The immediate return to victories and convincing appearances is looking for tonight Olympicwho treats as a guest the Maccabi Tel Aviv at the neutral venue of “Aleksandar Nikolic Hall” in Belgrade, as part of its 5th matchday Euroleague (22:00, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247, Novasports Prime).
Two 24 hours ago, the “red and whites” suffered their first home defeat in the competition this year, losing to marginal 82-78 from Anatolou Efes at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. Giorgos Bartzokas’ team essentially “paid” for the many mistakes it made, as well as for her lack of energy that he presented in the second half, and especially in the last period, a result of course from the big one physical and mental fatigue which the Piraeus had after their victory in the “eternal” derby against Panathinaikos last Sunday for the championship.
A result that dropped the champions of Greece at 2-2 and in the middle tiers of the scoreboardwith Olympiakos being asked tonight to correct the… bad texts and “erase” this home defeat with a double. After all, it also has prehistory as an ally, since he has never known two defeats in a “devil’s week” of the Euroleague!
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv suffered a heavy defeat in Belgrade on Monday, losing to score 92-71 from Barcelona. Oded Katas’ team lost the match from the very first quarter, when the Catalans had also built double-digit differences, as a result of which they fell to the bottom of the standings with a record of 1-3. A pattern that has appeared since the start of the season for the Israeli team, as after the end of the first four matches in the Euroleague, they have the fourth worst defense in the competition with a 92 point passive average!
In the competition, Olympiacos is called upon today to find solutions to the many and important absences it has in its regional line, with Giorgos Bartzokas waiting for a step up from Nilikina and Li. And this because in one more game the Thomas Walkup, Evan Fournier and Shaquille McKissickas, of course, Keenan Evans. Typically the home team on their side will line up full.
Source: Sport Fm
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