Olympiacos left Ano Liosia with the “double”! His team Giorgos Bartzokas won harder than the final 96-77 shows AEK Betsson at the ‘Sunel Arena’ and went 4-1 in the Stoiximan GBL, now turning his attention to the derby with Panathinaikos for her Euroleague (08/11, 21:15). The Union keeps the effort, which fell to 2-3 in the standings.
After 11 minutes of absolute domination by the “red and white” (18-33), his team Dragan Sakota showed a reaction and started to “gnaw” the difference, taking advantage of the many mistakes of the guests. Somehow, at the beginning of the second part, he reached the tie (45-45) and gave new interest to the game.
From then on, the Piraeus started to get serious and regained the reins of the match, while in the fourth quarter they brought out all their quality on the floor with the protagonist Nikola Milutinovwho gave a “recital” during this time and helped Olympiacos to build this great difference.
The Serbian center scored 17 points (13 in the last quarter) and collected 6 rebounds. He had 18 points Sasha Vezenkov15 o Tyler Dorsey and 14 o Evan Fournier. From the hosts, another “class” was Mindaugas Kuzminskaswho scored 25 points, while CJ Bryce and Grant Golden scored 14 each.
The match
Olympiacos scored first with a layup Vezenkovwhile Golde tied the score at 2-2 with shots. Fournier found a target on a floater (2-4) before striking out two for 2-6. Golden hit again with a hook (4-6), with Peters going to the line for 4-8. Hale in turn made two shots (6-8), with Vezenkov making two consecutive near-identical baskets for 6-12. Bryce hit from mid-range, with Fal responding with a nail for 8-14. THE Golden fell short (10-14), but Olympiacos with consecutive assists from Fal and baskets from Vezenkov and Fournier reached 12-19. Walkup hit a three-pointer in transition for the first double-digit lead of the game (12-22), with Milutinov to score in the home team’s basket for 12-24. The first period ended 16-26 with a terrible 3-pointer by Bryce just ahead of the center.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Kuzminskas and Dorsey they exchanged baskets for 18-28. Milutinov hooked and Dorsey three-pointed from the top, with the difference jumping to +15 for Olympiakos (18-33). Kuzminskas and CJ Bryce provided solutions for the Union (22-33), with the American guard scoring for three and reducing it to 6 (27-33). Hale with a difficult two-pointer brought it even closer AEK (29-33), with Goss giving Olympiacos a “breather” with a foul goal (29-36). He scored again with a nice layup (29-38), though Kuzminskas and Hale (three points) brought the hosts closer again (34-40). Fournier answered from the corner (34-43), with the Olympic to make consecutive mistakes and the “yellow and black” to get closer with Hale and Kuzminskas (38-43). The Lithuanian forward hit a 3-pointer and the half ended 41-45.
At the start of the second half, Golden and Gray tied at 45-45 for AEK. Walkup gave a solution to Olympiakos with a three-pointer (45-48), while Fournier scored a floater for 45-50. The Frenchman created for Fal’s nailing (45-52), with AEK breaking this short streak with one shot from Golden (46-52). Peters put shots and o Grey scored after a triple attempt (48-54), with Fournier writing with a layup at 50-57. THE Kuzminskas scored back-to-back points to cut it (54-59), with Wright hitting a foul shot to make it 54-62. The third period ended 56-64 in favor of Olympiakos.
In the fourth quarter, Vezenkov made an important three-pointer and o Peters scored with a layup for 58-69. The Bulgarian forward hit a shot from a technical penalty on Sakota (58-70), with Milutinov making it 58-72 with a layup. Skordilis reduced with a pin (60-72) and Bryce made two shots for 62-74. The terrible one Milutinov hit a foul shot (62-77), with Golden cutting it to 64-77. THE Kuzminskas reached 20 points to cut the lead to 67-78, but Dorsey hit a stunt foul to make it 67-81. Hamp responded with a three-pointer (70-81) and Gosh went to the line for 70-81. Kuzminskas and Dorsey traded easy baskets (72-83), with Bryce cutting the lead to single digits (74-83) with shots. Milutinov with consecutive points ended the match (74-89) for Olympiacos, with the remaining minutes being procedural.
The quarters: 16-26, 41-45, 56-64, 77-96
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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