With … gaining speed from the dreamy double racing of the Euroleague the Olympic!
In spite of the fatigue, but also the many absences – lost during of the match and Vildosa – George Bartzokas’ team had to press the throttle just in a minute, in the 3rd, where with a 27-8 score, he “cleared” the victory in the SEF, dominating me PAOK’s 86-60 For the 18th Stoiximan Super League match!
The “biceps of the north” was competitive in the first half, where he never lost the lead and led 35-34. In the third period however, the Vezenkov and Bakery They pressed the throttle and with a 27-8 individual score, Olympiacos “cleared” the match, with him Tyler To stand out in the last period, in this year’s top match.
Top for the winners was the Sasa with 22 points and 8 rebounds, with French guard to add 11 points and 6 assists, the Peters 15 points and the Dorsey With 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 steals!
For the Thessaloniki, who fell to 8-10 and 6th place, only the Reynolds with 19 points, 2 rebounds and equal number of assists.
The match:
THE PAOK He was the one who entered the match more appetizing and with the willingness to run the stadium and play aggressive basketball. With “ally” his long shot and three -pointers of Reynolds (2) and Henderson, preceded with +8 (5-13) at 4 minutes, where the Olympic reduced a minute later to 8-13, with all the “red-white” points coming from Sasha Vezenkov.
Seven minutes after the start of the match, the “Reds” found a score from another player, with Bakery Reduce to 11-13 before the Thessaloniki three-pointers by Katsiveli and Iatridis and a Reynolds’ two-point re-raise the difference at +4 and 17-21 of the period, At a time when Piraeus scored Vildosa, Fal and Vezenkov.
With Peters starting hot in second period, The “reds” tried to reduce the scoring, however, PAOK with Cruzers, Reynolds and the terrific Alley Oop of Anson wrote +7 and 21-28 at 13 ‘. Mensa and Peters “rocking” the difference, but Persides and Henderson re -raised her to her maximum price At +8 and 25-33 two minutes later. Two gathered three-pointers by Peters and Dorsey’s hand made 31-33, with Vezenkov since then in the last minute downgrading at 34-35 of the halftime, in a first part where Olympiacos never preceded, While he shot 38% (13/34) and PAOK had 7/20 three -pointers (35%).
The short break of the respite allowed the Piraeus to “clear” their minds and … rebound. With their protagonists Bakery and Vezenkovwith the first having 2 points and three assists for equal number of Bulgarian forwards for 45-36 at 23 ‘. After 5 minutes of match, PAOK found scoring with Katsivelis, with Fournier scoring two back-to-back three-pointers For 51-38 at 15 ‘! The only ugly for Olympiacos in this time was his injury Vildosaleft for the locker room by pulling with pull on the posterior femur.
The excellent defensive operation of Olympiacos continued during the rest of the season, keeping the guests very low in the score. Finding three more three -pointers from Goku, Vezenkov and Peters, the “reds” closed the period At +18 and 61-43achieving 6 shots behind 6.75m. With a score of 27-8!
Like that, the Fourth and last quarter He became a procedural character, with George Bardzokas’ second unit, but playing quite concentrated, keeping the difference in high numbers. With the trio of Dorsey, Larentzaki and Peters to make energy, the hosts reached up to +23 (71-48), finally taking the pink card with the final 86-60thanks to the stunning appearance of Tyler In the finale.
The quarters: 17-21, 34-35, 61-43, 86-60.
See the statistics of the race here.
Source: Sport Fm
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