Olympiacos for Final Four! Bartzokas’s team made an impressive appearance and crushed the heartbreaking Panathinaikos (101-73) with a “catastrophe” taking another important step to finish in the first four of the regular season (17-8 his record).
The “red and whites” are absolutely dominant from the first minutes, they reached the difference up to +35. Terrible offensive pluralism for Piraeus, who had Sluka and Vezenkov as their top scorers (with 16 points each).
Only at the start of the 3rd period fought the “clover”from which Meikon (23 points) and Papagiannis (18 points, 9 rebounds) were saved.
The match
Olympiacos started furiously the game and with Fal dominating, he gained the lead (10-2 in 3 ‘). On the opposite bank, the players of the “clover” sailed on both ends of the floor, with the result that they were up to -16 (22-6 in 6 ‘). The “red and whites” continued their crescendo and performed in every possible way to close the first ten minutes with +25 (38-13) and while the guests did not get a single defensive rebound during this period.
The… party of Piraeus and in the 2nd second period, with Bartzokas’s team being unstoppable and shooting at +32 with a terrible three-pointer by Sloukas (50-18 in 15 ‘). The rise in Meikon’s performance in combination with the performances of Papagiannis, but also the relative improvement in the defense, woke up Panathinaikos, which somewhat dropped the difference in the final of the half (58-33).
At the start of the 3rd quarter, the “clover” players appeared more focused and read: with Makon in front, they ran a partial score of 13-2 and reduced the difference to -14 (60-46 in 24 ‘). Somewhere there, however, Olympiakos gained momentum and with Fal, Vezenkov performing, ran a partial score of 15-1 and shot up to +29, while closing the season with an “air” of 27 points (78-51).
The “red and whites” continued at the same pace and in the first minutes of the 4th period, reaching the difference up to +35 (95-60 in 35 ‘). Nevertheless, Bartzokas’s players took turns, with the coaches of both teams dropping the “reserves” in the last minutes. The only thing left to be ascertained was the final difference, with the Piraeus team overcoming the “katostara” (101-73).
The quarters: 38-13, 58-33, 78-51, 101-73.
See the match statistics here
MVP: It was very difficult to choose the most valuable player, since there was no “red and white” who was behind. The real MVP was probably George Bartzokas, who presented an excellent and well-tuned team, despite the fact that his team had a demands match with Zalgiris in Lithuania 48 hours ago. From players we would give the title either to Fal, who lit the “spark” for his team at the start of the match (13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), or to Sloukas, who perfectly organized the game for the hosts (16 points, 9 assists).
The number that made the difference: Olympiakos completed the first part with 13/17 two points and 8/17 three points, while Panathinaikos had only 1/12 out of 6.75m. Also, the “red and whites” collected 14 offensive rebounds in the game and while the “greens” had 14 defenders!
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