He did not enter Barcelona, he entered SEF!
Costas Sloukas had not managed to give the victory against Barcelona, but against Fenerbahce succeeded the critical basket at 2 ” before the end and so the Olympic prevailed 67-65, going up to 5-2!
The “red and whites” were excellent for about 26 minutes, having double-digit differences. However, from that point on, they suffered a major “blackout”, allowing all of Djordjevic to return and enter the match for good.
Sloukas, who “killed” his former team, was also the top scorer with 14 points, with Dorsey, Larentzaki and Fal to have from 10p. each and every Frenchman to center and collect 9 rebounds.
On the other hand, the Turks fell to 2-5, with Veseli to stand out with 14 points and 9 rebounds.
The match
Olympiakos started with Fal, Vezenkov, Papanikolaou, Dorsey and Wokap. Despite their good defense, the “red and whites” were nervous in the attack and therefore did not have a bigger lead (7-5), in the first five minutes. Then, the pace went up with De Colo putting Fener temporarily ahead (9-10). The response of Piraeus was immediate, as with Dorsey and Papanikolaou they made a partial score 10-2 (19-12), with the French guard forming the 19-14 of the first period.
With the good defense and Fal, Olympiakos escaped at +9 (23-14), in the first two minutes of the second period, but Fener returned with Mahmutoglou’s three-pointers, tying the game at 27-27, in 15 ‘. Then, the players of Bartzokas tightened a lot in the defense and running in the open field with Slouka and Larentzaki went the difference to +13 (40-27), in 18 ‘. In the last minutes, Bartzokas’ players easily gave baskets to the Turks, but thanks to Larentzakis they went to the locker room with +11 (45-34).
With the accuracy from the periphery, Olympiakos started well in the second half, going again to +13 (53-40), in 23 ‘. However, the “red and whites” did not continue the same. From that point on, many bad and misplaced offensive choices by the Piraeus followed, as a result of which they lost their rhythm in the defense as well. So, Fener took advantage of this and with Veseli in front, gnawed the difference in the basket (55-53), at the end of the third period.
Olympiakos entered the fourth ten minutes in the same tense, with bad attacks and Guduric and Veseli going to Fener at +3 (55-58), in 33 ‘. The “red and whites” were still nervous and scored mainly with shots, with the Czech on the other hand holding the guests steadily ahead (59-62), until 35 ‘. With the basket and foul of Sloukas, Piraeus equalized (62-62), where then they made multiple defenses, but did not score. Olympiakos “came off” with a three-pointer by Sloukas at 1:39 ”, but Wookup’s missed shots and Polonara’s basket and foul made it 68-68, at 39.4 ” before the end. There, came a very large basket of the international guard at 2 ” before the end and with the defense coming out at the end, the “red and whites” took the victory with the final 67-65.
The ten minutes: 19-14, 45-34, 55-53, 67-65
MVP: Who else but Kostas Sloukas? He achieved the most critical basket of the match, which proved to be a “savior” for Olympiakos. Of course, Mustafa Fal is also highly praised, as the Frenchman was the boulder in the racket, against the “beasts” of the Turks.
The number that made the difference: The “red and whites” remembered their excellent defense, putting their hands almost everywhere… in the shots of their opponents. Proof are only 65 points from the Turkish team, but mainly the 5/22 three points.
See here the film of the match
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