Premiere with the right and no stress for Olympiacos in this year’s Stoiximan gbl!
The champions, without Fournier, who was left out of the dozen for reasons of rest, actually made it difficult for his first away match with the Marousithen finding rhythm aggressively, making big differences in favor of differences and eventually taking the comfortable victory with 100-81in the renovated closed of St. Thomas.
Debut with the ‘reds’ for him Frank Nillinawho showed ready to help his new team in the Euroleague games, while George Bardzokas’ team had a plurality in scoring, with all its players contributing aggressively!
The French guard completed the game with 12 points (3/5 two -pointers, 2/6 three -pointers), 3 rebounds and 4 assists, while the winners were also important for the winners Vezenkov (15p), Ward (14p), Dorsey (12p) and Peters (11p). On the other hand, for Maroussi they stood out Makeup (20p, 6 assists), Reynolds (15p, 7 ribs) and Williams (15p, 8 rebounds).
Now, the Olympiacos turns his eye on his home match against Dubai BC (10/10, 21:15), for the 3rd Euroleague match, while next Sunday (12/10, 19:00) will host the Panathinaicfor Stoiximan GBL’s 2nd match. On the other hand, Maroussi next week will be tested in Patras against Prometheus.
The match:
With King, Nikolaidis, Jordan, Reynolds and Briggs, Elias Papatheodorou started Maroussi, having significant absences of the passes and lounges, while George Bardzokas chose for his original five, Wokoufi Fournier and while MacKisik, Evans and Fal remain out of action.
The match began with Olympiacos making the first small series, when Vezenkov scored upside down with a surprise and Dorsey made it 4-9. Vezenkov again found a target for 8-13 and Word with a three-pointer put the “reds” in front of a double score (8-16), and a little later Word nailed for the 11-18.
Briggs reached 6, reducing to 13-18, while Mikon made his 17-20 consecutive three-pointers, with Papanikolaou responding to 17-23. The “hot” match with three shots and another three-pointer equalized to 23-23, while Williams gave Marousi his first lead (25-23), with Reinolds scoring a three-pointer for 28-23, before Nilinina puts his first basket. 28-25 of the first quarter.
Maroussi continued to be competitive and playing with great energy at the beginning of the second period! King, with a lei of him, made it 30-25, while Olympiacos reacted with a small 6-0 series, again taking the lead (30-33). Hadjidakis with a-fouls equalized 33-33, but the guests had found a pace aggressively, with Peters and Hall to form the 33-39.
Larentzakis stole and scored with a leap in the surprise for Olympiacos’ +8 (33-41), with Karakostas scoring a three-point lead, before Papanikolaou serves a great assist for Peters for 36-43! Larentzakis gave him his first double-digit lead in the match (36-46) to Olympiacos, Reynolds responded and Antetokounbos nailed with force before Papanikolaou steals the ball back and scoring 39. The first half ended with Peters to stand on a three -point point from the corner, forming it 42-53!
The third period started with Vezenkov giving Olympiacos with a three-point lead his maximum lead (42-56), while Mikon reached 14 personal points, making it 44-56. Vezenkov also became a double-digit for 44-60, while Ward with his consecutive points and Dorsey with Lei from Piraeus for the first time at +20 (44-64).
Having found a rhythm aggressively, Olympiacos continued to find proper collaborations in his attacks, keeping the big differences in favor. Nilinina gave Milutinov a great assist for 44-70, and shortly thereafter Dorsey, with a three-pointer shortly after reinstatement, made it 52-75! Without sweating and with proper management, Olympiacos closed the third quarter by being in front of 59-82!
The fourth and final season is procedural, with Olympiacos completely controlling the game and with George Bardzokas opening even more the rotisser. In the end, the victory for the “reds” came with the 100-81!
The quarters: 28-25, 42-53, 59-82, 81-100
The statistics of the match
The match of the match from sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
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