Walkap and Lorentzakis saved Olympiakos from Peristeri!

He saw everything, but Olympiacos was spared! His team Giorgos Bartzokas he found them “dark” against the amazing Dove and “flirted” with her second defeat in the championship, but finally survived in the end and got the pink card with a score 84-78moving to 7-1 in the Stoiximan GBL. The guests fell to 3-5, but they showed an excellent competitive face.

Piraeus entered the match sluggishly and Peristeri took advantage of it to escape with +14 (25-39), having in an incredible situation the Jarrell Eddy. The hosts managed to get back into the match, but every time Giorgos Limniatis’ team found a way to escape again. The final counterattack of Olympiakos came in the last period, when o Thomas Walkup and the Giannoulis Larentzakis they scored 17 straight points and turned a 67-69 lead into an 82-78 game.

The first scorer of the winners was Sasha Vezenkov with 23 points, but the aforementioned two, Walkup and Lorentzakishad 13 points each and determined the outcome of the game. From Peristeri, Jarrell Eddy had a legendary match with 31 points and 7/11 three-pointers, while a good performance with 8 points and 3 rebounds was also Neokles Avdalas.

In the 9th game o Olympic will play in Rhodes against Kolossos (8/12 at 17:15), while the Dove will welcome AEK (7/12 at 20:15). For the “red and white” the “devil’s week” will be preceded by Monaco away from home and Paris at home.

The match

Peristeri entered the match very strongly and took advantage of its passivity Olympiakou on defense to take an early 10-16 lead, with their protagonists Vangeli Zougri and Jarrell Eddy. The “red and whites” looked tired at the start and the visitors continued their impressive presence, reaching +10 (14-24) with long three-pointers from Eddy and Poulianitis. The first period ended with a score of 20-27 and Peristeri being noticeably superior.

The same situation continued in the second quarter. Olympiacos tried to get closer with a three-pointer by Larentzakis (25-31), but Carberry and Avdala scored consecutive baskets and the team from the western suburbs escaped for the first time with +14 (25-39). Nevertheless, somewhere there came the expected reaction from the team of Giorgos Bartzokas. The Piraeus led by Nigel Williams-Goss and Naz Mitrou-Long closed the half with an 11-0 individual score, bringing the match to a point (43-44) before the break.

Although Olympiacos was expected to continue the good period with which they finished the first part, Peristeri had a different opinion. The group of Limniatis with his recital Jarrell Eddywho scored 11 consecutive points for the guests, found himself again at +6 (51-57) and showed that he would not fall so easily. In fact, with shots from Kofei and Zougri, the team from the western suburbs again went to a double-digit difference (51-61). The hosts with Goss and Vezenkov managed to get closer to the basket (61-63), but Avdalas with a buzzer beater three-pointer made it 61-66 in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Coffey sent Peristeri to +8 (61-69), with Vezenkov, Walkup and Larentzaki reducing for the home team to a point (70-71). Larentzakis made another big basket with a board and tied the game (72-72), but Jarrell Eddy he made his seventh three-pointer to make it 72-75. Avdalas made a terrific stop on a surprise layup by Larentzakis and then made a shot to make it 72-76. Walkup and Larentzakis made consecutive 3-pointers and managed to tie the game for Olympiakos (78-78), while the Canadian guard hit a key layup with 38 seconds left for 80-78. Carberry missed a two-pointer and Lorentzakis made shots, while Avdalas also missed with Goss also hitting from the line (84-78) to set the final score.

The quarters: 20-27, 43-44, 61-66, 84-78

Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Walkup 13 (5/5 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals), Fal 7 (3/4 2-pointers), Vezenkov 23 (7/11 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 3/3 shots, 7 rebounds), Dorsey 2 (1/5 shots), Peters, Williams-Goss 13 (2/5 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointer, 6/6 shots, 5 assists), Mitrou-Long 5, Larentzakis 13 (1/3 2-pointers, 3/5 3-pointers, 2/2 shots), Vildosa, Papanikolaou 6 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Milutinov 2 (7 rebound)

Peristeri (Limniatis): Kofi 6 (2/8 shots, 9 rebounds, 2 assists), Xanthopoulos 1, Harris 6 (1), Eddy 31 (2/2 2-pointers, 7/11 3-pointers, 6/6 shots), Zougris 8 (2/4 2-pointers , 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Papas 3, Poulianitis 3 (1/8 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists), Avdalas 8 (2/6 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 1/2 shots), Patton 6, Carberry 6 (3/8 2-pointers)