10-6 in the first five minutesThanks to the Buchanan who scored 8 points in that time!
Buchanan’s impressive nailing in front of Papanikolaou seemed to “wake up” the “red and whites”, who turned up the pace with three three-pointers in a row from Papanikolaou and Mitrou-Longthey went ahead with 16-13 and a little later with 21-15 from another three-pointer by Luntzis in the 9th minute. The visitors, however, fought back in the final minute and with a quick 4-0 run and Buchanan’s buzzer beater two-pointer, reduced at 21-19 of the quarter.
Karditsa continued her impressive appearance in her early years second period, still giving Olympiacos a hard time. With pressure and concentration on both ends of the floor, the visitors continued to lead the Piraeus in mistakes and bad choicesfinding baskets on the other side of the floor for a quick 7-0 run in their favor 21-26 at 12′! In fact, if we also count the end of the first quarter, their streak reached 11-0 in 4 minutes (from 21-15)!
It is indicative that the “red and white” scored their first field goal at 6:31′ before halftime, with the Thessalonians continuing at a high tempo and with a “gun” offensive rebounds (11 in the first half!), to find points from second chances, steadily maintaining the lead! With Lorentzakis and Petrushev to aggressively “dislodge” Olympiakos – with 9 and 8 points respectively -, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team tied the game at 32-32 and shortly after took the lead (37-36) at 18′, before Karditsa went on a 5-2 run in the last minute, going to locker room with the lead (39-41) in the SEF!
The scene was similar in third period, with the team of Nikos Papanikolopoulos continuing the… high flights, looking at Olympiacos, who could not find a rhythm and build a streak and psychology. It is indicative that with Fal, Mitrou-Long’s two-pointer and Kaanan’s three-pointer, the “red and white” went ahead with 46-45 at 23′, with Karditsa responding immediately and with a partial score of 7-2, once again taking the upper hand in the score for the 52-48 a minute later, while with a step back three-pointer by Mak at the end of an attack, he went to 51-55 at 25′!
From that point on, Olympiacos improved its image in defense and attack, keeping its opponent to two points until the final! With their protagonists Luntzi and Peters who had 5 and 4 points respectively in the last minutes, the Piraeus gradually turned the game around, closing the third quarter in front with +5 for 62-57.
By stealing it Buchanan and goal-foul by the American guard for 62-60, the fourth and final period. However, Olympiacos was determined not to get involved in any more adventures, stepping on the gas in the remaining minutes. With their absolute protagonists Luntzi and Wrightwith the first having 8 points and the second 9 (all the points of Piraeus up to that point), the “red and white” shot the difference at +14 for 79-66 at 37′!
Somehow, Olympiacos brought the match to their own devices, with Giorgos Bartzokas’ team managing the difference in their favor until the final, reaching victory with final score 85-73.
The quarters: 21-19, 39-41, 62-57, 85-73.
See here the statistics of the match.
See how the match unfolded.
Source: Sport Fm
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