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Olympiacos lasted ten minutes in Moscow!
The “rojiblancos” were betrayed mainly by their bad attack and the many errors (16) and gave CSKA the opportunity to easily beat them 80-61 and throw them at 5-5. On the other hand, the Russian team … is galloping, as it reached seven consecutive pink cards and went to 9-3.
Much annoyance for Piraeus in the match, which was deprived of George Bartzokas in the last ten minutes, as he was sent off with two technical penalties, at the end of the third.
The top scorers were Martin and Printezis with 10 points each.
Of the Itoudis team, James was the leader with 16 points. and Sengelia followed with 10 points.
The match
Olympiacos started the match with Martin, Jean-Charles, Papanikolaou, Slouka and Spanoulis. Concentrated on defense and with a lot of play on the racket with Martín, the rojiblancos entered, leading early (4-8), with Sloukas sending them to +5 (6-11), in 5 ‘. CSKA’s reaction was a Kurbanov 3-pointer, with Piraeus responding with new excellent defenses and with Jean-Charles and Papanikolaou escaping at +8 (9-17). However, then Sengelia “heated up” outside 6.75 m. and with two consecutive triples he reduced the difference in the basket (15-17), with Spanoulis responding (15-19). But, in the last two minutes, Bartzoka’s players were very out of place – although they had good options in attack – with the locals doing a 5-0 with Claiborne and James, at the end of the first ten minutes (20-19 ).
With Vezenkov’s shots, Olympiakos temporarily took the lead again (20-21) at the beginning of the second half, but the continuation was not proportional. Terrible failure and in easy phases by the Bartzoka players, with Boloboi and Voigtman with offensive rebounds, to send CSKA to +7 (28-21), in 14 ‘. Larentzakis interrupted the Russians ‘streak, but the “rojiblancos” were tragically inaccurate – even near the basket – with Hilliard returning home at +10 (35-25), at 17’. With some creations in the attack from Spanoulis and Slouka, Piraeus found their way to the basket, but CSKA kept the difference in their favor in double digits until the end of the first half (39-29).
Sengelia sent CSKA to +12 (41-29) at the start of the second half, and Papanikolaou responded with a triple (41-32). This was followed by superficial attacks by the rojiblancos, with the hosts escaping at +14 (46-32), at 24 ‘, with baskets in the open field. Then, Bartzokas ‘players improved defensively, keeping CSKA without a basket, but did not take advantage of it offensively (46-34), until the 27’. In the final three minutes, the “army team” found rhythm in the attack, started a storm outside 6.75m, which resulted in shooting the difference to +18 (56-38). Meanwhile, at 17 ‘before the end of the third period, George Bartzokas was sent off, receiving two multiple technical penalties.
With the same “damaged” mind, Olympiakos entered the fourth period and thus Boloboi sent the difference to +22 (60-38), at the beginning. The game had acquired a procedural character and the last minutes weren’t particularly interesting, so both teams played more freely. The hosts kept the difference in their favor at the same level, while the “rojiblancos”, on the other hand, showed no willingness to reduce, with McKissick and Printezis holding them aggressively. Thus, Piraeus returned from Moscow with a defeat, with the final 80-61.
The ten minutes: 20-19, 39-29, 56-38, 80-61
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