Olympiacos subdued Panathinaikos with a “steel” defense and won the third championship in a row!

Subdue him Panathinaikos in SEF and lifted the title of A1 Women’s basketball o Olympic!

With defense for… seminar throughout the fifth and final final, the “red and whites” dominated from the very start of the match, winning by scores 61-45 of Panathinaikosthus winning the third consecutive championship and eighth in their history!

From the beginning to the end of the derby, Thanos Nikla’s girls had the upper hand in the score, even reaching +21 at the beginning of the fourth and final period.

The first scorer for the winners was Williams with 16 points and 4 steals, while closely followed by Carlafti (9 p., 3/4 sq.), but also n Tobin (8p., 10p.).

For Eleni Kapogianni’s team, who “paid” her miss (16/53 from the field), but also the many mistakes – 21 in total – stood out Alain with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

The match:

Due to the importance of the match and the good defenses of both teams, the start of the match wasn quite nervous with many on either side mistakes and missed shots. With Alien and Jones finding their way to the opposing basket, o Panathinaikos preceded by 6-5 in the 4th minute. Somewhere in there, his defense Olympiakou he raised “speeds” vertically, as a result of which he kept the “greens” at zero for the rest of the quarter. This resulted in the “red and white” running one 8-0 run the rest of the period by Williams, Nikolopoulou and Christinaki, with the hosts closing the quarter with a double score for 12-6.

In fact, the excellent defense of Olympiakos continued in the second period, with the girls of Thanos Niklas leading Panathinaikos in hasty shots and many mistakes (11 min. at halftime). A blow for Olympiakos, the serious one Nikolopoulou’s injury in the left knee at the beginning of the quarter. With Diela’s first accurate three-pointer of the game and Williams’ two-pointer shortly after, the “red and whites” went for the first time at +11 (17-6) at 13′. Panathinaikos broke the deadlock after almost 9.5 game minutes, finding a score with Cvitkovic, who with five collected points reduced to 19-11 at 15′.

However, Olympiakos’ response was immediate, making it 22-11 with a three-pointer by Karlafti, before Tobin and Jasmine Jones increased the difference to +14, with the “red and whites” closing the first half ahead 27-14.

The scene was similar in third quarter as at the beginning of the match, as, the first three minutes went scoreless, with mistakes and missed shots. The one that found the target for the first time was the team of Panathinaikos with a very nice cooperation Stamolambrau-Alain for the latter’s basket, while a little later, the leader of the “greens”, with a three-pointer, reduced to 29-19 at 24′.

Somewhere there, however, Olympic reacted and with Tobin’s dominance in both rackets, but also Kollatou’s big three-pointer, the “red and whites” increased the difference for the first time at +16 for 38-22 in the 28th minute. Alain and Pavlopoulou took advantage of the relaxation of the hosts in the final and with easy points they reduced to 39-26 of the quarter.

In fourth and final period, the Piraeus women entered determined to “clean up” the case of victory and title! With the defense working to… perfection and the Sapphire Karlafti scoring two big three-pointers in a row, Olympiacos shot the difference to +19 for 45-26 at 31′! In fact, a little later, with two shots by Tobin, the home team even went up to +21 (47-26) in the 33rd minute, showing that they were “locking” the title!

Despite all this, Panathinaikos did not give up, on the contrary, it made its desperate attempt to return. With the three-pointers of Stamolambros and Alexandris, as well as the baskets of Sotiriou and Alain, the “greens” ran a partial score 13-2 over the next 4 minutes, decreasing to 49-39 at 36′.

However, her five straight points Williamsaggressively “unstuck” Olympiakos (54-39), which in the last minutes managed its lead excellently, which it already extended in the final through the shots, taking the victory and the title with a score of 61-45!

The quarters:12-6, 27-14, 39-26, 61-45.

See here the statistics of the match.