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He traveled to Istanbul “hurt” psychologically after the two defeats at home against Valencia and Real Madrid, he did not have Giorgos Printezis in his dozen, but Olympiakos were ready to fight in the derby of the round of 32 of the regular season of the European Championship . .
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He did it in the first half, his bad third period left him far behind, Spanoulis and Vezenkov led the counterattack 70-57 in the last quarter, but in the end the Turks took the victory (84-77) to go up to 6- 10 after the seven negative results of the eight previous games. Their leader is Jan Veseli, followed by De Colo, Pierre, Bartel on Marko Guduric’s return to the team.
At 7-8, Piraeus, which shows that they are going through a period of deformation, competitive crisis and have no confidence after the important doubles of Barcelona and Belgrade that had infected the enthusiasm. Sloukas created, Vezenkov scored in the fourth period, Jean-Charles started impressively, as did Harrison, but something was lacking again for Olympiakos to play the basketball that the coach and his people want.
Octavius Ellis and Costas Papanikolaou were injured, fighting for possession in the third and for a rebound in the fourth ten minutes respectively.
The MVP
Great game for Jan Veseli, who returned from injury and added 17 points of 8/8 two points, 1/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, one steal, one block, four fouls won and 29 points in the rating system . 28:23.
THE WEAK LINK
Those who played fought from Olympiakos, with their good and bad moments, but without a doubt Octavius Ellis (who was injured in the second half when he dived for an occupation) again showed that he cannot cope at this level. He had two points and two rebounds in ten minutes, played good defenses, but offers nothing more than Piraeus needs in the role of substitute for Hassan Martin.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiakos closed the first ten minutes with 3/4 two points and 7/11 three points, while Fenerbahce had 9/13 two points and another 7/8 in the second period for 73% in the first twenty minutes. Piraeus did not redeem their impressive performance from the periphery, did not pressure the hosts who had 14 assists for four errors at halftime, while in the final of the match they had made 32 triples and 22 doubles against a team that constantly beat them with the racket. Jan Veseli to have the absolute 8/8 in the time he played. Fenerbahce scored 21 points from the rojiblancos ’14 errors, which in turn posted only seven of the hosts’ errors.
THE RACE
With Sloukas, Harrison, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles, Ellis, the game was opened by Olympiakos, who finished at +6 (2-8) thanks to their long shots, received a 9-0 series from Fenerbahce and responded with two new triples from Harrison – Jean-Charles on 11-14. In the first time-out, Piraeus had 1/1 two points and 4/7 three points, while the hosts had 6/8 two points and 0/2 shots from the periphery, they continued to play at this rate, with Sloukas doing and acting. . until the end of the first period (22-27) in which the rojiblancos made 7/11 shots behind the 6m line. 75.
A new series of home games (8-0 to 30-29) put them ahead, with Slouka – Spanoulis together for a time in the top five, McKissic showing dynamism again, but Fenerbahce showing better condition until the middle of the period. . Guduric gave battles with Spanoulis and won them on both ends of the court, Veseli’s lack of a goal in the 17th minute gave Kokoskov’s team five points (41-36), which closed the first half at +4 (45 – 41) playing better than guests who had no way of defending near the basket.
Three shots from De Colo and a foul from Veseli increased the difference to nine (50-41) at the start of the third period, the Turkish defense became more dynamic, 59-46 in 26 ‘did not bode well for the continuation of Sin However, Bartzokas’s timeout resulted in a quick 0-5 (59-51) thanks to McKissick’s stubbornness. It wasn’t the spark that Piraeus needed, with Fenerbahce closing the quarter at +12 (66-54) and not allowing Olympiakos to cut further.
In the 36th minute, the rojiblancos reduced to five (73-68) with Spanoulis – Vezenkov doing the work in attack, in the 37th minute, Papanikolaou missed an open triple with the score at 75-68, but Vezenkov was from another planet , put two great shots with incredible confidence to 75-74 in 38 ‘and the match turned into a thriller for strong nerves thanks to this 5-17 from Olympiacos. De Colo shot for 77-74, McKissick then took steps, Pierre scored 79-74 and scored the great triple for 82-76 at 17 “that finally decided the game.
THE REFEREES: García, Pastusiak, Nikolic
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-27, 45-41, 66-54, 84-77
Fenerbahce (Kokoskov): Brown 7 (1), Guduric 4 (2/9 shots), Mahmutoglu 12 (2), De Colo 10 (1/7 shots, 8/8 shots, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals), Pierre 14 (4/6 two points, 2/3 three points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Bartel 11 (5/8 two points), Veseli 17 (8/8 two points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists), Eddie 5 ( 1), Duverioglu 2, Ulanovas 2 (4 assists)
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 11 (1/3 two points, 3/6 three points), Spanoulis 11 (2/3 two points, 2/6 three points, 2 assists, 3 errors), Sloukas 5 (1/4 three points , 7 assists, 2 errors), Martin 5 (4 rebounds), Vezenkov 17 (1/2 two points, 5/7 three points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Papanikolaou 6 (2/6 three points), Jean-Charles 12 (3/4 two points, 2/2 triples, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks), Jenkins, Ellis 2, McKissick 8 (3/4 of two points, 2/5 shooting)
Fenerbahce team statistics: 27/42 two points, 6/22 three points, 12/13 shots, 30 rebounds (21 defensive – 9 offensive), 25 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 8 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 13/22 two points, 15/32 three points, 6/9 shots, 24 rebounds (20 defensive – 4 offensive), 21 assists, 3 steals, 6 blocks, 14 errors
The next matches of the two teams: In match 17, Olympiacos will go to Moscow to play Khimki (12/29 at 19:00), while Fenerbahce will host Villarban (12/30 at 19:45).
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