His legend hurt him and Olympiacos was out of the final!

Victim of … Curse of the first position of the Euroleague Regular Season.

OR Giorgos Bardzoka’s team She was unable to present her well -known good face in defense and attack, as the amazing Monaco He managed to “lock” Piraeus, with his team Vasilis Spanoulis to get the victory and qualification for the big final with a score of 78-68.

The “reds” found themselves chasing the score in most of the match while presenting very ugly picture in the offensive track (5/27m, 18.5%), where it essentially struggled with the moving alone, Burning Fournier, who was trying .. in vain to keep Olympiacos in the match. The French superstar finished the match with 31 points (6/9d, 4/9m, 7/9b), 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a number of steals, at the time, where the club’s other star, the club’s other star, the club’s other star, Sasha Vezenkov, never entered the spirit of the race, Being very well closed by the opposing defense, staying at 7 points (2/4d, 0/6m, 3/5b) and 8 rebounds in 33 minutes.

For the winners, who in their second participation in Final Four get the ticket for the first time for the big final, the Dial (22p, 6p), Mike James (17p, 7pm, 7th.), While Zaite was also a pivotal in the finale with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Now, “Kill Bill”, who hurt the team that wrote his name as a golden letters in the history of European basketball, will claim the maiden mug in the Great Sunday’s final (25/05, 21:00) against Fener!

As far as Olympiacos is concerned, he is now called upon to chase third place against the “eternal opponent”, Panathinaicin the small final of the institution, on Sunday afternoon (25/05, 17:00).

The match:

THE Olympicwhich started with Goku, Fournier, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Fal in his original five, he got into the game quite well and thanks to his good defense and steals Bakerypreceded by 4-0 in the first two-minute thanks to his baskets Goof. By exploiting its speed, the Monaco With a quick 7-0 series he overtook the score (4-7) two minutes later, with Vezenkov bringing the match to three points for 7-7 at 5 minutes. In fact, thanks to her good defense, his team George Bardzoka kept the typical guests low and with Two Fournier’s three -pointers and a two -point of the extraordinary goat, preceded by 15-11 at 7 ‘. With James and Dialo’s twin doing a very good quarter, the Monegasians again equalized (15-15), with the furnace and goat shots giving a small two-point lead before, Zaite shaped On 17-17 of the first period.

.@Evanfourmizz Making it Look Effortless ?? #F4glory pic.twitter.com/pcwebb6MD7

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Monaco Playing Above the Rim in the 1st Half ????

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With Nick Kalathis to star in with a basket and an assist, Monaco was led by 21-17 in the principles of second period. The “red -white” response came by … hand, Nikola Milutinov, who with dominance under the two wreaths and six of his own points, He wrote 25-24 in the 14th minute. A minute later, Seyben Lee, flying another shot for the Piraeus (6/11 at halftime), made it 26-24, with Vasilis Spanoulis all responding with James in front and with a quick 7-0 series, taking advantage of the open court and opening the open court. The transition for 31-26 at 16 ‘. The extremely misplaced in the first half, Sasha Vezenkov (5p, 1/7th, 3/5b), With 2/3 shots reduced to the score to come with Fournier and with a nice basket to reduce the price to the minimum difference (30-31), with Fal shortly afterwards, with a terrible slam dunk in front of the task writing 32-33 in the 18th minute. With Mike James (13p, 5p, 4s.) to score two minutes before the finale both teams to stay ‘bullets’ to the end, Olympiacos went to the locker room back 35-32.

.@moustaphafall15 To the rack ??#F4glory pic.twitter.com/c7k8kav808

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The third quarter He started with a Papanikolaou basket after his own offensive rebound, to follow Tasis ‘free three-point 38-34 at 22’. Olympiacos continued to make mistakes in attack and failing on a shot behind the three -point line, staying far away from his good aggressive self. As a result of this, the “reds” They also lost the … clear mind and in defensesomething that resulted in Monaco running a 12-2 individual, launching the difference at +12 for 52-40 at 26 ‘. Fournier reduced the difference, but Blosomgim, with a three-pointer made 55-42 a minute later. With Olympiacos being a breath away from the … canvas, the French superstar of Piraeus took the situation in his hands and with large personal baskets, reduced the difference to 4 (51-55), Completing the quarter with 11 points before Zaite in the final shaped with shots 51-57 of the period.

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And while one would expect, the “red -white” counterattack to continue in Fourth and last periodthis was not the case at the beginning of the quarter, and this, because, with five Zaitte points and two James, the Monegasus again tied the maximum value of the difference in the match for +13 and 64-51 at 32 ‘. A three-pointer by Goku and four points of the moving but vast, bourgeoisie, reduced the difference to 58-66 two minutes later. But again, Principality’s team found the solutions with X-Factor, Zait, and Dialos, re-raised the difference above 10 (58-70). The unlikely Fournier continued to be the only source of Olympiacos ‘risk and reduced to 7 and 65-72 to 38’. But the counterattack was left in the middle, with James and Dialo clearing the match and Monaco taking the qualification with the final score of 78-68.

The quarters: 17-17, 32-35, 51-57, 68-78.

See the statistics of the race here.