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Exhausted by the Barcelona match, Olympiakos was forced to fight for the second time in three nights, this time in Belgrade against Red Star. Piraeus fought a terrible battle with the Serbs, a battle that was judged literally in the details and in the final, with George Printezis scoring the winning basket 81-79 at 3.6 “and his team trailing behind on the scoreboard. and with 16 points towards the end of the first period.
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Impressive Printezis, incredible Vassilis Spanoulis who made history as the first scorer in Euroleague history since 1958, Aaron Harrison helped with his 3s in the third period and Giannoulis Larentzakis in the fourth, a good match from Costa Slouka who played 32 minutes. At 7-5 now Olympiakos, at 4-9 the Red Star who did not have the injured Langston Hall in his dozen and did not use Emanuel Terry.
The MVP
George Printezis, who else? He did not play in the second half of the game against Barcelona, but tonight it was ENJOYABLE. He scored 16 points from 5/7 two points, 1/1 three points and 3/5 shots, had four rebounds, three assists, won five fouls and scored the basket that judged the game, a game that will be remembered for a long time in the Olympiakos. These three days were a dream for the people of Piraeus, who now look to the future with even more optimism.
THE WEAK LINK
This time, Hassan Martin was not decisive. The American did not help Olympiakos, the Red Star caught him, with the result that the American did not shoot and scored his only point in the match. However, he had six rebounds, of course he also had some bad moments when the ball got out of his hands. The ups and downs of the 25-year-old tall, who is going through his first season in the Euroleague, are logical.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
The Red Star closed the first ten minutes (30-16) with 6/8 triples, scoring ten points from the five Olympiacos errors. Sloukas scored ten points in the period, 19-year-old Jordan Lloyd averaged just two of 1/6 shots in the first twenty minutes, his team scored 1/8 of three points in the second ten minutes, but Piraeus was still a long way off. At the end of the night, the hosts had 11/32 three points (6/24 in the last three seasons), while Piraeus counted 12/23 (52.2%), but also 68% in the two points that finally made a difference.
THE RACE
Sloukas, Jenkins, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles, Ellis opened the match for Olympiakos, with Bartzokas holding Martin on the bench and watching the hosts score 4/5 early 3-pointers with Reith – Walden – O’Brien by 14-5 in 5 ‘. Piraeus did not have a good rhythm in the attack, the locals went to +13 (22-9 and 25-12) and closed the first ten minutes (30-16) with 6/8 shots from the periphery and eight assists for two errors per hour That the rojiblancos were counting had given the Serbs five possessions and ten points for their own mistakes.
Red Star’s physical play was impressive, but Olympiakos didn’t seem to be scared. He was focused, got a score from Brindisi and Harrison for 32-21 in 12 ‘, took advantage of a technique in Obradovic and scored four points with Spanoulis for 37-27, but made easy mistakes, especially with “Kill-Bill” who wasted two assists with a pass to the referee and with a violation of eight seconds. The 45-37 from the half could certainly have been more “beautiful” for Olympiakos, but Piraeus had still managed to rest Sloukas and stay relatively close.
Easy mistakes kept Olympiakos at bay early in the third period as Lloyd began to score more. The Serbs did not take advantage of the possessions that Piraeus gave them, Harrison hit a difficult triple from the corner to 50-45 in the 24 ‘and continued with two more for 52-48 and 52-51 that balanced the game. The American did what he can do better than many players of his position in the tournament and from there the match turned into a true derby with Larentzakis putting the triple to 61-62 at the end of the quarter.
Spanoulis scored 61-64 at the start of the quarter and became the first scorer in Euroleague history from 1958 to today, Printezis followed up with a 3-pointer from Sloukas creation by 61-67 and Olympiakos had made a big surprise. From 61-70 the Serbs ran an 8-0 series to reduce to the point (69-70), Walden scored three points to 72-74 and the thriller continued, with Sloukas and Printezis committing offensive fouls and Lloyd to score 76 -76. Walden’s steps in the 38th minute became the rojiblancos ‘third consecutive attack (!) Who took their eyes off him and found themselves again behind the shots of O’Bryant in the 90’.
Printezis tied 78-78, Walden missed a 3-pointer, Spanoulis fouled at 8.6 “and threw a forward shot and Obradovic called a time-out. Bryant earned a foul from Jean-Charles with 6.” 1/2 for 79-79, Bartzokas took advantage of the timeout to plan the winning shot, the ball went into the hands of Printezis and scored for 79-81 which gave his team a great victory, the second in three nights away from SEF.
THE REFEREES: Javor, Paterniko, Aliaga
THE TEN MINUTES: 30-16, 45-37, 61-62, 79-81
Red Star (Obradovic): Bryant 16 (2/7 two points, 2/4 three points, 6/10 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Walden 13 (3), Lloyd 13 (3/5 two points, 1/7 three points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals), Uskokovic 2, Davidovic 8 (3/11 shots), Lazic 3 (1), Reth 7 (1), Dobric 5 (1), Jagodic-Kurica 10 (2/3 two points, 2/3 three points), Kuzmic 2
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 12 (4/6 three points), Larentzakis 11 (3/4 three points, 2 rebounds), Spanoulis 14 (2/4 two points, 2/3 three points, 4/5 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Sloukas 12 (3/4 two points, 2/5 three points, 7 assists), Martin 1, Vezenkov, Printezis 16 (5/7 two points, 1/1 three points, 3/5 shots, 4 rebounds , 3 assists), Papanikolaou, Jean -Charles 8 (4/5 two points), Jenkins, Ellis 4 (2/2 two points, 4 rebounds), McKissick 3 (1/4 shooting)
Red Star team statistics: 13/29 two points, 11/32 three points, 20/25 shots, 26 rebounds (14 defensive – 12 offensive), 16 assists, 8 steals, 8 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 17/25 two points, 12/23 three points, 11/16 shots, 32 rebounds (26 defensive – 6 offensive), 15 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 19 errors
The next matches of the two teams: In match 14, Red Star will host Alba Berlin (12/16 at 20:00), while Olympiakos will play in the SEF against Valencia (12/16 at 21:30).
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