Olympiacos was unraveled with the PAOK fighter and closed the position in the final of the “eternal”!

He bent the PAOK fighter and finalized his big appointment with Panathinaikos in his final Final-8 of the Greek Cup(16/2, 20:15) Olympiacos!

Although they saw the “biceps of the North” enter the semifinals dramatically, the “reds” improved its defensive function and found a rhythm in the second period, making two -digit differences while taking complete control of the match and maintaining it until the final, the comfortable victory with 94-75!

The first scorer for the winners was again Vezenkovwho completed the game with 21 points (4/9 two -pointers, 3/6 three -pointers, 4/5 shots), 4 assists and 3 rebounds, while a major contribution to George Bardzokas’ team had MacKisik (18p) and Larentzakis (16p, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals).

On the other hand, for PAOK, who fought it very much, but eventually left forces and subordinate to the superiority of his opponent, they stood out Cruiser (18p), Reynolds (17p, 7 assists) and Bartley (14p, 6 assists).

The match:

PAOK Kanchelieri started the semifinals with Reynolds, Bartley, Persides, Kruzer and Apson, while Bardzokas chose Gok, Fournier, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Fal for his original five, besides .

The match started with Olympiacos coming in “cold” and with PAOK taking advantage of the occasion, impressing in the first few minutes! Apson put on the first basket of the match after his awesome bloc on Fournier, Vezenkov scored the first points of the “reds”, while Cruose was scoring in three -pointers and Apson reached 8 personal points from a very early age (3) , putting PAOK ahead with 11-4! THE Cruiser scored after stealing his Bartleyputting PAOK at +8 (13-5), Goku with a continuous lei from him reduced to 13-9. the Katsivelis He scored out of balance for 15-9 and Peters scored at the end of the attack time for 15-9, while the excellent in the first quarter “Dikefal of the North” closed the first period by being ahead with 17-13.

Olympiacos reduced to Pontos with a basket of his Larentzakis At the start of the second period, Apson became double-digit after a rebound striker, while McCisick equalized in 19-19 with his own foul basket. Katsivelis put PAOK back in front of a Mitros-Leg foul, while McCisick scored again with Leui in front of Antetokounbos, giving Olympiacos his first lead (20-21), before Vezenkov 20-21 -24! Milutinov with a nail and basket-foul made it 28-20, while Larentzakis with Lei Ap and McCisick with his two shots, raised the Olympic series at 13-2 for 22-32! PAOK has been aggressively frozen, with just 4 points in 5.5 minutes, while the “reds” found rhythm, escaping for the first time with +11 (24-35), thanks to Fournier’s three-point lead. The Frenchman foul in his attempt Barleney For three-point, he also received a technical penalty for protest, with PAOK reducing to 29-35, MacKisik He made it 29-38 with a three-pointer, before Bartley’s immediate response came. Goku with a foul again put Olympiacos at +9 (32-41), which was the difference with which the two teams went to the locker room (35-44), after three -pointers of Bartley and Vezenkov.

George Bardzokas’ team first left +12 (35-47) with Vezenkov’s three-pointer, Papanikolo blocked Henderson in the highlight of the match, but Reynolds With five consecutive points he reduced to 40-47. Papanikolaou blocked Cruose and Vezenkov with an impressive foul basket made it 40-50, while the “hot” Reynolds scored again for three, making it 43-50. Larentzakis stole and Goof Scored after Alley-Hoop assists of Vezenkov for 43-53, Larentzakis scored with Lei Ap for 45-65, Milutinov nailed emphatically, taking the foul from Forester while the Larentzakis He put the “reds” three-point for the first time at +14 (50-64), before Kruzer reduced with 5 consecutive points for the 55-66 of the third period.

THE Peters He successfully posted and Fournier put a shot for 55-69, Henderson reduced to 57-69 with difficult leaps, while MacKisik He made it 57-71 with Katsivelis for 60-71. McCisic again found a target for 60-73, the Henderson With three shots he got after a foul by Peters he put PAOK again at -10 (63-73), but Olympiacos again escaped at +14 (63-77), after stealing Larentzakis and Lei from Vezenkov in surprise. With five minutes left for the finale, PAOK got out of forces, with Larentzakis to launch with its consecutive three-pointers the difference to +18 (65-83) and +20 (70-90), before the final comes 75-94!

The quarters: 17-13, 35-44, 55-66, 75-94

The statistics of the match

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PAOK Mateco (Kanchelieri): Henderson 7, Apson 10, Forester, Persides, Katsivelis 9 (2), Papadakis, Bartley 11 (2), Antetokounbos, Reynolds 17 (2), Cruose 18 (2)

Olympiacos (Barzokas): Goku 9, Mount Long, Larentzakis 16 (3), Fal 3, Vezenkov 21 (3), Papanikolaou 4, Peters 7 (1), Milutinov 11, MacKisik 18 (1), Fournier 5 (1)