“Freeze” the… hell of Belgrade o Olympic!
Despite the fact that they were still found and at -14 (52-38)with a terrible fourth quarter the “red and whites” pulled off the upset and won 74-69 her They were partisans!
Great protagonists are Williams-Goss, Walkup, and Papanicolaou for Piraeus, as they started the counterattack for 12-0 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, which “disappeared” the -13 (59-46) of the third.
In the 20-12 now his team Giorgos Bartzokaswho lives near the quad, while on the other hand, his Zeljko Obradovic yielded to 14-18 and remains in… anxiety about entering the Play-Ins.
THE Nigel Williams-Goss he was also a leader for Olympiakos with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals. Another 13p. added the Kostas Papanikolaouwhile o Thomas Walkup had 11 p.
From They were partisanswho grabbed 18 offensive rebounds, stood out Kevin Pander with 19 points.
The match
Olympiacos started with Fal, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap. The match was close in the first four minutes (7-9), with the “red and whites” then “paying” for the many lost defensive rebounds and Partizan escaped to +7 (20-11) with Pader and Kaminski, in the 8 ‘. In the last two minutes, the Piraeus tightened up more defensively, took the rebounds and with Fal, Papanikolaou and Williams-Goss reduced the difference at the end of the first period, with individual scores of 2-6 (22-17).
With an overall good defense and ahead of Williams-Goss with his steals, Olympiacos got closer to the basket (25-23), at the beginning of the second quarter. Partizan responded with a three-pointer by Smilejic (28-23), with the “red and whites” continuing their good defense, forcing the home team to make unanswered mistakes and equalizing (28-28) at 17′. The home team responded with a 5-0 run by Dozier and Kaminski, with McKissic making it three points (33-30) in the 19th minute. However, the Piraeus made a tragic finale, as after a foul for shots won by Ponitka from Larentzakis, McKissick continued the phase and was charged with unsportsmanlike conduct, as a result of which the Serbians found a 6-0 run for +10 (40- 30) and Williams-Goss to reduce it in the end to 40-32.
With Kampoklos doing a lot of “damage” with his offensive rebounds, Partizan escaped again to +10 (46-36), at the beginning of the second half. The “red and whites” continued the bad choices in the attack, remaining scoreless, with the home team escaping even at +14 (52-38), in the 26th minute. Then, the tempo of the match picked up with Kanan and Williams-Goss finding three-pointers and reducing the difference (54-44), but thanks to the “hot” Pader the home team closed the third period at +13 (59-46) .
Olympiacos started the fourth period with terrible defenses and excellent Wokapp, Papanikolaou and Williams-Goss, going on a 12-0 run and falling within a point (59-58) in the first four minutes. With Ponitka’s basket, Partizan broke the… pomegranate, with the “red and whites” responding with a 6-0 of their own with Papanikolaou as the protagonist for +3 (61-64), in the 36th minute. The home team responded with Pander for the lead (65-64), with Walkup and Larentzakis reacting for +8 (65-68), with Kaminski equalizing (69-69), 45 minutes before the end . Fal’s nailer gave the Piraeus team the lead again, with the hosts missing and Williams-Goss making 2/2 shots, for +4 (69-73), at 13.4”. Pander missed a 3-pointer, with Fal going 1/2 from the line to make the final 69-74!
The quarters: 22-17, 40-32, 59-46, 69-74
See the match statistics here
Watch the film of the match here
Source: Sport Fm
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