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It was not his night. After three consecutive victories against Panathinaikos, Armani Milano and Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Olympic They suffered the defeat on Friday night (10/23) of Bayern in Munich (74-68) and fell to 3-2 after the fifth game of their regular season Euroleague 2020/21.
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With good intervals in defense, Piraeus did not have a good rhythm in attack, did not have consistency in their game and did not manage to catch the energy of Andrea Trinkeri’s players who continues to excite and is now at the top of the table with a 4-1 record along with Zalgiris Kaunas.
Former rojiblanco Wade Baldwin suffered heavy damage in the third quarter from long range shots, followed by Vladimir Lu Λi Ν and Nihad τςedovi ,, Jalen Reynolds. without substance, consistency and efficacy.
The MVP
Wade Baldwin didn’t do at Olympiakos last year which David Blatt chose him for. At Bayern, however, he is one more player. More determined, he feels more important and continued his excellent performances in Euroleague 2020/21 with 18 points against his former team. He was constantly going to his favorite place, hitting long range shots, was unstoppable in the third ten minutes and added to his statistics two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 25:55.
THE WEAK LINK
Sloukas coasts. For the second consecutive game he saw the fourth half from the bench and finished the game with six points from 2/4 two points, 0/4 three points and 2/2 shots, two rebounds, four assists, one steal and one error. Olympiacos need leader Sloukas, because behind him there is no other first base, a great organizer.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiacos made six mistakes in the first period, and Bayern took advantage of them and scored nine points! At halftime, the hosts had taken ten more two-point shots, won the rebounding battle (14-9), and Piraeus saw a negative sign in the assist / error ratio (9-10) that explained why they were behind the scoreboard. At the end of the night, 6/28 triples (21.4%) was the stat that “hit” the eye the most, with Slouka – Spanoulis scoring 0/8, while Nihad Τedovi με was counting seven errors without a final pass.
THE RACE
Olympiacos opened the meeting with Sloukas, MakKisik, Papanikolaou, Printezis, Ellis. Bayern scored relatively comfortably, put up three trays for 8-3, Piraeus quickly balanced the game, but their five-point center was not ready and focused. Ένedovi έκανε did a lot of damage to the rojiblanca defense, but made six major errors until 22-18 of the first period, which was at least bearable.
Olympiakos second five did not perform well in the second ten minutes, they did not threaten, Vezenkov and Jenkins worked well together to put the American two 3-pointers from the right corner, but Bayern did not take advantage of the circumstances and did not build a greater advantage. (33-25 in 15 ‘). An advantage that was quickly gnawed away, with Vezenkov launching an open shot from the left corner 33-32 on 16 ‘, to earn Trinkeri’s time-out that cut the guests’ lead and helped the hosts close the first half. at +5 (39-34).
With McKissick coming out again with tremendous energy at the start of the third period, Olympiakos brought the game to a draw (41-41) and went ahead for the first time (49-50 in the 25th minute) with shots from Papanikolaou, but had a problem with dialing. Baldwin, who was at his point, made the middle distance shots and put them for 51-50, 53-50 and 55-52. Bayern regained momentum, Chipser sent the difference to eight (61-53), the German defense was very effective and 61-53 in the tenth minute gave them the title of clear favorite.
Olympiacos did not find solutions, they did not find a rhythm, it was not their night. Baldwin kept scoring, 68-57 seemed heavy, but nothing ended in the 33rd minute. Without enthusiasm, the rojiblancos bit the difference with a 2-8 partial (70-65 in 38 ‘), but Luτσιiτς scored 72-65 in 38’ and with the difference in the three possessions, the game could no longer be turned .
THE REFEREES: Boltauser, Aliaga, Jurassic
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-18, 39-34, 61-53, 74-68
BAGERN (Trinkeri): Wheeler-Bab 4, Baldwin 18 (5/13 2 points, 1/4 3 points, 5/8 shots, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Bray, Reynolds 10 (5/7 2 points, 5 rebounds), Thomas 2, Lucic 16 (3/4 two points, 2/3 three points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Flakandori, Jedovic 10 (3/3 two points, 4/4 shots, 2 rebounds, 7 errors), Chipser 6 (1), Johnson, Cisco 2 (3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals), Radosevic 6 (3 rebounds, 3 assists)
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 3 (1/7 shots), Spanoulis 2 (0/5 shots), Sloukas 6 (2/4 two points, 0/4 three points, 4 assists), Martin 2 (5 rebounds), Vezenkov 7 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Printezis 7, Papanikolaou 13 (2/4 three points, 7/9 shots), Jean-Charles, Jenkins 12 (2/2 two points, 2/4 shots), Ellis 5, McKissick 11 (3/5 two points, 1/2 three points, 2/4 shots)
Bayern team statistics: 22/43 two points, 4/12 three points, 18/21 shots, 33 rebounds (23 defensive – 10 offensive), 15 assists, 8 steals, 14 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 14/24 two points, 6/28 three points, 22/27 shots, 28 rebounds (19 defensive – 9 offensive), 13 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 15 errors
The next matches of the two teams: Bayern will travel to Madrid to play against Real (29/10 at 21:05), while Olympiakos will return to the SEF to host Anadolu Efes by Shane Larkin (10/30 at 21:45)
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