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It was not the game he had to win, it was not the rival that “has”, a team in his measure, but surely Olympiacos could leave Moscow with something else after their first meeting with their creation, Nikolas. Milutinov.
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Piraeus lost to CSKA (80-61) on Thursday night for Euroleague match 12, fell to 5-5, was left with the sweet taste of the first seven minutes in which they built an eight-point lead and they are already thinking about the next games. week with Barcelona in Barcelona (8/12) and with the Red Star in Belgrade (10/12).
With Hassan Martin being the only one to stand out and Jean-Charles, Papanikolaou, Spanoulis remaining at short intervals, with George Bartzokas receiving consecutive technical penalties at the end of the third period and CSKA twice three points, the final score is perfectly fair according to the picture of both teams.
The MVP
He wasn’t great, he wasn’t very precise, but he was the one who made the difference in another CSKA game. Mike James scored 16 points from 3/9 two points, 2/5 three points and 4/7 shooting, filled his stats with seven rebounds, seven assists, hit a triple-double and would probably do it all if he played more than 26 minutes. He is the best player of the European champion and he is in incredible shape after the episode with Dimitris Itoudis.
THE WEAK LINK
Many Olympiacos players had a bad night, but Bartzokas would definitely expect more from Costas Sloukas, who started well and then lost. The Greek point guard had only five points from 1/1 two points, 1/3 three points, three rebounds, four assists, but also five errors in 30 minutes of participation.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Giorgos Bartzokas scored 11 missed passes near the basket in the first half, along with eight second chances for CSKA, thus building a ten-point difference. In the final of the night, Olympiacos really couldn’t hope for anything else, with 6/24 three points (25%) and with 16 errors that gave the hosts 25 points, the result was normal.
THE RACE
With Sloukas, Spanoulis, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles, Martin, Bartzokas opened the match against a very high five with Hackett, Hilliard, Kurbanov, Sengelia, Milutinov. Martín was inconceivable at the beginning, he scored two baskets, changed two shots, gave an assist, short-circuited Milutinov near the basket, thanks to him Olympiakos entered the game well (2-6 and 6-8 in 4 ‘), thanks to Slouka However, they stayed ahead as their new leader circulated the ball correctly to 9-17 in 6 ‘from Papanikolaou’s triple.
The first changes, a clumsy finish by Jean-Charles-Ellis and the rise of Sengelia who made consecutive triples helped CSKA balance the game and advance with a triple by James in the end of the first period (20 -19) thanks to a 11-2 individual. With Jenkins, Larentzaki, McKissick, Vezenkov, Ellis, Olympiacos did not perform well early in the second period. He came back with five (26-21), with the partial reaching 17-4 after his impressive first half, he also went to -9 (32-23), he had no score, he made mistakes, he was inaccurate, He was confused with the rotation, lost the rhythm and closed the first half at -10 (39-29) having achieved only ten points.
With 2/11 3-pointers at halftime, he could not claim anything else, at the time of course CSKA also shot 41.2% on two points but had seven offensive rebounds.
With their defense just as effective in the third quarter, CSKA rose to +14 (46-32) as Olympiakos found it extremely difficult to find a marker. The hosts kept Piraeus away, Hackett finished for 49-34 in 28 ‘, Bartzokas was sent off with two technical penalties in seconds at the end of the quarter and the -18 in 30’ (56-38) left no space. optimism in the reds and whites. The fourth period had a procedural nature, Olympiakos did not have the strength, courage and talent to make such a big surprise, from -22 (60-38 in 32 ‘), CSKA took the victory, went up to the higher and left the Olympic at 5-5 and 50%.
THE REFEREES: García, Latisevs, Difala
THE TEN MINUTES: 20-19, 39-29, 56-38, 80-61
CSKA MOSCOW (Itoudis): Bolombi 8 (2/5 two points, 4/4 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block), Homenko, James 16 (3/9 two points, 2/5 three points, 4 / 5 shots, 7 rebounds, 7 assists), Hilliard 7 (1/6 triples), Uhoff 6 (1), Hackett 8 (2), Antonov 5 (1), Vogtman 6 (1), Claiborne 2, Sengelia 10 (2 ), Milutinov 4 (2/3 two points, 8 rebounds), Kurbanov 8 (1)
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Larentzakis 2, Spanoulis 5 (2/2 two points, 0/5 three points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists), Sloukas 5 (1/1 two points, 1/3 three points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 errors), Martin 10 (5/7 two points, 3 rebounds), Vezenkov 2, Printezis 10 (2), Papanikolaou 6 (2), Jean-Charles 9 (4/9 two points, 0/3 three points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals), Jenkins 3 (1), Ellis 2, McKissick 7 (4 rebounds, 4 assists)
CSKA Moscow team statistics: 16/36 two points, 11/28 three points, 15/19 shots, 40 rebounds (27 defensive – 13 offensive), 17 assists, 11 steals, 2 blocks, 13 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 18/35 two points, 6/24 three points, 7/8 shots, 30 rebounds (23 defensive – 7 offensive), 16 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 16 errors
The next matches of the two teams: CSKA Moscow will play Khimki away (11/12 at 19:00), while Olympiakos will go to Barcelona for the postponed match of the ninth round (8/12 at 20:00) and then Travel to Belgrade to face Red Star (10/12 at 20:00).
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