Fought but failed to complete the derby with the derby with the Efes Olympiacos.
After a clash that was ambiguous throughout its duration and until the last seconds, the “reds” experienced the marginal defeat with 82-78the first at home for this year’s season.
Thus, the Peraians, who fought again without Fourniere, Wokap, MacKisik and Evans, saw Vezenkov failing a three -point draw at the finale, fell into the finale. 2-2while now turning their attention to their away match with Maccabi Tel Avivon Thursday night (16/10, 22:00) in Belgrade’s “Aleksandar Nikolic”, while Efes follows her home match with Panathinaikos Aktor (17/10, 20:30).
The top scorer for Olympiacos in the match was the Peterswith 14 points (4/5 three -pointers), while 13 points with 7 assists and 5 rebounds had Ward. 12 points with 7 rebounds, but also several defensive problems for him Vezenkovwho also failed in the equalizer in the finale, while 11 points (all from the first period) had Dorsey.
On the other hand, for Efes the Swider (20p with 4/7 three -pointers), Larkin (18p) and Osman (12p).
The match:
Nilinina, Dorsey, Ward, Vezenkov and Milutinov, chose for his original five George Bardzokaswho had the same dozen he had in his Sunday derby with Panathinaikos, after Fournier, MacKisik, Wokapa stayed out again, along with Evans and Fal. On the other hand, the Igor Kokoskov He chose Larkin, Cordinier, Valer-Bab, Osmani and Papagiannis, watching Larkin and Dose return and having a unique absence of Poarier.
The match began with Vezenkov blocking Osmani in the first attack of Efes and putting Olympiacos with a foul on the other side of the parquet, taking advantage of his impeccable assist Ward. THE Dorsey It was not too late to put his first three-pointer for 6-0, and after a basket of Larkinagain from afar, making it 9-2 and forcing Kokoskov to get his first time out very early.
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The ‘hot’ at the start Dorsey He rested again for three, giving Olympiacos his first double-digit lead (12-2), and scored with his first two-dimensional, 14-5. At that point, Efes reacted, making a 10-0 series and passing forward (14-15), thanks to continuous baskets of Cordinie and Larkin, while two more consecutive three-pointers from Osmani and Larkin put the guests in front of 21-16. THE Peters With his consecutive three-pointers he reduced to 22-23 and 25-26, before Jones shaped the end at the end of the end 25-28 of the first period, with Piraeus having 6/7 three -pointers (3/4 Dorsey and 3/3 Peters)!
The… rainfall continued for Olympiacos, with Ward equalizing to 28-28. THE Swider He did the follow and took a basket from Peters for 29-33, and then put two consecutive three-pointers, giving Efes double-digit (31-41) for the first time on the night, while Olympiacos lost defensive rebounds. Vezenkov, Papanikolaou and Ward put one and lost a shot, reducing to 36-41, while the Olympic leader put on his eighth three-point (8/13), for 39-41, before Vezenkov equalize with two shots. Nilinina with consecutive points put the “reds” in front (45-43), Larkin He scored with a crazy three-pointer for 45-46, while Vezenkov reached 12 to form the 51-48 of the first half.
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The third quarter began with a Ward’s difficult basket and stealing-crushing on the surprise of Nicinina For 55-48, while the first reached 12 points along with 4 rebounds and 4 assists, making it 57-50. Schweeder reduced to a three-pointer and Dosier made it 57-55, before Larkin reduced Pontus (59-58) with his fourth (4/4) three-point lead in the game. Schweeder with his own three-pointer put Efes in front of 61-59, but Milutinov With 5 consecutive points he gave him the little lead again to Olympiacos (64-61). THE Peters He put the “reds” at +6 (67-61), before the guests equalize for the 67-67 of the third period.
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The two teams were left without a basket for nearly 3 racing minutes at the start of the fourth period, before Lee was making a foul on Osmani, with Efes escaping 67-70. THE Hall With Alley-Hoop, Ward assist reduced to 69-70 and put on Olympiacos again (71-70), while Peters pressed the tripod line 73-70. THE Osman reached 12 to reduce the point again, and Dosier equalized, while entering the final straight, Cordinie With continuous points he put Efes ahead 79-78, Dorsey failed and Dozier with shots made it 78-81 while the Vezenkov could not put a three -point equalizer in the final seconds, with Efes taking the win with 82-78.
The quarters: 25-28, 51-48, 67-67, 78-82
The statistics of the match
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