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The rights he gave were paid by Olympiacos!
From the second ten minutes, the ‘rojiblancos’ let Fenerbahce play their game and chased the scoreboard and despite their efforts to surprise at the end, they lost 84-77 and fell 7-8.
Piraeus returned with a double-digit difference in the fourth period, with Vezenkov’s emotional effort to bring the match to the point (75-74), in the 38th minute, but a critical error by McKissick and a three-point knife from Pierre, forced them to defeat.
Piraeus traveled without Printezis, while in the process they lost Ellis and Papanikolaou with injuries. They might have 15/32 triples, but their poor defense couldn’t save the situation.
Vezenkov was the leading scorer with 17 points, with Jean-Charles with 12 points.
On the other hand, Fener ended the three-game losing streak and went 6-10. Veseli was the leader, who on his return after his injury had 17 points, while 14p. had the pivot Pierre.
The match
Olympiacos started the game with Ellis, Jean-Charles, Papanikolaou, Slouka and Harrison. The good teams in the periphery sent the ‘rojiblancos’ to 2-8 at the start of the game. Then the Bartzokas players went astray, with Fener supporting the ball on the racket and Veseli responding with a 9-0 lead (11-8). Then, Piraeus again found solutions in the attack with Harrison and advanced again (11-14). From the middle, the game acquired a frenetic pace. The ‘rojiblancos’ had many problems in defense, in the ‘painted’, however on the other hand Jean-Charles, Papanikolaou and Harrison had found their … hand outside the 6.75m., With the result that Olympiakos always had the lead and close the first period at +5 (22-27).
Martin’s basket sent Olympiakos to +7 (22-29) early in the second half. But then the “rojiblancos” easy mistakes started with Mahmutoglu, Eddie and Brown coming off the bench and pushing Fener to 8-0 (30-29). Spanoulis gave the Piraeus team a little “breathing space” for the +4 (30-34), but the inaction in the defense, allowed the hosts again to go out into the open field and advance (36-34), in 15 ‘. There the problems began for the Piraeus team. Bartzokas’s players “sold” the ball easily, in defense they had very slow returns, so the Turks continued the baskets in the open field and escaped on +7 (43-36), in 18 ‘. In the final two minutes, Fener started to make mistakes, with Vezenkov and Ellis reducing to 45-41 in the first half.
Olympiakos did not improve on defense even at the start of the second half with Fener going 5-0 and going to +9 (50-41). The only reaction came with personal baskets from Jean-Charles and Harrison, with the dramatic continuation for the Piraeus team. Static attacks without imagination and energy, with the duo De Colo-Veseli instead of “party” against a tragic defense and thus the hosts escape at +13 (59-46), in the 26 ‘. The ‘rojiblancos’ showed a mini-pulse with two defenders, which gave them the opportunity to make a 5-0 (59-51). But up there. The errors and non-existent defense returned immediately and Kokoskov’s team took advantage of this, closing the third period at +12 (66-54).
Pierre was the “headache” for the Olympiacos defense at the start of the fourth period, with Fener keeping the gap at the same level (70-57). Then, Bartzokas’ players showed more concentration on defense, slowed down the rebounds and with Vezenkov “warm” in attack, initially reduced to -3 (73-68). The hosts’ reaction was two shots from Mahmutoglu, with the Bulgarian forward continuing his… crescendo out of 6.75m. and reduce to point (75-74), at 38 ‘. De Colo’s shots followed, with McKissick making a mistake on the next attack and Pierre sending Fener to +5 (79-74). Spanoulis gave … Olympiakos a temporary break, but Pierre’s triple (82-76), at 18 ‘before the end cut him … legs and thus suffered the defeat with the final 84-77.
The ten minutes: 22-27, 45-41, 66-54, 84-77
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