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History has shown that wins often psychologically “drain” successful teams. This is probably the case with Olympiakos, who after the great away victories against Barcelona and Estrella Roja, in a period of three days, were defeated at the Estadio de la Paz y la Amistad against Valencia (85-96) by match 14 of the Euroleague regular season. .
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Piraeus had a huge defensive problem from an early age, they never solved it, every time they got close they received either triples or alley nails, they fell 7-6 and lost a great opportunity to redeem their two previous positive results in the best way.
Giorgos Bartzokas did not have Costas Papanikolaou at his disposal, he lost Giorgos Printezis early with a problem in the middle, he saw Slouka – Makiskik – Vezenkov – Jean-Charles fight alone against everyone, but in the end the one who deserved it the most won.
The Kalinic – Williams – Dubljevic trio did incredible things, Toby and Prepelic were their supporters and Valencia rose to 9-5, in the group of teams chasing the champion Barcelona – CSKA Moscow.
The MVP
Great match from wonderful Bojan Dubljevic who made a great full appearance in SEF. Montenegro had 20 points from 6/9 two points, 2/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 9 rebounds, two assists, one steal and 29 points in the rating system, in just 23 minutes of participation. Olympiakos had no player to face them on the post, they had no player to follow them on the periphery and “Dubby” simply dissolved the rojiblanca defense.
THE WEAK LINK
Aaron Harrison. It exploded in Belgrade and disappeared against Valencia. The American has strong ups and downs in his performance, he seems doubtful and did not help at all in a match that Olympiakos needed him with Papanikolaou of the dozen and Spanoulis a spectator throughout the second half. Investment.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Valencia closed the game with 23/35 two points (66%), which had 20 assists for 12 errors. And Olympiakos, of course, recorded 18 final passes for just seven errors, yet they shot 50% on the two points and never found a way to face Kalinic – Williams – Dubljevic who had 15/20 two points together. The Spaniards scored 18 points in surprise, a really important performance that explains in a significant percentage how the Ponsarna players found pace and self-confidence.
THE RACE
With Sloukas, Jenkins, Charalambopoulos, Jean-Charles, Ellis, Olympiakos opened the game, which saw the Frenchman everywhere, but Valencia showing a more prepared level, fresher in the attack by 7-12 in the fifth minute at which had 4/6 shots. With Lampeiri scoring 9-19, Piraeus not only fell behind, they also lost Printezis who went alone to the locker room and closed the first ten minutes at -9 (16-25) mainly due to their 3/9 two points against . to 5/5 of the Spaniards who also made 3/5 triples and 6/7 shots.
The image of Olympiacos was not good even at the beginning of the second season. Piraeus made good collaborations with creator Spanoulis and enforcer Vezenkov, but they struggled in the middle of the quarter to be at -11 (32-43) and a little later at -14 (36-50) from the triple. by Prepelic. A good rush by McKissick led to a 39-50 foul by Harrison, but at half-time (39-52) the general image of the rojiblancos was bad against a team with pluralism in attack, good ball movement and several distinguished players. . .
Olympiakos’ defense worked exceptionally well early in the third period, but for a time. The difference was 16 (46-62) with Dubljevic doing things and miracles, while Sloukas and McKissick fought tooth and nail to keep their team standing. They did it when the second dived 65-74, against the storm of triples from the guests, which was a fact that at some point they would stop being so effective. This did not happen until the end of the quarter, in which Valencia had 10/18 three points …
No matter how much Olympiakos pushed, they could no longer balance the match. Valencia made good collaborations, Kalinic scored 76-88 in the 37th minute and also scored the 76-90 that finally decided the game, with the best team of the night achieving the positive result in a fair, clear and forceful way.
THE REFEREES: Boltauser, Rossi, Vicklitsky
THE TEN MINUTES: 16-25, 39-52, 65-76, 85-96
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 3 (1/4 shot), Charalambopoulos 2, Larentzakis 1, Spanoulis 7 (1/1 two points, 1/1 three points, 2/2 shots, 2 assists, 1 steal), Sloukas 18 (0 / 2 two points, 4/8 three points, 6/6 shots, 7 assists), Martin 8 (3/5 two points), Vezenkov 14 (3/3 two points, 1/3 three points, 5/6 shots, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Printezis 2, Jean-Charles 14 (4/6 two points, 2/3 three points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Jenkins, Ellis, McKissick 16 (4/10 two points, 1/3 three points, 5/6 shots, 2 assists, 2 steals)
VALENCIA (Ponsarnau): Prepelic 11 (2 triples, 4 assists), Puerto, Labeiri 8 (1), Van Rosom, Toby 12 (4/4 shots of two, 1/2 shots of three, 1/1 shot, 3 rebounds , 2 assists), Kalinic 14 (5/7 two points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Dubljevic 20 (6/9 two points, 2/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 9 rebounds, 2 assists), Vives, San Emeterio 8 (1), Williams 16 (4/4 two points, 2/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Hermanson 7 (1)
Olympiacos team stats: 18/36 two points, 9/26 three points, 22/27 shots, 24 rebounds (12 defensive – 12 offensive), 18 assists, 6 steals, 2 blocks, 7 errors
Valencia team statistics: 23/35 two points, 10/21 three points, 20/21 shots, 31 rebounds (19 defensive – 12 offensive), 20 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 12 errors
The next matches of the two teams: Olympiacos will host Real Madrid (12/18 at 9:00 p.m.), while Valencia will go to Belgrade to play with Red Star (12/18 at 8:00 p.m.).
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