Olympiacos overcame the loss from Paris with… a walk in Rhodes!
Less than two twenty-four hours after their home defeat by the team from the French capital in the SEF for the Euroleague, the “red and white” appeared completely serious and focused, celebrating the comfortable victory with an emphatic 88-73 over the Colossusfor the 9th round of the Stoiximan GBL.
With him Vezenkov to protect himself and not fight at all with the young man Spartan (7 points and 6 rebounds in 14:44 that he stepped on the floor) getting a lot of playing time replacing Milutinov, Olympiacos dominated from the first period, building large margins in their favor and reaching the victory without facing the slightest difficulty. Thus, Barzoka’s team improved their record to 8-1 and now turns its attention to its upcoming away match against Red Star (Friday 13/12, 21:30) for the 15th matchday of the Euroleague, while the Kolossos debut for Maki Giatras on his bench) remains at the bottom of the standings, with just one win this season.
Leaders for the winners, who finished the match with 24/32 two-pointers, 8/31 three-pointers, 16/25 shots and with 20 assists for 9 errors and had Fal, Wright and McKissick out of the lineup, were Peters (20p), Dorsey (17p), Lorentzakis (17pts, 3 assists) and Milutinov (14 points, 13 rib), while for Kolossos, who next Wednesday (11/12, 19:30) will host the French Saint Quentin for the BCL, stood out Nelson (22 points with 6/12 three-pointers).
The match:
Olympiacos started the game with Walkup, Dorsey, Fournier, Peters and Milutinov, while Makis Giatras chose Goudlock, Kolovero, Petropoulos, Danusevicius and Okoro for his starting five.
The “red and white” entered the match completely focused and serious, taking a 7-0 lead thanks to a three-pointer by Dorsey, while Walkup and Milutinov made it 2-9 with a perfect alley-oop partnership! THE Danusevicius dropped to 4-9 for Colossus, but o Peters he responded immediately with… his crazy three-pointer for 4-12 and then Olympiacos absolutely imposed its superiority, not allowing the hosts to find solutions offensively. Peters hit double figures early (2/2 2-pointers and 2/2 3-pointers), going 4-17, while Dorsey he also hit the target, but stepping on the three-point line, for 4-19! All the home team managed was to reduce for the 8-24 of the first period, with Hatzinikolas.
The image of the match did not change even in the second quarter, since Olympiacos continued to face the match with absolute seriousness and Kolossos was unable to produce offensively to appear competitive. THE Lorentzakis came on the floor energizing Olympiakos, shooting the difference to +22 (8-30) with his three-pointer, while the home team scored on just one shot in the first 5 minutes of the period. THE Papanikolaou with a foul basket he made it 9-34, Larentzakis hit for 13-40, before Kolossos ran a short 7-0 run, for 20-40. The end of the first half came with Spartanwho took plenty of time replacing Milutinov, to score with a follow for the 25-46while the dominant Olympiacos had 13/18 two-pointers along with 4/19 three-pointers and 8/11 shots, along with 9 assists for 6 turnovers.
The third period began with Peters to continue… his violin, reaching 20 personal points for 31-57, while Dorsey once again raised the gap to its maximum levels (+26, 34-60). THE Milutinov had his double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) and Dorsey scored to make it 36-65, before the hosts went on a 9-0 run with two 3-pointers by Nelson and one by Petropoulos to make it 45-65. However, the Dorsey reached 17, hitting from long range for 47-70, while the quarter ended with Olympiakos not to worry, being in +19 (51-70).
The fourth period was of a procedural nature, with Olympiakos not losing control of the match at any point, comfortably maintaining the “safety margin” it had built. THE Milutinov with a dunk after excellent ball movement made it 53-76, Nelson continued to be the Colossus’ only offensive threat, cutting it to 56-76 before the Reds comfortably reached the 73-88.
The quarters: 8-24, 25-46, 51-70, 73-88
The match statistics
Live of the match from sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
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