Olympiacos as he dreams of it George Bartzokas! The “red and white” made their best appearance since the start of the season and “swept” with a score 102-72 Aris in SEF, showing a much improved competitive face and getting psychological in view of the difficult sequel!
From the first quarter, the Piraeus they showed that they were in no mood to leave room for the “yellows”. Olympiacos entered the match very strongly and closed the first period with a 35-12 advantage, while by halftime the score had reached 57-31. From then on, the continuation was “procedural”, with Bartzoka to distribute the time to all his players, except him Philip Petrushevwho rested due to the infection he faced.
The first scorer of the match was with 23 points o Moses Wrightwhile 22 points were scored by Sasha Vezenkov. Excellent in his first “full” game o Mustafa Falwho started as a starter and scored 9 points (4/4 from the field), 3 rebounds and 3 assists, but above all he “unlocked” Olympiakos offensively. 11 points for Evan Fournier and 10 for Tyler Dorsey.
From Mars, he stood out Landers Noley with 21 points, while 17 points and 6 assists had o David DeJulius. The “yellows”, who remained at 0-2 and have only one victory in an official match this season, were in trouble for another match.
For Olympiakos, a “devil’s week” follows Armani in SEF (15/10) and Effects in the City (18/10). Mars will host the Hapoel Jerusalem in “Alexandrio” for the Eurocup (16/10).
The match
Olympiacos started with a nail by Vezenkov, while for Ari Mantzoukas scored first with a three-pointer (2-3). Fal hit from close range (4-3) and then nailed it for 6-3. THE Fournier with a three-pointer he brought the red-and-whites to +6 (11-5), while the French center reached 6 points quickly with another nailing (13-5). Piraeus continued with Vezenkov, Papanikolaou and Wright in transition, escaping with +14 from very early on (19-5). Toliopoulos responded for Aris with a three-pointer (19-8), but Papanikolaou responded in the same way a little later (24-10). THE Wright he scored by taking the foul (28-12), while he did the same a little later for 31-12. Fournier and the American center scored to make it 35-12, which ended Olympiakos’ terrible first period.
In the second quarter o Toliopoulos reduced with a three-pointer (35-15) and Wright nailed impressively for 37-15. Dorsey made a three-pointer from the corner (40-15), with the Manjuka to answer with a long shot of his own to make it 42-20. Noley reduced under 20 with a shot from the corner (42-23), while Fal with a basket and a foul sent the difference very high again (47-23). Larentzakis scored 49-25 with shots DeJulius to reduce with a layup to 49-27. The first half ended with a score of 57-31 for the completely dominant Olympiakos.
At the beginning of the second half, o DeJulius scored five straight points after a 3-pointer by Fournier to make it 60-36. Noley cut even further (60-38), while Banks went to the line and wrote 60-40. THE Vezenkov took Fal’s assist and scored from close range (62-40), with Noley answering with a layup for 62-42. Aris tried to get a reaction and went on a short run with Giuseli and DeJulius for 64-47. THE Vezenkov responded with a personal 6-0 run to bring the lead back over 20 (70-47). The Bulgarian scored after an amazing ball movement, while Fournier made an awesome three-pointer for +29 of the home team (76-47). The third quarter ended with a score of 76-49.
In the last period, the DeJulius made a steal and layup for 78-53. Mitrou-Long with shots and Dorsey with a three-pointer brought Olympiacos to 83-55, while Wright wrote the first +30 with two shots (86-56). Mitrou-Long also scored a three-pointer (91-58), with Hatzidakis responding with a goal foul and DeJulius with a layup for 91-63. The remaining minutes were procedural, with only interest in whether he will arrive Olympic the disaster. THE Wright he brought it closer with a hook (95-65), he also made a three-pointer with a board, while Mitrou-Long sealed the deal with a layup in transition (100-67).
The quarters: 35-12, 57-31, 76-49, 102-72
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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