He sweated, but he qualified for his final Stoiximan Super Cup Olympiacos is held in Rhodes!
The “red and white” found it dark against one Dovewho performed excellently throughout the second semi-final, but managed to find the solutions in the “final stretch” of the match, reaching the very difficult victory with 79-74 and ensuring their presence in tomorrow’s final (29/09, 20:30), where they will face Panathinaikos.
Top for the winners are Vezenkov (20p, 6/8 two-pointers, 2/3 three-pointers) and Petrushev (18 points, 9 rebounds), who were also the only double figures in the match for Giorgos Bartzokas’ team, while for Peristeri they stood out Coffee (19π) and Carberry (13p, 3/6 three-pointers, 7 assists).
The match:
With Walkup, Fournier (in his official debut with Olympiakos), Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Wright, the “red and white” started the semi-final, while Patton, Carbery, Papas, Poulianitis and Coffey were the starting five for Peristeri. The match started with the “red and white” looking for their footing and with Peristeri entering with 2/2 three-pointers from Carbery and Poulianitis, taking a 6-2 lead. With Patton having 7 points early, the Limniatis team led 17-11, but at that point Olympiacos reactedimproved on both ends of the floor and closed the first period on an 11-2 run, led by Vezenkov, who hit 10, and with Wright energizing the floor with blocks and rebounds. The first quarter ended with the “red and white” at +3 (22-19).
At the beginning of the second period Peristeri did continuous errors and Olympiacos took advantage of the opportunity, escaping with a double-digit margin for the first time (29-19) thanks to back-to-back points by Petrusev, with Piraeus’ run reaching 18-2, before a 3-pointer by Eddie for 29- 22. Dorsey’s 3-pointer made it 34-22, Carberry answered with a 3-pointer and a foul, while with another 3-pointer by Pope and a basket by Eddy, the Pigeons came close again. “shooting distance” (34-31). However, Olympiacos got back to +10 (41-31) with a 3-pointer by Peters and shots by Dorsey, while Patton reached 9 personal points, stealing and scoring with a layup for 41-34 in the first half.
The third period started with Peristeri getting closer to 43-41 thanks to Pope’s shots, Coffey’s basket and Carberry’s 3-pointer, while Wezenkov and Wright made it 47-41. Coffey scored 5 straight points, making it 10 in total, while Pope’s layup put Peristeri back in the lead (47-48), before Coffey hit another 3-pointer to make it 47-51. forced Bartzokas to call a hasty timeout. With the momentum, Peristeri went 9/9 from the field in the 3rd period, taking its biggest lead (49-57), and after a while it got back to +8 (53-61) with buzzer beater three-pointer by Poulianitis! The third quarter ended with Peristeri having prevailed with a partial score of 29-19 and leading 63-60, having 6/7 two-pointers and 4/4 three-pointers during the quarter!
Forced to pick up the pace in the 4th quarter, Olympiacos took a 67-65 lead with back-to-back points by Walkup and Vildosa made it 70-65 with another 3-pointer, with Carberry and Coffey, however, keeping Peristeri close to the score with important baskets . At that point in the match, Petrusev continued to give constant offensive solutions to the “red and whites”, putting his team at +5 (77-72), while with Peristeri running out of energy, Olympiacos finally managed to get the victory-qualification with 79-74.
The quarters: 22-19, 41-34, 60-63, 79-74
Detailed match statistics
Live of the match from sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
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