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The victory of the season, until the next, was taken by Olympiacos on Tuesday night (12/8) at the Palau Blaugrana. Giorgos Bartzokas’s team threw the champion to the canvas and terribly trained Barcelona (96-88), rose to 6-5 and sent the Catalans to 9-3, which now unites them at the top with CSKA Moscow.
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The postponed match of the ninth game was not the easiest that Piraeus had, but a few days after their clash in Moscow, their image was completely different, great, the one that the agents and the people of the team dream of.
With Costas Sloukas a general, with Hassan Martin a scarecrow on the rackets, with Aaron Harrison recovering from his injury and being decisive in the last quarter, with Sakil Makkisik putting tons of energy on the court and Spanoulis – Pride From the bench during the second In part, Olympiacos showed what they can do.
Nikola Mirotic and Brandon Davis were the leaders of the Catalans, who had Nick Kalathis on a bad night. Olympiakos stopped their creation, Barcelona closed the game with 13 assists for 14 errors and are already looking at the next game, as does Piraeus who will face Red Star in Belgrade on Thursday night.
Or MVP
Sloukas shores of a dream. Great game for the Greek point guard, who added 15 points from 3/7 two points, 1/7 three points, 6/6 shots, three rebounds, shared 10 assists and was not wrong at 33:15 that he stayed on the court. He played the entire second half, organized his team perfectly, took advantage of Hassan Martin’s exuberant talent, was the Sloukas that Olympiacos friends, presidents and coaches dream of.
THE WEAK LINK
Nick Kalathis. Olympiacos crushed him, cut off his creation and at the same time cut Barcelona’s organization. The experienced point guard had nine points from 3/8 shots, which at 21:05 played gave two assists for two errors. Bad night for his class, another bad performance against Olympiakos that does not suit him as a rival.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiakos closed the first ten minutes with 5/5 triples, but also with four errors at a time when Barcelona had not given up possession. There were 28/44 from two points and 12/20 from three points at halftime, with the coaches being the only unhappy about the ineffectiveness of their defensive teams, with Piraeus having an error in the second half and ten points in second chances. against just two of the hosts. At the end of the night, the hosts had 13 assists for 14 errors, while Olympiakos had 20 final passes for 10 errors and 23 points of possession from Barcelona.
THE RACE
With Sloukas, Jenkins, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles, Martin, Olympiakos opened the game, which was spectacular. He led 4-18 and 11-26, thanks to the incredible Jenkins-Martin and the amazing organization of Sloukas. The culés began with 0/9 shots against 5/5 of the rojiblancos, who, however, lost their cohesion after the first changes of Bartzokas. The hosts took advantage of offensive errors and fouls, ran a small 6-0 with Mirotic ahead and closed the first ten minutes at -9 (17-26) with 6/17 shots and just two assists.
Much better at the start of the second half, Barcelona circulated the ball correctly, Kuric found open shots and with 17 points in four minutes he brought the game to possession (34-37) as Olympiakos found a marker only of individual actions. When the hosts pressed across the field, the rojiblancos found a way to easily score baskets, with McKissick making his usual outburst when everything seemed stagnant, to score 43-49 at halftime (47-51) in which both teams had 28 / 44 from two points and 12/20 from three points, but no efficiency in their defenses.
With Jenkins, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles and Ellis on the court, Olympiacos were much tougher defensively early in the third period. With a small 0-4 he went to 47-55 in the 23rd minute, to request a time-out from Yasikevitsius who saw Barcelona not score, but without result for the locals. Piraeus went to +10 (50-60) with Sloukas putting in more effort now, they saw Papanikolaou hitting a triple for 50-63 and Vezenkov another for 61-70 who looked (and was) with great encouragement. towards the end of the quarter.
A bad two minutes early in the fourth period put Olympiakos in trouble as Davis and Bolmaro cut to three (71-74). McKissick hit a 3-pointer to 71-77 and gave his team oxygen, but in the 34th minute, instead of Sloukas winning fouls and shots, he was charged by a striker who shot Davis 75-77. Barça tied with a Mirotic foul (77-77), but Sloukas made two phases for Martin and Harrison and the rojiblancos became unsportsmanlike by Harrison’s shots and McKissick’s triple! 82-89 in 38 ‘could not be overthrown, even when Kalathis reduced to three (88-91) and was not overthrown, to win the one that really deserved to win.
THE REFEREES: Pukl, Jovcic, Rocha
THE TEN MINUTES: 17-26, 47-51, 63-72, 88-96
BARCELONA (Yasikevitsios): Davis 15 (4/10 two points, 7/8 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 errors), Hanga 10 (1), Bolmaro 6, Smith 2, Oriola 2, Abrines 8 (0/3 two points, 2/6 three points , 2/2 shots), Higgins 7 (1 three points, 5 assists), Martínez 4, Kuric 9 (3/4 three points), Mirotic 16 (5/6 two points, 2/4 three points), Kalathis 9 ( 3/7 two points, 3/4 shots, 2 assists, 2 errors)
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 5, Spanoulis 2, Sloukas 15 (3/7 two points, 1/7 three points, 6/6 shooting, 3 rebounds, 10 assists), Martin 17 (8/13 two points, 1/1 shooting, 8 rebounds) , Vezenkov 10 (1), Printezis 2, Papanikolaou 11 (3/3 three points, 3 assists), Jean Charles 6 (3 rebounds), Jenkins 8 (2 three points, 6 rebounds), Ellis 4, McKissick 16 (3 / 6 two points, 3/4 triples, 1/1 shooting, 3 assists, 3 steals)
Barcelona team statistics: 23/39 two points, 9/21 three points, 15/18 shots, 31 rebounds (22 defensive, 9 offensive), 13 assists, 3 steals, 14 errors, 3 blocks
Olympiacos team stats: 25/41 two points, 10/23 three points, 16/20 shots, 30 rebounds (21 defensive, 9 offensive), 20 assists, 7 steals, 10 errors, 4 blocks
The next matches of the two teams: Barcelona will play at home against Armani Milano (11/12 at 22:00), while Olympiakos will go to Belgrade to face Red Star (10/12 at 20:00).
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