The Fournier Effect: The terrible performances of the Frenchman in the five consecutive victories of Olympiakos!

Olympiacos went all-in in the summer with his transfer Evan Fournier and put an elite level player on his roster with the aim of raising his “stakes” even more in the battle for the conquest of Euroleague.

Of course, even a player with approx 150 million dollars to his account from wages at NBAhe needs time to adapt to such a new condition. The first five matches didn’t go so well for the French star, who felt “out of sorts”, as did his team, who only managed 2 wins during this time.

It is typical that in the first five games of this year’s Euroleague, those with Fener, Zalgiris, Armani, Bayern and Efesthe French international scored 9.8 points on average with just 43% on two-pointers, 36.8% on three-pointers and a “meager” presence in the other statistical categories (1.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists).

From that point on, however, everything changed. THE Fournier he began to find a rhythm and became its leader Olympiakou in the five matches that followed. His own competitive rise was also the main reason why the “red and whites” came out of these matches unscathed, even though they faced Real, Barcelona, ​​Villeurbanne within and Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv away from home!

In this Piraeus team’s undefeated streak, the former NBAer has clearly found himself and the numbers prove it. The mediocre averages mentioned above turned into terrible stats. In detail, in these five matches Fournier scored 18.2 points, 3 rebounds and 2.2 assists on average, with 58% on two-pointers and almost 42% on 3-pointers!

These “cold” numbers, of course, do not reflect the leadership role that the Frenchman assumed in the team. THE Olympic since last year he has been looking for the player who will take over the attacks and make the big shots when the… systems are taken down, with Fournier to do exactly that in the last matches, culminating of course with the incredible fourth period he did in the OAKA derby.