With a “weapon” of its quality, the Olympic won 84-73 the fighter PAOKin Pylaia and went to 16-1 remaining in the. hunt of the champion Panathinaikos in the Stoiximan Basket League.
Piraeus is superior from the beginning, who have yet to arrive and at +19 (45-64) and they were not particularly anxious even when the hosts approached at -5 (66-71)at 35 ‘.
Top o Dorsey with 19 points, with Jean-Charles having 16 points. and Lountzis to stop at 11 p.m. Vezenkov missed, having just 8 points, but picked up 10 rebounds.
From the “Biceps of the North”, which retreated to 7-10, Lov stood out with 14 points, while from 12p. had Jankovic and Christodoulou.
The match
With Vezenkov eager in the creation and Dorsey in the execution, Olympiakos went to the double score (6-12), in the first four minutes. Then, PAOK improved aggressively with Green and Jankovic, with Piraeus being firmly ahead and with Lountzi and Martin escaping at +8 (13-21), in 9 ‘. In the last minute, “Dikefalos tou Vorras” gnawed the difference with four points from Kamberidis (17-21).
The three-pointers kept PAOK at the beginning of the second half, with the match going to a draw (23-23). The “red and whites” responded with defenses, control of rebounds and offensively with the appetizing McKissick and Jean-Charles, as a result of which they escaped first at +12 (25-37) and then at +13 (29-42), at 18 ‘ . The hosts reacted, making it 5-0, but the buzzer beater three-pointer by McKissick sent the team of Piraeus to the locker room with +11 (34-45).
With the offensive rebounds, the hosts threw the difference in single digits (39-47) at the beginning of the second half. Olympiakos ‘reaction came with three points for +14 (41-55), with Green responding with his own 4-0 (45-55), in 26’. There, Dorsey and Vezenkov took the lead for the “red and whites”, who made a series of 9-0 for +19 (45-64), with the hosts forming the 49-64 of the third period.
Christodoulou entered the fourth quarter with an appetite and with his own 5-0 he reduced the difference to ten (54-64), with Olympiakos answering in the same way for +15 (54-69), in 33 ‘. However, the players of Giorgos Bartzokas continued to be sluggish, constantly shooting aimlessly from the periphery. On the other hand, PAOK took advantage of this, finding a rhythm outside the 6.75m, approaching -5 (66-71), in 35 ‘. There, Piraeus showed more seriousness and with Vezenkov and Jean-Charles escaped at +13 (66-79) and without being threatened until the end, they reached the victory with the final 73-84.
The ten minutes: 17-21, 34-45, 49-64, 73-84
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