THE Olympic left behind the two consecutive defeats by Zenit and Efes, and with an ally his invincible “castle” prevailed in an impressive way 90-73 of Maccabi Tel Aviv at SEF!
His players Giorgos Bartzokas reacted, fought from the very first minute, thus comfortably reaching his seventh victory this year in the tournament. The game was essentially judged from the first ten minutes, where playing a dream basketball, the “red and whites” led 35-8.
The coach of the podium records on www.sportfm.gr the data that stood out from the match…
Immediate and convincing reaction: Looking at the Olympic games, one finds the following oxymoron. In the last period in the defeat by Efes, the “red and whites” were left with only 3 points in the worst ten minutes of its history in the Euroleague.
What did Bartzokas’ players do after that? They showed tremendous reaction, passion and fighting spirit, and in the next ten minutes of the game they achieved the best performance in their history in the institution with 35-8 against Maccabi, delivering … free basketball lessons.
It is impressive how quickly the “switch” turned and even after two consecutive defeats.
The epitome of teamwork: One of the statistics that made the big difference is definitely the assist-error ratio. The “red and whites” shared a total of 22 assists (!) For seven errors, in contrast to Maccabi’s 15 final passes and 9 errors.
In fact, this impressive number of Olympiacos in assists gets even more value, if one considers that Piraeus had 29 shots on the field! Practically, only 7 shots came through atomic energy, in a night where altruism and creations …. hit red!
The reaction of the guards and the excellent Fal: Tyler Dorsey and Costas Sloukas were almost “useless” in the match against Efes, as the former had 2 points (1/6 shot, 1 assist) and the latter 5 points (1/6 shot, 2/2 shots) and 4 assists .. But tonight things were different with the two guards offering the maximum with 17 and 18 points respectively. In fact, Sloukas recorded 29 points in the evaluation system.
Apart from the two, however, Fal made his best and fullest appearance this season, with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, giving valuable assists on both sides of the floor. A constant danger for the opponent’s defense, but also a very capable rebounder, who when Olympiakos was missing “hurt” over the crowns.
Defensive rebounds are the only … wound: We referred to the positive elements that led Olympiakos to a comfortable victory over Maccabi, but we must also focus on a negative one. And this is how George Bartzokas’ team allowed the Israelis to collect 21 offensive rebounds!
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Whenever the players of Giannis Sfeiropoulos tried to reduce the score and “gnaw” the difference, it was through the second attacks. It is characteristic that 19 of Maccabi’s 73 points came from such situations.
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