Olympiacos was punished in stoppage time by Barcelona in SEF!

With his back to the… wall o Olympic!

The “red and white” were punished by the Barcelona with 2/3 shots by Parker, on a foul call referee Difala at 0.5” before the end of overtimeknowing defeat 82-80in SEF.

The “red and white” had the opportunity to get the pink card in regular time, after the draw (71-71) Laprovitolabut o Williams-Goss missed the exhalation.

From then on, his team Giorgos Bartzokas was at +3 (80-77), a minute before the end of overtime. A three-pointer followed Thomas Satoransky to equalize, with Williams-Goss missing a three-pointer on the next attack and the final score to be shaped by Parker’s shots.

Leading for Barcelona was Jan Vesely with 16 points, while from 13p. had the Thomas Satoransky, Willie Hernangometh and Jabari Parker.

From Olympiakos, he stood out Philip Petrushev with 18 p. and Moses Wright with 16 p.

Next match again at SEF on Maundy Thursday (2/5, 19:45)with the people of Piraeus now playing for their… lives.

The match

Olympiacos started with Fal, Sikma, Peters, Kanan and Walkap. Nervous and misguided start and with missed defensive rebounds from the “red and whites”, with Barcelona going 4-8, in the first five minutes. With the entry of Petrusev, Piraeus became effective and with a 5-0 run, they went ahead (9-8), maintaining their lead (13-11), until the 7th minute. However, in the final three minutes Barzoka’s men were again on target, with Parker leveling the score at 13-13 at the end of the first period.

With Hernangometh and Satoranski, Barcelona went to +3 (15-18) at the beginning of the second quarter, with Olympiakos answering with Wright and Larentzakis, for their own +3 (23-20), at 13′. Hernangomet brought the match to a tie (25-25), with the “red and white” responding with defenses and with Wright and Petrusev in the attack, making a 7-0 run, for +7 (32-25), at 16′. Then, the guests reacted with a 4-0 of their own (32-29), with the same duo (Wright-Petrushev) again giving solutions to the Piraeus, for +8 (37-29), until 19′. In the last seconds, the Catalans took the offensive rebound and with a three-pointer by Kalinic, they made it 37-32 in the first half.

Slow start from Olympiakos in the second half as well, with back-to-back three-pointers putting them ahead (37-38), in the first two minutes. Walkup temporarily gave the lead to the “red and whites” (40-38), with Parker and Kalinic sending the Catalans to +3 (40-43). The answer of Piraeus came with three-pointers from Walkup and Peters, for the overtake (48-45), in the 26th minute. However, in the last minutes the “blaugrana” continued to … shoot continuously with Laprovitola and Parker and with a total of 5/6 three-pointers in the third period, it ended at +6 (51-57).

With a 4-0 run, Olympiacos entered the fourth period, reducing to a basket (55-57), with Hernangomet reacting for Barcelona and +4 (57-61), at 33′. Petrusev responded for Piraeus and the lead (62-61), with Veseli putting the “blaugrana” in front of them and the Serb responding with big baskets together with Williams-Goss for +6 (69-63), in 38′. The visitors stayed in the match with consecutive three-pointers by Abrines, reducing to a basket (71-69), with 1:12” before the end. In the next attack, Walkup missed, with Satoranski doing the same, the Catalans taking the offensive rebound and with Laprovitola tying the game (71-71), at 7.6”. Williams-Goss missed the last attack and the match went to overtime.

Veseli and Satoranski kept Barcelona in front (73-75), with McKissick’s three-pointer giving Olympiakos the lead and Fal sending it to +3 (78-75), in the 43rd minute. Vesely reduced temporarily, with the French center making it 80-77, in the 44th minute. With a three-pointer by Satoranski, the Catalans tied the match (80-80), at 36.6”. Williams-Goss missed a three-pointer and was fouled (which the Piraeus team should have given), at 3.8”. At 0.5” Parker wins a foul from Petrusev on the three-pointer and making 2/3 made the final 80-82.

The quarters: 13-13, 37-32, 51-57, 71-71 et seq., 80-82 par.

See here the match statistics

Watch the film of the match here