Kanan and Peters took the first… step for Olympiakos against Peristeri bwin

For half an hour he endured it Pigeon bwin at SEF, with Olympic to pick up…speed in the second half and win 83-72in the first semifinal of the Stoiximan Basket League.

On an excellent day in shots outside 6.75m. the “red and white”, having 16/31 3-pointersbut a unique “thorn” the 21 errors.

Leading the Isaiah Kanan and Alec Peters with 22 points each, while o Nikola Milutinov approached the double-double with 14p. and 9 rebounds.

From his team Vasilis Spanoulisstood out Joe Ragland with 23 points, however the “black spot” was his injury Jermaine Lovehalfway through the third period.

Next match next Saturday (1/6) in “Andreas Papandreou”, with the series being judged on the two victories.

The match

The match had a good pace in the first five minutes, with the two teams tied at 9-9, thanks to Kanan of Olympiacos and Thompson of Peristeri bwin. Then, the guests took the lead with Lov (14-16), with the “red and white” answering with the “hot” outside the 6.75m. Peters also scored for +6 (22-16) and Kaselakis to make it 22-18 in the first period.

Love kept Peristeri bwin close (26-24) at the start of the second period, with Olympiakos reacting with Milutinov and Williams-Goss to go to +9 (33-24), which they held (37-28) , until 16′. Then, the easy mistakes of Barzoka’s players gave Ragland the opportunity to find a rhythm and with his own 6-0 to drop the difference (37-34), at 19′. Papanikolaou’s three-pointer “unstuck” the Piraeus, with Ragland leading 40-36 in the first half.

Peristeri bwin entered the second half strongly, falling to the basket (42-40) in the first two minutes, with Olympiakos reacting with Kanan for +7 (52-45), in the 25th minute. Williams temporarily reduced (52-47) for the home team, with the “red and white” making individual scores of 12-2 with Kanan and McKissick for +15 (64-49), in the 29th minute. In the final minute, nothing changed dramatically, except for a basket by Ragland to make it 64-51 in the third period.

With Ragland and Thompson, the bwin Pigeon cut the lead to single digits (67-60) at the start of the fourth period. Olympiakos’ answer came with good defense and back-to-back three-pointers from McKissick and Peters, with the difference going to +14 (78-64), at 36′. From that point on, the “red and whites” were in control and throwing… turns in the final minutes, they took the victory with the final 83-72.

The quarters: 22-18, 40-36, 64-51, 83-72

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here