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The second leg of the devil’s first week of Euroleague 2020/21 was also pleasant for Olympiakos, who two days after the victory over Armani Milano beat Maccabi Tel Aviv (85-82) in the empty Estadio de la Peace and Friendship with a great shot. by Aaron Harrison at the end of a great showdown.
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With Spanoulis becoming the record holder for accurate shots in tournament history and leading Piraeus on their backs in the final, while Sloukas and Printezis were on the bench, with Sasa Vezenkov and Hassan Martin doing a great job scoring and on the rebound. , the rojiblancos held on in the last quarter, forgot their fatigue and celebrated their third victory this year in four games and the third in a row.
They needed, of course, Harrison’s big shot after Scotty Wilbekin’s who had matched with his own shot off an offensive rebound from Chris Jones’ 0/2 shots, to move up to 3-1 and keep dreaming the eighth. and the playoffs. As early as it is, as difficult and unpredictable as this year.
Or MVP
Many distinguished themselves, but the title goes to Aaron Harrison because he gave the victory to zero. The American played 19:56, scored 12 points (nine in the first half) of 3/5 two points and 2/4 three points, had two rebounds, three assists, no errors, played several effective defenses and surely his psychology will still be better after the result of this match. Hassan Martin (16 points from 8/9 two points) and Sasha Vezenkov (14 points from 4/5 three points, 6 rebounds) were great too, the two that kept Olympiakos upright.
THE WEAK LINK
Come on ίζiιiτς! He entered SEF to dominate both rackets, but played just 12:40 to score four points from 2/5 two points, collected three rebounds and made three errors. Very bad night against the Olympiacos, this will be at the end of the 2020/21 season one of their worst appearances.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiakos closed the first ten minutes with 3/7 two points and 3/8 three points, Maccabi only fouled and had 8/11 two points. With 84 points in the first half, no one had a double digit number in the score, no one scored in surprise. Piraeus closed the game with 22 assists for 10 errors and this was an excellent ratio, while Maccabi had 16 final passes for 14 errors, but also eight missed shots in the 19 he made. Just 22:33 played Costas Sloukas who was not spectacular this time, while a little (17:04) George Printezis was on the court in a fairly fair rotation by George Bartzokas who was justified by the result of his elections.
THE RACE
With Sloukas, Makkisik, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov, Ellis, the game was opened by Olympiakos, who were slow to score, but made two 3-pointers from their forwards to make it 8-4 in 4 ‘. Maccabi responded with a 0-8 series and with two shots from Blazer from the left corner they went ahead (8-12) in the middle of the season, continued to work better in the attacking part of Piraeus and with Dorsey scoring four points in a row. with difficult shots from six meters he closed the first ten minutes at +7 (15-22).
Olympiacos’s image was much better at the start of the second season. Spanoulis and Jenkins made the long shots, Martin and Printezis filled the racket and with a run of 14-4, Piraeus took the lead with 29-26 in 14 ‘. The hosts had found rhythm and confidence, Harrison played exceptionally well on both ends of the court, hitting a 3-pointer to 44-38 and the 44-40 from the half was the result of a satisfying derby with very good basketball.
Ellis and Vezenkov entered the second half with a quick 5-0 to Olympiacos’ +9 (49-40), with the latter scoring a new peripheral shot for 54-44 in the 23rd minute. Ellis’ quick third foul put Martin in the game, with Bartzokas rubbing the eyes of the American who broke both the rebound and the scoreboard, scored ten points in the period and significantly helped keep his team in the lead (69-66 ) in 30 ‘. The game was quick, the defenses found no solutions, Maccabi held on, stayed close, was always dangerous, although his two most important players, Wilbekin and Zizic, did not help significantly.
Olympiakos entered the fourth period with two fouls in the 11th “, completed the team in the 32nd minute, started to send Maccabi to the line and helped Wilbekin find a rhythm. Bartzokas kept Slouka – Printezis on the bench, his The team wasted a lot of chances, but stood up with Spanoulis scoring 75-74 in the 37th minute and the match to take place in the final thriller. At +3 Piraeus fouled Jones at 11.2 “, he missed both shots, but Maccabi took the offensive rebound and Wilbekin put the equalizer triple (82-82) at 7.6 “.
And yet nothing was over. Maccabi had two fouls to give and spent them correctly, but Olympiakos lasted four seconds. The ball went to Harrison, he calmly emptied the clock, executed from eight and a half meters and in the timeout he gave his team a great victory, in a truly amazing derby.
See how the 2020/21 Euroleague ranking was formed
THE REFEREES: García, Obrknezevic, Rakis
THE TEN MINUTES: 15-22, 44-40, 69-66, 85-82
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 12 (2), Larentzakis, Spanoulis 11 (3/5 two points, 1/5 three points, 2/2 shots), Sloukas 6 (0/3 two points, 2/3 three points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists) , Martin 16 (8/9 two points, 8 rebounds), Vezenkov 14 (0/3 two points, 4/5 three points, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds), Printezis 6 (1 three points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists ), Papanikolaou 3 (1/3 three points, 6 assists), Jean Charles, Jenkins 5 (1), Ellis 8 (4/4 two points), McKissick 4 (0/5 three points)
MACABI (Sfeiropoulos): Bryant 12 (1), Wilbekin 18 (3/5 two points, 3/6 three points, 3/4 shots, 3 assists), Jones 12 (3 three points, 6 assists), Kaloiaro 7 (1), Hunter 15 ( 7/10 two points, 1/3 shots, 6 rebounds), Cohen, Dorsey 4, Blazer 10 (2), Bender, Zizic 4 (3 rebounds, 3 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 21/37 two points, 12/29 three points, 7/11 shots, 31 rebounds (19 + 12), 22 assists, 6 steals, 10 errors
Maccabi team statistics: 22/39 two points, 9/16 three points, 11/19 shots, 26 rebounds (20 + 6), 16 assists, 5 steals, 14 errors, 1 block
The next matches of the two teams: Olympiakos will go to Munich to face Bayern (23/10 at 21:30), while Maccabi will travel to Moscow to face Khimki (23/10 at 20:00).
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