Mythical Lambert and even more mythical come-back of Olympiacos in the “eternal” derby for qualifying for the final!

Mythical “eternal” derby that will be mentioned for years in the closed Bodrum!

Although he was found back with ten points at the beginning of the fourth and last period in a closed match, Olympic managed and reached an unlikely overthrow on Panathinaikos with a score of 57-55celebrating qualifying in the final of OPAP Final 4 of the Women’s Cup

Incredible finale in the match, with the Kira Lambert, That was all over the match, to equalize in 55-55, 22 seconds before the finale with a terrific Euro Step, before herself, in the next phase stealing the ball and scoring with lei in the open court in “dead time”!

As such, Olympiacos will face tomorrow in the Grand Final of the institution PAS Ioannina aiming to return to the top for the first time after 2022 and sixth in its history. Top for the winners was the Hube With 14 points and 5 rebounds, while for the “green” the distinguished Dixon With 17 points and 15 rebounds.

The match:

Derby with … all from the start of the race, with the two defenses dominating the first minutes of the race. The first basket of the match came for the Panathinaic with Karakasidou’s three -point lead in the 2nd minute, with the Olympic to open the score a minute later for 4-2. Then Christinaki and Jones exchanged three -pointers, with the “green” maintaining the lead up to 6th minute for 10-7. From that point on, the “reds” dominated the parquet and “ally” the long shot, but the protagonist Hubeescaped up to +9 (12-21) before closing the quarter with a score of 16-23.

Completely different was the scene in the second period, As Thanos Nikla’s team was unable to “build” on the momentum he had taken. So, thanks to his excellent and aggressive defense, but also the baskets from Dixon and Jones, Panathinaikos not only overturned the score, but also ran a 12-0 run. for the 28-23! The typical guests broke the … pomegranate after 6.5 minutes in the quarter (!) With Christinakis’ three-point (28-26), with Alexandris and Dixon writing +6 (32-26) a minute later. In the last two minutes, Olympiacos managed to reduce the difference with his three -pointer a little bit and Christinakis’ shots For 35-31 of halftimewith Panathinaikos dominating the period with September 19-8!

Much more closed was the third quarter, With the two “eternal” fighting huge battles in defense and racket. The team of George Simos came out of all this, which in the first half of the period gradually managed to reach up to +7 and 41-34. With Olympiacos still finding them … dark aggressive, having all his “trumps” out of the race, the “green” closed the quarter at the maximum price of the difference and At +10 for 48-38! It is characteristic that they kept their opponents in the Just 15 points in 20 minutes!

As they were with their backs on the … wall, the “reds” came in very loud in Fourth and last period and with five points of Hube in less than one minute, reduced to 48-43. Despite the baskets of Hadjileonti and Cwitkovic, Olympiacos continued to find solutions to the scoring and with a two -pointer of Tobin and Kollatos’ three -point from the top, reduced In the basket for 52-50 at 33 ‘! After several missed opportunities on both sides, the result of course of the good defenses, Olympiacos overturned the score with Nikolopoulou’s three-point (52-53) at 36 ‘, For the first “red-white” lead after 22-23.

Panathinaikos’ response was immediate, since the amazing tonight Dixon with a foul goal wrote 55-53 2.5 minutes before the end. Stress and stakes led the two groups to inappropriate attacks. Likely, we arrived in the last seconds, with the hitherto invisible Lambertto bring the match equal to a terrible Euro Step at 22 ”, before stealing the ball in the last attack of the ‘Greens’ and with Leiy in dead time, she signs the Great victory and overthrow of Olympiacos for 57-55!

The quarters: 16-23, 35-31, 48-38, 57-55.

See the statistics of the race here.