Relaxed situation for Olympiakos in Rhodes with anxiety for Petrusev!

Without being particularly concerned except for the first quarter, o Olympic it passed like a… siphon from Rhodes, crashing 100-66 him Colossusfor the 5th matchday of the Top 6 of the Stoiximan Basket League.

Only in the first quarter did the “red and white” meet resistance, who had a very good day outside of 6.75m, making 16/31 three-pointers! It was a “black spot” for the Piraeus team the injury of Philip Petrusev halfway through the second period.

Leading for the Piraeus was Alec Peters with 20 points and 7 assists, while a double-double was done by Moses Wright with 16 p. and 12 rebounds.

Among the Rhodians, he stood out Andrew Goudlock with 16 points.

Pointless game, as both knew their opponents in the Playoffs. Olympiacos will face her AEK Betsson (15/5), while the Colossus the Pigeon bwin (5/15).

The match

Kolossos started with Brajkovic, Utomi, Billy, Goudlock and Kolovero, while on the other hand Olympiacos started with Wright, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Williams-Goss. The Rhodesians were more hungry at the beginning, entering with a 5-0 run, with the “red and whites” reacting with Peters and Wright, but Goudlock maintaining the difference (14-9), until the 6th minute. Then, the Piraeus turned up the heat and with Papanikolaou-Kanan initially went on a 6-0 run for the lead (14-15), while with Wright and Peters they closed the first period at +4 (19-23).

With the same… speed, Olympiacos entered the second period as well, where with McKissick and Petrusef they went on a 10-0 run, for +14 (19-33), in the first three minutes. Kolossos improved offensively, with the “red and white” maintaining their distance (29-43), until 17′. With the entrance of Brajkovic and Goudlock on the floor, the Rhodesians dropped the difference to single digits (37-45), but with Peters’ buzzer beater three-pointer, the Piraeus went to the locker room with +11 (37-48).

Explosive start from Olympiakos in the second half with consecutive three-pointers from Peters, Papanikolaou and Kanan and Wright’s nails, taking the difference to +26 (40-66), in the first four minutes. Brajkovic and Sitou aggressively kept the Colossus, but the “red and whites” continued in the same frenetic pace and led by Wright and Peters went to +31 (46-77), closing the third period at the same distance +31 (48-79).

With the three-pointers of Lountzis and Tanoulis, Olympiacos reached +32 (50-82), in the first minutes of the fourth period. Then, the “red and white” turned… and Kolossos dropped the difference (60-87), with the match in the last minutes being very free and Giorgos Bartzokas’ team taking the victory with the final 66-100.

The quarters: 19-23, 37-48, 48-79, 66-100

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here