Against the Alba for 2/2 in the last “devil’s week” of 2024 and for Olympiacos to complete the first round of the regular season without…
The “red and whites” host tonight (21:15, Novesports Prime, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) the team from Berlin in SEF, looking for the victory with which they will ideally complete the first round in the regular season of this year’s competition.
Giorgos Bartzokas’ team is coming off an 87-77 home win over Virtus Bologna two days ago, which improved its record in 10-6 and remained one win away from the top of the table.
In a match in which they entered very focused and led 29-17 in the first period, the “red and white” gave their opponent the right to return and go to the locker room with a three-point lead (43-46), but in the second half they forced their superiority and finally managed to comfortably reach the victory with the final 87-77, having as their main protagonists Vezenkov (27p, 10 rib) and Fournier (20 points, 7 assists).
As far as the competitions ahead of tonight’s match, o Fal returned against Bologna, having completely overcome the discomforts that plagued him, while the Wright (until the end of the season), Evans (expected to be ready in January) and Mensah (expected in our country at the weekend).
“The difficulty is that we are playing a second game in two days and the possible “underestimation” of an opponent who is low in the standings. Adapting to her way of playing is always an issue because she plays faster even than Paris, the numbers prove that even if you don’t set up some things offensively and defensively you get into a game that they are used to playing more good of you We would ideally like to execute well, do our job, take the game where it needs to go to win.”stated George Batzokaswith Sasha Vezenkov to add: “All these years Alba has been playing this style that doesn’t change… Maybe in previous years it had more quality, we remember what players have played in Alba, but this year it has made it difficult for Partizan, it has made some victories. They are not a team to be underestimated. If we are serious everything will be fine”.
On the other hand, Alba remains at the bottom of the leaderboard, oussa stuck at 3-12. Last Tuesday (17/12) they suffered an 86-66 home loss to Zalgiris, in a game where they trailed by double digits from the first period and basically never managed to look competitive. Its leader was again the American center, David McCormackwith 19 points and 6 rebounds, while a good performance was also made by Wetzel (15 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists).
In competitions, his participation is doubtful Procintaone of their best players, who is suffering from injury and did not play against Zalgiris, as well as the McDowell-White and Bin. “Olympiacos is a team that can conquer the Euroleague and that’s why it was built. They have a lot of new players and it took them a while to find a rhythm and a rotation. But they have a very deep roster, play with great intensity in defense and move the ball well. In addition, Olympiacos has one of the top players in the Euroleague, Vezenkov, who is capable of making a difference. When Olympiacos starts a streak, it is very difficult to stop them at home”the coach of the German team said ahead of tonight’s match, Israel Gondhaleth.
The referees of the match at SEF will be Carmelo Paternico (Italy), Milos Koliensic (Montenegro) and Alberto Baena (Spain).
Source: Sport Fm
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