For the fifth time this year, SEF was “protected”.
Olympiacos beat Fenerbahce 67-65, by Σλουκα to be the big protagonist, succeeding in folding big baskets in the fourth period. However, what also played a very important role for the pink card of the “red and whites” was their excellent defense.
The coach of the podium records on www.sportfm.gr what they judged the match…
The children of the defense: The “red and white” rearguard is back. Olympiacos again played an excellent defense almost throughout the match, with the sole exception of some 3 minutes in the second and third period. However, his defense was there in the crucial fourth quarter, keeping Fener at just 12 points in total, but even when Bartzoka’s players were “stuck” in the attack, they had the opportunity to stay for good in claiming the match. Of course, the excellent passive returned, with the Turks scoring just 65 points, with the bad 5/22 three points.
Last five minutes… only Sloukas: At 5:03 ” before the end, Veseli kept Fenerbahce at +3 (59-62). There, Costas Sloukas took Olympiakos on his back, taking him out in the “foam”! And this is because, the international guard achieved the last 8 points of the Piraeus team. He scored the basket and the foul of the draw (62-62), the three-pointer that he put in front of the “red and whites” (65-62), but also the crucial basket at 2 ” before the end, which -as it turned out- was enough for the final 67-65.
Fatigue cost the attack: The game completes a mini-Golgotha with consecutive matches for Olympiakos in Greece and Euroleague. Naturally, there was a lot of fatigue and strain on the “red and whites”. This was also reflected in the failure. As long as they had strength in the first part, the “red and whites” were excellent on both sides of the floor, having breaths to run in the open field, so the score was 45-34. In the second half, Piraeus continued their good defense, but there was no longer the strength to raise their hands in the shots. For this reason, Vezenkov, Wokap and Larentzakis missed many free kicks, which could have “cut” the Turkish counterattack and “finished” the game early.
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