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Olympiacos made a stop in St. Petersburg

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Without a victory away from SEF was left Olympic.

The “red and whites” appeared inferior to the circumstances in St. Petersburg, resulting in defeat 84-78 from the Zenith and retreat to 6-3.

Only in the third period did Bartzokas’ players play defense, as they received only 9 points from the Russians. However, three more Piraeus conceded a total of 75 points.

The first scorer of Olympiacos was Woocap with 17 points, with them Sluka and Fal to have from 13p. and the Dorsey 11Ï€.

From Zenit, where she also went to 6-3, great “damage” was done by Frankamp with 16 points (all in the first half), with Baron to have 14p. and the Lloyd and Kuzminskas from 12 p.m.

The match

Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. Lloyd and Frankamp created problems in the “red and white” defense in the first minutes and so Zenit led 10-4. The answer of the team of Piraeus came from Wokap for the equalizer (12-12), with Frankamp reacting and sending the difference to +8 (20-12), in 7 ‘. Then, Piraeus took out defenses and with the shots from the periphery made an 8-0 (20-20), but in the end they relaxed, with Sakharov’s three-pointer making it 25-22 of the first period.

Olympiakos’ mistakes gave Zenit a 4-0 run for +7 (29-22) at the beginning of the second half. Larentzakis and Sloukas initially attacked the “red and whites” aggressively, while then Martin entered the equation. But, the defense did not show the same consistency, with Frankamp and Kuzminskas doing “damage” and sending the hosts to +9 (43-34), in 16 ‘. The reaction of Piraeus came with Sloukas and Fal for -4 (43-39), however… there was no antidote to Frankamp and so the Russians were kept firmly ahead, with McKissick nailing at the end to make 49-43 of the first half time.

Despite his very good defenses at the beginning of the second half, Olympiakos did not find an offensive rhythm and so the difference remained at the same level (53-47), until 25 ‘. In fact, with a three-pointer by Ponitkas, Zenit escaped at +7 (58-51). However, from that point on, the defense of Bartzokas’s players almost reached the… perfect, with the third ten minutes ending with a “red and white” series 6-0 (58-57), with the failure costing the overtaking, as several opportunities were missed for this.

At the beginning of the fourth period, Fal gave the lead to Olympiakos (58-59), however the consecutive lost defensive rebounds gave Baron the opportunity to send Zenit to +8 (67-59), in 33 ‘. From that point on, the Russians were in complete control with Lloyd, with the “red and whites” being held aggressively mainly by Jean-Charles and Slouka, but their defense had gone… walk and so they lost with the final 84-78 .

MVP: The specific prize is divided into two.. The first to get it is Connor Frankamp, ​​who with 16 points made the defense of Olympiacos in the first half. In the second, the most valuable for Zenit was Jordan Lloyd, who held the Russians aggressively and kept them firmly in front.

The number that made the difference: This year, Olympiakos receives an average of 70.3 points in its defense. Thus, fatally the number that made the difference was 84p. who accepted.

The ten minutes: 25-22, 49-43, 58-57, 84-78

Zenit-Olympiacos 84-78

Zenit-Olympiacos 84-78

See here the film of the match

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