Dominant Olympiakos, leveled Bayern in Munich!

Dominant Olympiacos, celebrated an imposing victory in Munich!

Performing very well on both sides of the floor, building double-digit margins in their favor from the second period and having complete control of the match throughout, Piraeus took the comfortable victory with 96-71 on her Bayernfor her 6th matchday of the Euroleague!

Thus, Olympiacos got a second consecutive “double”, after the one of the previous week in Belgrade against Maccabi Tel Aviv, improving its record in 4-2! On the plus side, the return of Fournier and Walkup to a Euroleague game, but also the presence of McKissick, who competed for the first time this season, offering a lot to Barzoka’s team!

The first scorer for the “red and white” was Dorseywho finished the game with 19 points, while o Vezenkov he had 18, along with 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Very good performance from him too Hall (11 points, 8 ribs), while the contribution of Ward (9 points, 4 assists), Fournier (9pts, 4 assists) and Walkup (7 points, 8 assists)! On the other hand, for Bayern the first scorer was Obst, with 15 points.

Now, Olympiacos turns its attention to next week with a double matchday, when it will welcome SEF Monaco (29/10, 21:15) and Hapoel Tel Aviv (31/10, 21:15), while it will also be preceded by its home match against Mykonos (26/10, 13:00) for the championship.

The match:

With Walkup, Dorsey, Ward, Vezenkov and Milutinov, the game started George Bartzokashaving available for the first time in this season McKissick, but not being able to count on the services of Papanikolaou, Evans, Fall and leaving out of the dozen Larentzakis and Netzipoglou. On the other hand, Mr Gordon Herbert saw Jovic return to action, with Voigtman, Yokoubaitis, Harris, Radanov and newcomer Dinwiddie out.

The match started with Bayern leading 7-4, with Obst having all their points, while Olympiacos took their first lead (7-8), with a nail by Vezenkov. THE Ward scored in a flurry to make it 7-10, while Dorsey started hot again, reaching 7 personal points early and putting Olympiacos ahead 15-11. THE Milutinov with his first basket he made it 13-18, o Hall after a wonderful assist from Walkup kept Piraeus at +8, while Vezenkov formed the 15-23 of the first period, with Bartzoka’s team not making a single mistake!

Nilikina, Fournier and Peters stepped on the floor for the first time at the start of the second quarter, with the latter hitting a three-pointer to give Olympiacos its first double-digit lead (15-26) of the night, while a little later he hit a board from close range for the double score (15-30)! With a top-level defense, Olympiacos did not allow its opponent to score a basket for almost 3.5 minutes in the period, while Nilikina found his first points with a 3-pointer, making it 19-35! THE McKissick entered the floor and hit a three-pointer for 19-38, while also giving energy to the defense! Mike, Fournier and Obst hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 25-41, and the first half ended with Walkup hitting a three-pointer to make it 29-47about an imposing Olympiakos, who played excellent defenses that he had 13 assists for just 2 mistakes!

The third period began with Ward to hit a three-pointer with him as well Walkup to score with a floater under pressure for 29-52, while Bayern with consecutive three-pointers by Jovic, Obst and Mike, reduced to 38-54. Mike made a steal and layup to make it 42-56, while Vezenkov cut the lead for the home team, making it 44-61 with a foul basket! Ratan-Mays with his 3-pointer reduced the score to 50-66, while Olympiacos ended the quarter leading with 69-52!

THE Peters “wrote” 55-71 after a great assist from McKissick, while Fournier responded to a three-pointer by Bayern for 60-76, with the hosts making their last counterattack, closing to within 12 (65-77) with a three-pointer from Gifai. However, Olympiacos “gasped” again, with Vezenkov to hit consecutive three-pointers with him Hall to reach double figures with his impressive dunks, bringing Barzoka’s team back to +20 (67-87), with 3 minutes left in the final, before the final came 96-71, with two more 3-pointers from Vezenkov and Dorsey!

The quarters: 15-23, 29-47, 52-69, 71-96

The match statistics

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