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Olympiakos stayed on the… street.
Hit by the coronavirus and inaction, the ‘rojiblancos’ chased Baskonia from the beginning and in the end they stayed strong, knowing the defeat (90-76), which throws them at 5-4.
On the other hand, the Basques, who claimed their first away win this year and their first in the SEF after 2007, rose to 5-5.
Piraeus was tied at -23 (21-43), they went to the dressing room with -16 (31-47) and nevertheless managed to reduce to -7 (60-67), in the 31 ‘. However, an unsportsmanlike foul by Spanoulis followed which proved crucial as it cut the pace of the Bartzokas players and at the same time gave the Spaniards psychology for a 10-0 series, which tipped the balance.
Olympiacos’ top scorers were Sloukas and Printezis with 15 points each, with Martin and McKissick with 12 points each.
From Basconia, Dragic had 18 points, but Henry led with 17 points. and 11 assists.
The match
Olympiakos started the game with Martin, Printezis, Papanikolaou, Slouka and Koniari. The rojiblancos entered the beginning with enough τε Printezis (5-2), with Basconia responding with triples from Vildosa and advancing (5-8), while with Fal without having… a rival on the racket, he reached + 5 (8-13) , in 5 ‘. With the entry of Spanoulis and Larentzakis, the ‘rojiblancos’ found energy and approached the basket (13-15). However, in the last three minutes, Bartzoka’s players lost some defensive rebounds and with Peters entering the court “hot”, the Basques closed the season at +8 (15-23).
The ‘rojiblancos’ entered the second half with the same ‘damaged’ mind, with bad decisions in attack and great weakness in defense. However, the worst thing was that Peters also had… Dragic and Polonara with him, with the difference of shooting at +16 (17-33), in 15 ‘. With two shots from Papanikolaou and a basket from McKissick, Olympiacos reacted temporarily (21-34), but then Bartzoka’s players made the easy mistake, generously giving the open field to the Spanish and they escaped quite easily to +22 ( 21 -43), at 17 ‘. In the remaining time, Piraeus found solutions with Papanikolaou and Larentzaki outside 6.75 meters, but Polonara kept the Basques at +16 (31-47), at the end of the first half.
Olympiakos improved his image early in the second half, where by pushing on defense, rebounding and using Printezis, he dropped to -10 (39-49) in the first three minutes. A mini-blackout gave Henry a chance to make it 4-0, with McKissick and Jenkins putting energy into defense and the difference falling to the single digits (44-53), at 25 ‘. Bartzoka’s players had found an aggressive rhythm with Spanoulis, McKissick and Martin, but Henry kept doing “damage” and thus the gap remained at the same level, until the end of the third quarter (58-67).
Martin pulled the gap further (60-67) early in the fourth period, but an unsportsmanlike foul by Spanoulis on Peters followed, which again “spoiled” Olympiakos’s mind, with Baskonia scoring 10-0 and escaping again. in two digits (60-77), in 34 ‘. The Basques had the psychology and control of the game, with the ‘rojiblancos’ instead having ’emptied’ and tired of the lack of solutions and easily make mistakes, with the result that the difference goes to +18 (64- 81), at 35 ‘. With a mini outburst from McKissick, Piraeus picked up the situation (71-81), but there was no time and help with the Spanish responding with two triples for +16 (71-87) and taking the victory with the final 76-90.
The ten minutes: 15-23, 31-47, 58-67, 76-90
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