He heartburn, but Olympiacos left Berlin with a victory!
The “red -whites”, who were lined up with many and significant absences, were found to be up to 21 points against the scoring of the scoring. Albacompletely controlling the fight, but they saw the Germans return and take the lead in the fourth period. However, having a great protagonist Alec Peters, George Bardzokas’ team found the solutions in the final minutes, taking the victory with 100-92!
Thus, Piraeus returned to positive results after their three consecutive defeats by Red Star, Villerban and Monaco, improving their record in 23-10 And rising to the top of the Euroleague again, taking advantage of Fenerbahce’s home defeat by Barcelona, ​​while for the last match they will host Maccabi Tel Aviv (10/4, 21:15), searching for the victory they will put them in the playoffs.
Top for Olympiacos the Peterswho made a terrible appearance and made a career record in points and three -pointers (33 points with 8/9 three -pointers), with their worthy supporters Williams-Gos (22p, 7 assists) and Vezenkov (18p, 7 rib)!
On the other hand, for Alba, who fought it a lot, but fell to 5-28 and remained at the bottom of the standings, the Weetzelwith 19 points.
The match:
With Goku, Lee, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Wright, Olympiacos started the game, with George Barzoka Do not have at the disposal of Fournier, Milutinov, Fal and Wocap, but with China Evans Included in the eleven, although he finally did not fight. On the other hand, Pedro Cayes chose Protesida, Delo, Hermanson, Schneider and MacCarmach for his original five, having Spaniolo’s unique absence.
The match began with Olympiacos imposing his superiority early, taking a 7-2 lead thanks to Goku’s and Lee, Vezenkov points. Hermanson with off-balance shot made it 4-7 but the Papanikolaou with two shots, Lee with an upside down by surprise and the Queen With 2/2 from the line, they put Olympiacos at +9 (4-13). Delo with three -pointer reduced to 7-16 and Wetzel put Alba to -5, but a little later Peters He gave the first double-digit lead (13-23) to the “reds” with his three-digit lead. Vezenkov with shots and goats with three-pointer put Olympiacos on +15 (13-28), Peters 3/3 from afar made it 15-33 while Vezenkov reached 10, making it 17-36 of the first period.
Piraeus continued with their foot on the throttle and at the beginning of the second quarter! McCisick with Follow and the Queen by nail after an assist Lee They made it 19-40, while Wetzel reached 12 personal points, reducing Alba to 22-40. Larentzakis put Olympiacos again at +19 (24-43), while Peters continued … his violin, making it 26-46 and having 4/5 three-pointers! Somewhere there, Barzoka’s team relaxed defensively, with Protesis, Baker and Hermanson scoring for 33-46, but Piraeus continued to be aggressive, maintaining their safety difference (37-54) with three-pointers from Goof and Vezenkov. Baker with a three-pointer made it 40-54 while the Larentzakis With his continuous points he “wrote” the 44-61before McDowell comes to set the 46-61 of the first half, which ended with Olympiacos having 10/13 two-pointers, 9/19 three-pointers, 14/15 shots and 17 assists for 5 errors.
Upon the return of the two teams from the locker room, Wright scored for 46-63, with Wetzel and Schneider took advantage of an aggressive Olympic blockage, throwing the difference after 10 (53-63). THE Vezenkov He gave the solution to the Olympiacos attack by scoring for 53-65, but after a mistake, Wetzel nailed to reach 17, reduce to 55-65 and force Bartzokas to call a hurry. The “hot” from the first half of Peters put another three-point lead for 55-68 and Olympiacos made a series 10-2, escaping 57-75 and with him Peters To reach 20 points! However, at that point in the race, Olympiacos lost his pace aggressively, allowing Alba to build a 17-5 series, making the difference after a long time and reducing to 73-80 of the third period, with three shots of Protesida after Wright’s careless foul.
Alba’s series continued at the start of the fourth quarter (25-4), with the hosts scoring with consecutive three-pointers by Olyde and Bin while Weetzel Nailed, giving the Germans their first lead (81-80) after 2-0! Peters and Vezenkov with big three-pointer gave them the solution to Olympiacos, putting him at +5 (81-86), with MacDowell and Thomas re-equalizing for Alba, who also overtaken 90-87, with Schneider. Goku with Leu was dropped to 90-89, with the Peters to declare again ‘present’ with a large three-point lead for 90-92, and then Goof With a difficult basket he made 90-94, with Olympiacos playing a continuous good defense, finally getting the victory with 100-92.
The quarters: 17-36, 46-61, 73-80, 92-100
The statistics of the match
The Live of the race from sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.