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He was 11 points behind at halftime. He won with 7 in 30 ‘. In short, in ten minutes, Olympiakos “threw” a difference of 18 points in the head of Alba. And it may look classy and shiny as you read it, but the group had a long history. Of course, this sub-27-9 was the best that people from the port team saw on TV, but again it turned out that Bartzokas’ team needed a job, in a strange Euroleague full of pitfalls and crazy results.
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It was a crazy night. Because Alba is a crazy team and Olympiakos to win became even more…. crazy. It’s not possible, guys, not being able to score a goal in the worst defense of the tournament! And in fact, without having aggressive orgies that is his weapon. What was also remarkable about the story was that the basketball players for whom there were justified questions, “yelled” in their own way, that they have a role, but also the will and courage to be on the roster.
A stronger case is that of Jean-Charles. There were also some of the old caravans that did what was necessary. First and foremost was Papanikolaou, then the great Vassilis Spanoulis who, as you will read below, was the one who made it clear in Alba that he could not fill the abyss he was undermining. What is Alba? A very normal German machine with a “jack” on the bench. If that is. And when you let her do what she tastes good, you’ll hurt yourself. From his attack. Or if you underestimate it like CSKA did a while ago.
Against her, Olympiacos decided to have one of the worst first ten minutes in their history. One election was worse than the other. There was no appetite, there was no tension, there was no rhythm, there was no balance. The defense of Reneses sent Piraeus along the middle to make puppets. He started by sending them out for bruises on all the pick rolls. So his players had no problems in personal defenses, in extra help, in pressure on the ball. They did what they wanted and it turned out well. Since Alba, they felt it was… Detroit Pistons.
The Olympiacos was static. I had two players in 20 minutes. The intensity of McKissick and the audacity of Charalambopoulos. The end. Eight errors in ten minutes (he finished with 18) is a huge number at a time when the Germans were stable in their attack. Why not forget that we are talking about a team that synchronizes well, makes the simple seem simpler and may not attract attention, but basketball seriously shines. The Germans made six more attacks in the first ten minutes and in a simple way. Olympiakos, I repeat, was not balanced on both sides of the field for the entire half. Also, from a young age it was discovered that he was chasing the German lead, which was a double digit number.
Regardless of what Bartzokas tried, he saw Reneses waiting. And Sloukas who even tried to break through the wall and Spanoulis and the tall people who wanted to play sports, but to no avail. Harrison, who could get rid of the situation with the shot in this match, is injured and what Olympiakos was looking for in the second half was to mix the situation so much that the story becomes a little more normal. What I mean; Losing to Alba’s attack is digestible. But for this team to beat you with their defense, well, it’s a bit comically tragic.
And then came the change of everything. Normal situations returned and Olympiacos got a lot out of many. Another team. Completely. Thus Bartzokas with Slouka, Papanikolaou, McKissick, Vezenkov and Jean Charles, showed a five of tension and pressure. By the middle of the third period, Piraeus had put it all together and the best thing was that the big picture now belonged to them. Starring McKissick and Jean Charles in position “5”, Olympiakos moved into the always strange fourth period to put even more pressure on the German capital. Without any of their five, the hosts were able to cope and fasten more Alba’s play.
Spanoulis raged west of the third quarter and thus completed this 27-9 to continue the battle down the stretch. This is Vassilis. To enter to “cut legs” and then leave the others! Soon after, the Germans moved out, but the kamikaze system had done its job. Sloukas took over, McKissick continued, and Papanikolaou completed a brilliant night for him as well. Olympiakos played a lot with fire, but I’ll rewrite it: without a steady pace and without games – not even – friendly games, it’s a heroic effort that everyone in Piraeus makes to keep the team up to speed. You will see it all in 40 minutes. As was the case in this particular match.
First ten minutes of tragedy, third impact. Bartzokas was justified by his inspiration to play with 4 goals and I want to close with that because the intervention of a good coach always matters. Both he and George play, he usually does very well. And since Giannis Ioannidis taught me from a very young age to be attentive to important details and what makes Olympiakos different, they put the stamp on the lead in the third ten minutes, Spanoulis with the two pumps and Bafes who threw himself off the bench and reported The referees for the “deception” of the Germans (they put another player to fire shots), as a result of which Olympiakos returned to take possession while stepping on the accelerator.
Olympiacos must be strong and with people who know. Always.
The week of the devil follows and two away games in Barcelona and Lyon.
Until then…
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