Legendary defense, legendary performance in the SEF furnace by Olympic!
With speed gained from the great victory over Real Madrid two nights ago, the “red and whites” took it a step further in defense and attack, and with a complete display for 40 minutes, they subdued the previous leader of the standings, Barcelonawith the impressive 95-74for the 7th matchday of the Euroleague!
Unfolding on the floor all their virtues in the defensive part, the Piraeus kept very low the 2nd best attack of this year’s competition (87.7 points), completing the second in the most ideal way “devil’s week” of the season and rising at 4-3!
Distinguished many, since a total of five players achieved double-digit points! The first scorer was Evan Fournier with 19 points, with Sasha Vezenkov to put 18, them Milutinov and Dorsey from 12 and on McKissick 10 points, in a night where the “red and whites” found a lot of three-pointers in the second half, closing the match with a good 36.7% (11/20tr.).
For the “blaugrana”, who suffered it their first loss after five straight pink cards in the event, only o was saved Kevin Pander with 18 points.
The match:
The beginning of the match was quite balanced, with Olympic to start the match with Walkup, Fournier, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Milutinov in his starting five. With Parker and Pander scoring 4 points apiece, Barcelona led 8-4 in the 3rd minute, with Vezenkov then answering with five points of his own to make it 9-11 in the 5th minute. His entrance McKissick and a little later his Wrightthey skyrocketed the energy of Olympiakos, giving it necessary toughness in defense. With the American guard scoring 6 points and the second four, the “red and whites” managed to close the first quarter at +4 and 21-17, allowing just one field goal in the final 5.5 minutes. With four steals in the period, Piraeus got a very good point in defense, with the only “wound” being their 7 mistakes.
Moses Wright dunks in front of Chimezie Metu!??@Olympiacos_BC #FlightTime I @TurkishAirlines pic.twitter.com/AOxKcLTogG
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The second quarter it started with tonight’s excellent McKissick getting a field goal to make it 24-17. Satoranski and Brithuela offensively “unstuck” the “blaugrana” (25-22), with the hosts responding with Peters’ three-pointer and Milutinov’s two-pointer for 30-22 in the 14th minute. Anderson and Hernangometh reduced the score again for the Catalans (30-26), who, however, had quite a hard time connecting with the opponent’s basket, thanks to the very good “red and white” defense. In the last four minutes of the half, his… star shone Tyler Dorsey, who with eight personal points helped Olympiacos reach even at +11 (39-28) in 18′, before writing with buzzer beater three-pointer to make it 44-36 of the second period in the midst of apotheosis at SEF!
Tyler Dorsey, ilk yar?n?n skorunu siktigen uclugu at?yor ??
Olympiakos 44-36 Barcelona pic.twitter.com/nIbS0hxm8J
— Euroleague Time (@euroleague_time) October 31, 2024
Its beginning third period “marked” by the many missed shots and the accumulated mistakes of the two teams. It is indicative that Barcelona scored first 2.5 minutes after the start of the quarter, with Olympiacos finding its first basket for the 46-38 with Fournier at 3:33′! Nevertheless, the difference increased, as the defensive plan continued to work to perfection and bear fruit. With the French guard/forward coming forward and leading the attack, succeeding ten collected points (2 three-pointers)the team of Giorgos Bartzokas shot the difference to +14 (56-42), only for Papanikolaou to arrive a little later and with a shot from behind from 6.75m. to do 59-44 at 27′! From that point until the end of the period, the two teams traded shots and baskets, with Vezenkov and Gos holding the lead for the Piraeus, who ended the quarter. at +15 and 65-50!
La claquette dunk d’Evan Fournier! ??@Olympiacos_BC x @EuroLeague #SKWEEKLive pic.twitter.com/fL8UcF7CGj
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Taking the necessary… fuel they needed from the platform, but also the instructions of coach Barzokas of course, the “red and white” did not lose their concentration for a moment, showing tremendous devotion in their defensive plan, which they faithfully followed in fourth and final period. With Sasha Vezenkov setting the SEF on fire with two shots and then a big 3-pointer, the hosts blew the lead at +20 for 70-50 at 32′! Barcelona after an hour managed to find consecutive baskets, with Anderson and Parker reducing in 70-55 a minute later. The response of the Piraeus was immediate, since with the basket of Fal and the two three-pointers of Walkap, the difference went at +21 for 79-58 at 36′!
Somewhere in there, with everything decided, the pace of the game opened up a lot from both teams. Dorsey and Fournier they also connected with the opponent’s basket behind the 6.75m. for the +25 (85-60)with Milutinov and the French scoring in bursts and in the last two minutes, with Olympiakos celebrating a very big and great victory with final 95-74!
The quarters: 21-17, 44-36, 65-50, 95-74.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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