OAKA continued and Olympiacos is one win away from the championship!

“Red and white” and the SEF derby!

Kanan’s outburst in the third period … caught him off guard Olympicwho took a solid margin and prevailed 92-86 of Panathinaikou AKTORnow one win away from winning the championship!

In another derby he had a lot of nerves, with Ergin Ataman to be eliminated, at 38.5” before the end.

A leader for his team Giorgos Bartzokas was the Williams-Goss with 19 points, while o Milutinov added 17p. and 9 rebounds. THE They didwho started the counterattack, finished the derby with 16p.

From the “greens”, he stood out Lessor with 21 points and 9 rebounds.

The third final will take place next week Monday (10/6, 21:15)in OAKA.

The match

Olympiacos started with Milutinov, Peters, Papanikolaou, Kanan and Walkap, while Panathinaikos AKTOR started with Balcherovski, Hernangometh, Papapetrou, Nan and Sluka. The derby had a very good pace early on with the two teams being close and the “greens” thanks to three points having a small lead (12-15) in the first five minutes. With Lesor entering the court, the “greens” found solutions inside the racket as well, going to +5 (14-19), in the 7th minute. Williams-Goss “unstuck” the “red and white” temporarily, but Slukas responded for +7 (17-24), in the 9th minute. In the remaining time, the hosts took out defenses and with Goss they reduced to three points (21-24), at the end of the first period.

They both started with tougher defenses in the second quarter, with the “greens” maintaining the lead and Olympiakos reducing it to a point (26-27), in the first three minutes. Then, Mitoglou and Grigonis gave solutions to Panathinaikos and Panathinaikos escaped to +8 (28-36), in the 16th minute. The “red and whites” reacted through their defense and with baskets in the open court by Williams-Goss, McKissick and Milutinov, making a 10-0 run, for the lead (38-36), at 18′. In the last two minutes, the defenses spoke again except for a three-pointer by Grigonis that made it 38-39 in the first half.

With more energy, Olympiacos entered the second half, where with a “weapon” of offensive rebounds and a personal crescendo from Kanan, they made partial scores of 12-4 and went to +7 (50-43), in the first three minutes. Panathinaikos continued to make mistakes with the “red and whites” gaining complete control of the derby and putting Papanikolaou and Walkap in the offensive equation, they escaped to +14 (60-46), in the 26th minute. In the following minutes, it was the turn of the Piraeus to make mistakes, losing their rhythm in the attack, while with the return of Sluka and Grand, the “greens” found solutions in the attack, dropping the difference to a single digit value (62-55). , at the end of the third period.

Olympiacos started the fourth period with a 4-0 run, escaping again to +11 (66-55), in the first minute. The pace of the match remained high, with the “red and whites” thanks to Williams-Goss and Milutinov maintaining their double-digit difference, going to +12 (74-62), at 33′. Then, the “greens” made a reaction with Grant, Nunn and Lessor, dropping the difference again to a single digit value (76-70), in the 35th minute. Kanan gave a “breather” to the Piraeus, with the “clover” responding with Lessor (79-74) and consecutive three-pointers from Kanan and Williams-Gos for +9 (85-76), in the 38th minute. The French center reduced again (85-78), with both teams failing in successive attacks, where at 38.2” before the end after a “cockfight” between Kanan and Sluka, technical penalties were given (Ataman was sent off) and the Piraeus went to +10 (88-78), taking the victory with the final 92-86.

The quarters: 21-24, 38-39, 62-55, 92-86

See the match statistics here

Watch the film of the match here