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The last away game of the 2020/21 season did not have a similar flavor to that of the eve of yesterday’s game in Fonteta. This time Olympiakos lost to Real Madrid (72-63), to fall to 15-18 after match 33 of the Euroleague regular season, at a time when the Spanish rose to 19-14 but did not close the participation in the tournament playoffs.
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Two nights after the double in Valencia, Piraeus found against them the definitive scarecrow of the European stadiums. Eddie Tavares dissolved their attack in the first ten minutes, the Real allowed them to add only 26 points at the break and with Chus Mateo in the official role for the Pablo Lasso penalty, they took the important step through the eight with relative ease. An eighth, however, which is not only guaranteed, a game before the end of the regular season.
New great game from Sasha Vezenkov (22 points from 5/6 two points, 3/5 three points, 3/3 shots), there was no other Olympiakos player to stand out. Deck and Tavares had little chance of the hosts playing their break in Istanbul against Fenerbahce, suggesting that they won’t have Jan Veselλι, possibly not even Nanto de Colo, as both were injured in the game against Barcelona.
Or MVP
Impressive and very inexpensive in the first half, Gabriel Deck (14 points from 5/5 two points and 4/4 shots), but Real wouldn’t have accomplished much if Eddie Tavares weren’t on the court. His participation was doubtful, but the Spanish giant played normally, was in the top five, did an incredible job in defense in the first half and without taking many phases in the attack, “cleared” Olympiakos despite the fact that Costas Koufos faced him all right. in the first few minutes. In the second twenty minutes he scored a lot to show that he is by far the second best player in this Real.
THE WEAK LINK
Costas Koufos. He made good defenses against Tavares at the start of the game, however at 4:51 p.m. he scored -4 in the rating system from 1/9 of two points and three errors. He had seven rebounds, his efforts were not bad, but surely such a negative performance does not go unnoticed. Bad night for Sakil McKissick, for the fourth time in a row, with the American closing the season with a new contract, but making a competitive “belly” possibly justified since he took out a lot of paddle tennis during the year.
THE STATISTICS THAT HIGHLIGHTED
Olympiakos closed the first ten minutes with a shot of 5/15, at a time when Tavares of 9:55 had not scored, but was the top of the field, along with Deck of 10 points of 5/5 two points. The rojiblancos had 5/17 attempts in the second half and 1/8 of triples at halftime, at a time when Real seemed to play as much as they needed control on the defensive rebound, but minimal creation. By the 30th minute, Olympiakos had reached 2/16 3-pointers, so he couldn’t stay close to claim his counter attack in the final.
THE RACE
Bartzokas opened the match with Sloukas, Jenkins, Vezenkov, Printezis, Koufo, against a very high five with Alothen, Taylor, Deck, Garumba, Tavares. Real’s center was in the first half as he shot near and far from the basket, while Deck scored six points for 9-2. Garouba also put a lot of energy on defense, Olympiakos followed with the same five until the 8th minute, until Ellis switched to Koufos and the fourth ended at 18-11.
Chos Mateo kept Tavares on the court, his team reached +11 (27-16 in 13 ‘) and had no particular problems, even though Bartzokas went to the top five with Spanoulis, Larentzakis, Makkisik, Jean- Charles, Ellis for more determination and energy. Even with Fernández-Reges in the top five, Real kept a good distance with Carroll scoring 30-20, closing the first half at +10 (36-26) and keeping Piraeus at 37.5% at two points and 12, 5% in triple.
With patience in the attack and with Tavares continuing to dominate, the Real maintained a good lead at the beginning of the second half (41-28 in the 23 ‘), did not press, went to 47-33 with a triple by Tombkins before the third period will close at 53-38. The game did not need much analysis, as long as the Madrilenians had their main center on the field, their job was so easy, at least not to feel threatened by the rojiblancos.
Olympiakos did not stop trying at the beginning of the quarter, of course Bartzokas had understood that the match had been lost and that is why he gave Koufos minutes. Vezenkov scored two baskets, the difference did not go down to single digits, Tavares scored 59-46 against three rivals and the match was decided with the motivated team, with the team that was more prepared and determined, to get a clear victory.
THE REFEREES: Rizik, Nedovic, Nikolic
THE TEN MINUTES: 18-11, 36-26, 53-38, 72-63
Real Madrid (Lasso): Coser 2, Fernandez 3 (1/5 three points), Abade 6 (2), Laprovitola 7 (1), Reges, Alothen 4 (1), Deck 18 (7/7 two points, 4/4 shots , 5 rebounds), Garumba 2 (5 rebounds), Carol 9 (1), Tavares 15 (7/11 2 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 blocks), Tombkins 3 (1), Taylor 3 (1/7 shots )
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Charalambopoulos, Larentzakis 7 (1/3 two points, 1/5 three points, 2/3 shots, 5 rebounds), Spanoulis 7 (1), Sloukas 5 (1 three points, 5 assists, 4 errors), Vezenkov 22 (5/6 two points, 3/5 three points, 3/3 shots, 3 rebounds), Printezis 7 (3/6 two points, 4 rebounds), Jean-Charles (7 rebounds), Jenkins 2, Koufos 2 (1/9 two points, 7 rebounds, 3 errors), Ellis 4, McKissick 7 (0/2 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/4 shots)
Real Madrid statistics: 19/28 two points, 8/27 three points, 10/13 shots, 33 rebounds (27 defensive – 6 offensive), 12 assists, 8 steals, 5 blocks, 18 errors
Olympiacos team stats: 16/38 two points, 7/22 three points, 10/11 shots, 32 rebounds (22 defensive – 10 offensive), 14 assists, 11 steals, 2 blocks, 17 errors
The next matches of the two teams: In the 34th and last game, Real Madrid will play in Istanbul with Fenerbahce (8/4 at 20:45), while Olympiakos will host Khimki (9/4 at 21:00).
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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