In a match of special conditions which he wanted to take with the least possible effort, o Olympic prevailed over him Ionian in the closed of Plato with 86-78 and continued his victorious course in the Stoiximan Basket League.
As was logical and expected, the George Bartzokas divided the time despite the fact that in the fourth period his players were too relaxed, with the difference reaching all four (62-66 – 33 ‘, 70-74 – 36’), but also all three (73 -76, 38 ‘), the “red and whites” reached the positive result.
Double digits for the winners were Printezis (11p.), Dorsey (10p.) And McKissick (10p.)while for 17’20 ” the You are having 8 points with 2/4 three points and 2 rebounds.
From the side of the fighting hosts, the leader was Mavrokefalidis with 21p. and was followed by Arsenopoulos (15p., 6r.), Tzolos (14p.) and Hamilton (40 ‘, 8p., 8p. 12as.).
The match
By Bride to be in the top five and to have a big appetite, Olympiakos started hitting the defense of Ionikos from the “painted” and with seven of its own points, the “red and whites” took the lead with (3-9). Without claiming quality laurels from the basketball he played, the “red and whites” were in the mood for defense and through it maintained the lead (7-14), while with a basket by Dorsey the difference got a double-digit value for the first time (9-20) and at these levels the first period ended (11-22).
Olympiakos did not seem to slow down in the second period, unlike three-pointers by Papanikolaou (11-27) and Eisi (14-30), the difference reached 16 and many would have imagined that Ionikos would not have the courage to follow. However, Arsenopoulos, who was on a great night, reduced the difference to 11 (27-38) with a three-pointer, while the same player reduced to a single digit number (32-40). There, Olympiakos seemed to wake up and with a three-pointer by McKissick, the first half ended with a relative safety difference (34-50).
In the second half it was obvious that Olympiacos started to slow down and that they wanted to finish the game as relaxed as possible. Nevertheless, Ionikos had the opposite opinion and despite Dorsey’s consecutive points, he… had the answers. Tzolos who with his own two points dropped the difference to a single digit number (48-57) after an hour at a point in time that began to enter the offensive equation and Lucas Mavrokefalidis (50-59). The third period ended with the shots of Wokap and the +11 of Olympiakos (53-64).
The excessive relaxation of Olympiakos, gave wild interest in the match, as Ionikos with a three-pointer by Moses reduced to six (58-64) and with Mavrokefalidis to four (60-64). The “red and whites” seemed to find their concentration again, mainly with the actions of McKissick (64-74), however again Ionikos found a way to return to the match and with a three-pointer by Jolo the difference was reduced to three (73-76) . Finally, with careful attacks and points by Sloukas and Wokap, the team of Giorgos Bartzokas got the pink card (78-86).
THE TEN MINUTES: 11-22, 34-50, 53-64, 78-86
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