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Vassilis Spanoulis, Aaron Harrison and George Printezis stayed out of the game to rest, Olympiakos was exciting in the first half, kept a good difference until the break and was in control until 30 ‘, but in the final he was not effective in defense and an attack to leave Alba defeated (75-69) in their second friendly in Berlin in 24 hours.
Costas Sloukas and Sasha Vezenkov were the two who stood out, with the substitutes not looking good in general and the lack of a second creator in the absence of Spanoulis being more than evident. Hosts Aito Reneses scored 31 points in the fourth period, scored great shots with Lo, Gifai, Sikma and Granger and got the game clean at a time when Giorgos Bartzokas had strong complaints from the referees because they allowed him physically not allowed, to Germans.
Now, Piraeus is putting all its weight in the last training sessions ahead of the match with Zalgiris on the night of October 1 at SEF (9:00 p.m.), to start their official matches with a victory.
Olympiacos started the game with Sloukas, McKissick, Charalambopoulos, Jean-Charles, Ellis, who were incredible on both sides of the court, but mainly on defense. The 3-15 in 7 ‘from Charalambopoulos’ triples was impressive, Jean-Charles and Ellis covered the rojiblancos’ basket, McKissick scored a triple and a nail and Martin scored four consecutive points for 3-19 before closing the game. season on 7-21.
The difference reached 18 (7-25) for Piraeus, however the second five did not work out well. Vezenkov fired two shots, but overall the pace did not keep up with the original team. Little by little Alba found a rhythm and bit the difference, but even so, 24-38 of the time weighed on her. With 9/33 shots, the Germans could not claim anything else, while Olympiakos had 9/15 two points, 5/12 three points and 12 assists for 8 errors.
With Alba’s defense in much better shape, Olympiakos had a hard time scoring in the first half of the third period. The hosts closed the gap to seven (35-42), but there McKissick and Martin nailed once 35-48 before 44-52 in 30 ‘that Bartzokas would have liked a lead of more than 20 points. .
With McKissick making successive mistakes in his attempt to create, but Larentzakis being more effective in this role, Olympiakos maintained a double-digit gap (44-55) early in the fourth period. However, he quickly lost it thanks to Alba’s 7-0 victory that returned to the game (51-55 in 34 ‘) and with two 3-pointers from Maodo Lo tied 58-58 in 35’.
Alba’s counterattack continued, his streak reached 12-0 for 63-58, but Sloukas took Olympiakos on his back and with successive baskets reduced him to 65-64 in 38 ‘. At 1:40 she took steps with difference in the two points, to be followed by two great triples by Gifai and Sikma by 72-67 and another by Granger that scored 75-69 and finally decided the match in favor of the hosts.
THE TEN MINUTES: 7-21, 24-38, 44-52, 75-69
SUNRISE (Reneses): Lo 10 (2), Siva 9 (1), Gifai 10 (2), Erickson 6 (2), Matissek 3 (1), Snyder, Olinde 2, Fontecchio 4, Teiman 10 (2), Granger 9 (2), Sikma 10 (1), Lammers 2
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Charalampopoulos 6 (2), Larentzakis 2, Koniaris 2, Sloukas 4 (11 ass.), Martin 10 (6 rebounds, 2 kg, 1 ass.), Vezenkov 23 (4), Papanikolaou 5 (1tr., 4 rebounds), Jean Charles 10 (4 rebounds, 1 rebounds), Jenkins, Ellis (6 rebounds, 2 rebounds), McKissick 7 (2).
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