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Costas Sloukas, the general! With Vassilis Spanoulis resting, the Greek guard assumed the role of absolute leader. He did what he wanted in attack, he had the ball constantly in his hand, he made all the decisions, he played out of breath in the second half, he was not interested in scoring but giving directions, distributing the ball correctly, creating for his teammates. had an amazing night at Fonteta. In 32:47 he scored seven points from 1/3 3-pointers and 4/4 shots, collected 4 rebounds, shared 13 assists, stole three balls and had 25 points in the rating system carrying Olympiakos on his back.
THE WEAK LINK
Bad night for Sakil McKissick, who does not have a reliable peripheral shot but will want to forget that in 22 minutes of participation he scored 0/6 three points. The American did not help in the attack and this part of his game should be improved or covered in other ways.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiakos started the match with 0/6 shots, taking 1/20 in five ten minutes against Villeurbanne and Bayern. The six assists were few in the first half (all shared in the second half), in which Sloukas played 13 minutes to get a single shot, at the same time that the Bavarians had made 13 shots of two and 15 shots of three. In the final of the match, Piraeus had 10/25 triples (40%) and 19 final passes due to 12 errors, while receiving no more than four baskets from a Bayern player. The Germans don’t have a player like Sloukas, Larkin, James, a high-volume scorer, but still the Olympiacos defense was quite good.
THE RACE
Olympiakos did not start the game well, they did not have rhythm in the attack, they did not find a shot in good condition, but Bayern did not do anything else. The score was very low (3-2) in the first four minutes, Piraeus could not score with Printezis and McKissick, the Bavarian defense was very effective and as much as it sounds excessive, the 17-10 of the first period flattered them. rojiblancos who didn’t even have … half an assist!
Bayern went to +10 (25-15) with a quick 6-0 after a time-out in 14 ‘, the difference reached 12 points (30-18) from a triple by Bray in 16′, but Larentzakis’ entry gave off breath at Olympiakos and his own shots alongside Vezenkov’s bit the gap before McKissick scored a 32-31 free kick late in the first half.
With Sloukas continuing to emphasize creation and Ellis – Printezis scoring, Bartzokas saw his team take a small four-point lead (34-38) in the 23rd minute and now play with more confidence. Sloukas’ collaborations with Martin were beautiful, the Greek guard scored his first points with shots in the 28th minute for 43-53 and everything had started to work well for Piraeus on both sides of the court.
Bartzokas did not have, in the absence of Spanoulis, a second creator and was forced to trust Sloukas more than he would have liked, but in this way helped him find the rhythm and help his team. The ball was constantly in his own hands, from his own hands there were constant cracks in the Bayern defense, with Olympiakos easily taking the victory and their new leader playing the entire second half without breathing a bit.
THE REFEREES: Sacrifice, Pizarro, Perugia
THE TEN MINUTES: 17-10, 32-31, 49-58, 68-82
BAGERN (Trinkeri): Goyler-Bab 3 (1), Baldwin 7 (3/7 shots), Bray 8 (3/9 shots), Reynolds 7 (3/7 2 points, 8 rebounds), Thomas 10 (1), Lucic 11 (2), Jedovic 8 (2), Ameiz 3, Johnson 7, Cisco 4 (7 assists), Grant
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 9 (3/4 two points, 1/3 three points), Larentzakis 13 (2/2 two points, 3/3 three points), Sloukas 7 (1/3 three points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals), Martin 13 (5/7 two points, 3/6 shots, 4 rebounds), Vezenkov 12 (2/4 three points, 8 rebounds), Printezis 12 (4/9 two points, 1/1 three points, 4 rebounds), Papanikolaou 10 (2), Jenkins, Ellis 3 (6 rebounds), McKissick 3 (0/6 3 points)
Bayern team statistics: 18/32 two points, 8/21 three points, 8/13 shots, 26 rebounds (23 defensive – 3 offensive), 16 assists, 8 steals, 13 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 19/34 two points, 10/25 three points, 14/21 shots, 31 rebounds (24 defensive – 7 offensive), 19 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 2 errors
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