He returned from -13 and got the friendly victory over Armani Milan … creative Olympiacos!

His second victory in four friendly preparations for the new season in Greece and Europe was celebrated on Friday night (19/09) by Olympic.

At their premiere at the IBT Crete tournament, the “reds” made an excellent appearance in the last 14 minutes, returned from -13 and they got the victory over the Armani Milan with the final 76-71.

Giorgos Barzokas’ set presented two faces, A bad one in the first half with just 26 points and one more different in the second, with good ball circulation (23 assists for 8 errors), a fast and offensive game, scoring 50 points in the last 20 minutes.

Top for the winners, who will face the tournament on Sunday (21/09, 20:30) Giannis Spheropoulos’s Red Star, were the Bourgeois with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, with their Sasha Vezenkov (12p, 4p), Thomas Wokhap (8p, 9s. Tyson Ward With 10 points and 2 rebounds, slowly showing his footsteps.

For Armani Milan the Lorenzo Brown and Jacques Ledey With 13 points each.

The match:

THE <Strong> Olympiacos began the game with their home top five Wokap, Fournier, Ward, Vezenkov and Milutinov. The “red -whites” came into the parquet in defense and attack, resulting in the upper hand in the score. With Milutinov to dominate high, the Vezenkov Finding 4 gathered points and Ward to make an indirect three -pointer in surprise after his own steal, Piraeus preceded with 9-2 in 4 minutes.

The sequel was not proportional, since the whole of George Bardzoka He made some errors, lost his “hardness” in defense, something the Italians took advantage of and, with a motion of Manion, ran an 8-0 series for their first lead and 12-11 at 7 ‘. The typical hosts who had almost three minutes to score from Ward and Vezenkov’s shots, with McKisik scoring the first ‘red -white’ three -point in the match 50 ” before the end, forming On 17-12 of the first period.

Very bad was the Second quarter for Olympiacoswho was never able to find aggressive pace with many lost shots, but also quite bad choices on the front of the parquet. All this has influenced his game as a whole in defense, with his team Mesina To “hit” the racket with Booker and Ledey, Manion and Brooks to find their hand and turn the scales in their favor.

It is noteworthy that the “reds” scored their first points with his Flouter Wocapp In the 13th minute, while in the whole quarter he achieved just 4 on the ground baskets, scoring a total of 9 points. As such, the Italians got a head in the score, closing the halftime at the highest value of their difference and at +5 and 31-26. In the first 20 minutes, Piraeus had 7/17 two -pointers (41%) and just 1 three -pointers in 9 attempts (11%), Sample of their bad executive night.

Completely different was the scenery in the third quarter, With both teams getting into the parquet with a willingness to play aggressive basketball. Something that was evident from the high rates they had in the first minutes. With them Wocapp and Milutinov to have 5 and 4 points respectively, the “reds” reduced to 2 (33-35), with Fournier’s three-pointer a little later writing the 36-40 in the 23rd minute. However, the defense of the champions of Greece was quite “soft” with slow spins and coverage, resulting in typical guests finding easy baskets with many protagonists and running a 9-0 series, launching the difference at +13 and 49-36 at 26 ‘.

At that point the Bourgeois which with two large three -pointers from a long distance – plus Word’s two shots – allowed Olympiacos to reduce At 49-44 a minute later. In the last two minutes, a terrible alley oop hall nail, a Ward’s two -point and a three -pointer from the eight meters from Sasha, helped Olympiacos come back from the -13 and close the period within a shooting distance for 51-53.

With an ally of his harsh and aggressive defense, Olympiacos entered and with a clear “mind” in the Fourth and last quarter. With Alec Peters ‘three-point lead and two shots of Seyben Lee, the Piraeus people overtaken 56-55 in the 32’, for their first lead after 23-22. The “reds” continued in the same tempo and playing aggressive defense, finding easy points on the other side of the parquet with MacKisik, Lee and Hall for 67-61 in the 36th minute. Armani Milan reduced with the Brooks and Brown shots (67-65), at a time when Bakery With a very difficult three-pointer hanging on it, he wrote 70-65 in the 38th minute! In the remaining time, the whole of Bartzoka preserved the difference, took advantage of the shots and took the pink sheet with the Final 76-71.

The quarters: 17-12, 26-31, 51-53, 76-71.