His first defeat in this year’s friendly preparations for the new demanding season in Greece and Europe was suffered on Saturday night (13/09) Olympic.
In the context of the sixth Tournament “Neophytos Chandriotis” held at “T. Papadopoulos’ of Nicosia, in Cyprus, his team George Bardzoka was defeated in the extension with score 83-80 from Monacoat the premiere of the two teams in the institution. It is noted that the Sasha Vezenkov and Nikola Milutinov.
The match was a “thriller” in its largest lecture, with the Mike James to judge the pink sheet match with three -pointer in 11 seconds Before the finale of the extra five, in a tournament with … aroma Euroleagueas both Paris and the Red Star still participate.
Top for Greek champions was the Thomas Wokhap with 16 points and 8 assists, with their Alec Peters (13p, 9p) and Donda (15p, 9p, 3 pm) follow in performance. In terms of China Evans, He played just over 20 minutes, finishing the game with 8 points (2/8 shots), 2 rebounds and equal assists. For the Monegasus, Mirotic and James stood out with 20 and 19 points respectively.
Tomorrow afternoon, (14/09, 16:05), Piraeus are completing their presence in the Cyprus tournament, facing the renewed Paris.
The match:
THE Olympic He began a clash with Wokap, Fournier, Ward, Peters and Hall in his basic five, with the “reds” starting a bit sluggish with quite lost shots and a relaxation in the defense. Something that Monaco took advantage of it, which with its five points Mirotic and Hays and Dialo to score from three points, to precede 11-4 in the 5th minute. For the Piraeus, Wokap was the one to score the first points with a 2.5 -minute match to come in to come in the first hand -in -line basket of Peters at 3.5 minutes.
With Thomas Wokhap To “detach” his team and take advantage of his drivers from the left treadmill, George Bardzokas’ team reduced to 5 (8-13), before Makundu wrote the double-score and 16-8 in 8 minutes. Seyben Lee and China Evans with shots and doubles respectively, have managed to “groan” the difference in the remaining time and close the quarter with the score at 12-18, At a time when the Greek team had 4/16 on the plain with 0/5 three -pointers.
With Nedovic’s three -point the second quarterwith the Monegasus rapidly raising the difference At +11 for 23-12 In the 11th minute. A difficult goal-to-go Wardbut also the first “red -white” three -point Seben Leereduced the difference to 7 (18-25) a minute later. Since then, the game has turned into “one of you and one of me” with the difference to delineated near 10 points, since for Olympiacos they were pulling … paddle Wocapp (with three -pointers) and Leewhile for the typical guests the Basket and Mirotic. With a striking McCisik nail two minutes before the half, the Greek champions reduced to 6 (34-40), before some successive errors gave Monaco the right to close the half time in front of The score at 42-34.
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Quite different was the stage In the third quarter, With Olympiacos getting more concentrated, moving the ball better and playing with method. Thanks to the correct supply of Hall who scored four points but also his three -point Bakery -Sered points of the French in the match- Piraeus with a quick 7-0 series reduced Pontos (41-42) in the 22nd minute, with the shots of Hall, Ward and Fournier then bring the match equal for 45-45 two minutes later.
The reaction of Elias Kantzouris’ team was immediate, since despite the impressive hall nail after his own block in defense (!) Mirotic who scored six points, They took the lead for 53-47 in the 28th minute, in which the “reds” made four cheap mistakes. In the last part of the period, Peters and Kumadze managed to reduce the difference a bit and close The quarter at 51-55.
Driving with Alec Peters and Hall and Wokapa executioners, Olympiacos entered both sides of the parquet in the fourth and final periods and with a 7-0 unanswered series, It first overtaken in the match for 58-55 at 32 ‘ Indeed, after Wokap’s three -point lead, McCisick with another apt shot behind 6.75m. made +6 (61-55). Somewhere in there, the Principality club reacted with Blosomgim and Hayes and with a 7-0 series of its own series, again ahead for 62-61 at 35 ‘. Since then, the match has become a “thriller”, since no team could escape in the score. Mike James in the last two minutes went on to take the match with two apt three-pointers for 67-70 at 39 ‘, with Peters responding with a goal-to-70-70 goal. Score that did not change with the completion of 40 minutes, so the match was led to the extra five minutes of the extension.
The derby continued In the extra five minutes, With Olympiacos escaping with +3 (76-73) thanks to Evans and Peters, with Mirotic and Dialo answering Mike James with 3 shots 2 minutes before the finale to write 76-80. With Evans’ beautiful driver and two shots of the chilly hall, the “reds” equalized Once again (80-80) at 44 ‘, with Mike James to judge the match with a three -point “bomb” on a 11 -second defense before the finale. In the end, Fournier missed a draw behind 6.75m.
The quarters: 12-18, 34-42, 51-55, 70-70, 80-83 par.
See the statistics of the race here.
Source: Sport Fm
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