Tonight, Mr Olympic he has a tough test ahead of him on the way back to winning and good performances in the EuroLeague.
The “red and white” are hosted at the “Salle Gaston Medecin” by Monaco (20:00, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247, Novasports 4) in the context of the 13th match of the top interclub European competition, with the aim, of course, of the ninth victory of this season.
Last week, his team Giorgos Bartzokas saw his six-game winning streak come to an end in the institution, knowing the loss with score 78-70 from Partizan in Belgrade. Despite the fact that they led by +14 (9-23) in the first quarter and entered with a +7 (53-60) in the final stretch of the match, the Piraeus suffered subsidence in the fourth period and received a partial score of 28-13 for the their first defeat after a month in the competition.
On Sunday (01/12), the… were needed against the Dove in SEF, taking the victory with a narrow 84-78 for Stoiximan GBL, with Lorentzakis and Walkup to “swell” the team in the finale, on his return Sasha Vezenkov back in action after missing two weeks due to injury.
Today, Olympiacos has the opportunity with a positive result to move up to the second place in the standings table – together with Fenerbahce – and on Friday (06/12, 21:15) at the packed Faleri stadium to chase the lead against this season’s surprise, Paris! For that to happen he will have to overcome tonight’s hurdle of his Monegasques Vasilis Spanoulis, in a special game both for the “red and whites”, and for the Greek technician himself. The things that “Kill Bill” has experienced with the Piraeus speak for themselves, as of course the fact that the shirt with the number “7” that adorns the roof of the SEF, however, as he stated before the match: “Everyone knows what Olympiacos means to me, incredible memories, the love of the fans, it’s a special connection for me. Now in this match they will be our opponents”.
As for the Monegasques, they come from a great double on him Panathinaikos AKTOR (88-91)in the debut of Spanoulis in the technical leadership of the club. With Diallo leading in scoring (24 points) and Mike James with ten assists masterfully organizing, the Principality’s team made it three consecutive wins in the Euroleague, now having the same record as Olympiakos (8-4). On Sunday, they prevailed comfortably over Burg, leaving with an impressive 109-94 from the home of their rival for the French championship.
In the competitions now, knockouts for the hosts remain the Nick Calathes, Korkmaz and Jaitewhile, for the Greek team, the Keenan Evans and Moses Wrightwho will be absent for a long time.
Finally, in terms of tradition, the two teams have faced each other a total of twelve times, with the pre-history being divided, as each team has from six wins.
The game was appointed to be conducted by Saša Pukl (Slovenia), Jakub Zamoiski (Poland) and Saulius Racis (Lithuania).
Source: Sport Fm
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