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Greg Monroe is no longer on the roster, Yannis Tima and Jonas Jerebko were left out of the game, Olympiacos had a great opportunity in Moscow and did not miss it.
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After three consecutive defeats, Piraeus achieved two great goals, played good and effective basketball and returned to victories, as they beat Khimki 105-88 to rise to 8-8 and look at the continuation of the game with better psychology. Euroleague regular season. .
With Costas Sloukas showing up for a seminar on organization and execution, with Sasha Vezenkov in an incredible situation offensively, with Aaron Harrison significantly covering the absence of the injured Costas Papanikolaou and Hassan Martin, Vassilis Spanoulis, Octavius E double-double), Giorgos Printezis to give significant help in different parts of the match, Olympiakos can take advantage of this appearance, although Giorgos Bartzokas would like to see better performance on defense, both on the periphery and on the racket.
A difficult night for Khimki who did not have many players, saw Devin Booker face a serious foul problem early, trusted Alexi Svend as always, had Jordan Mickey – Igor Vialchev in good shape but not too deep to claim the victory until the end.
Olympiakos’ great performance with 16 3-pointers, equaling their best performance in modern Euroleague history (from 2000 onwards), Tosa had played a match with Baskonia on 10/27/2016.
The MVP
Great game for Kostas Sloukas who in 29:06 had 25 points of 3/5 two points, 5/7 three points and 4/4 shots, two rebounds, five assists, one steal, three fouls won, no errors and 29 points in the evaluation system. Finally he looked for a basket to make a career record, he did not find it, he will do it in one of the next matches since it is obvious that little by little he is beginning to find his good self.
THE WEAK LINK
It would be unfair to judge Khimki harshly since he had so many absences and especially such important absences, but surely Devin Booker’s quick fouls took him out of the equation. The American played 22:30 while he would normally be over 35 minutes, scored ten points, also had two rebounds and two assists, but certainly his carelessness did not allow him to stay longer on the court to put pressure on Olympiakos.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Khimki closed the first ten minutes without error (Olympiakos had one), while Sloukas counted ten points from 2/2 two points and 2/2 three points. At halftime, the hosts had 9/17 two points and the guests 9/16, with the Russians with 9/16 three points and Piraeus with 9/15 in a really very balanced first half that had three errors on both sides.
At the end of the night, Olympiakos had 16/29 triples, with 16 being the equivalent of his maximum performance in the modern history of the tournament, of course he only had six errors, an equally impressive number when you consider that his players shared three times (19 ) help. The rojiblancos scored 15 points from Khimki’s nine errors and are making progress.
THE RACE
Olympiakos opened the match with Sloukas, Jenkins, Harrison, Printezis, Ellis, and the latter immediately went to mark Svend and did important work to limit him. Piraeus circulated the ball correctly, Printezis fired two shots from the left corner, Sloukas continued 6-11 in the 5 ‘, Zaicev did not threaten from the periphery and Booker had gone to the bench from the second minute with two fouls. The 23-26 of the first period was the result of Sloukas who had ten points from 2/2 two points and 2/2 three points, but also from an error by Olympiakos at the time, however, that Khimki had not given the possession!
With Svend on fire early in the second period and scoring three 3-pointers in two minutes, Khimki built a small five-point lead (35-30 in 12 ‘) and Bartzokas’s rotation slowed Olympiakos. McKissick did not defend Jenkins, Vialchev hit shot after shot, Booker scored 43-35 in 15 ‘, but Vezenkov – Charalambopoulos 3s (45-43 in 18’) gave him new life. Spanouli to follow and the first part to close at 50-51. Twenty satisfying minutes, a nice and effective basketball from both teams, although without much pressure on defense. Basketball for the spectators, definitely not basketball for the coaches.
Svend entered the second half with determination, scoring again and again from medium and close range, but Sloukas and Ellis kept Olympiakos ahead (58-63 in 25 ‘) with Vezenkov trailing 61-68. and Martín to write 64-73 in 28 ‘and close the season with Piraeus at +14 (64-78). Sloukas did seminary-level work in organization and execution, Svend was off pace anymore, Vezenkov and Spanoulis kept the hosts at a safe distance (72-89 in 36 ‘) and never looked back until they got a fairly easy win .
THE REFEREES: Javor, Difala, Cortes.
THE TEN MINUTES: 23-26, 50-51, 64-78, 88-105.
ΧΙΜΚΙ (Curtainitis): Svend 22 (3/6 two points, 3/8 three points, 7/7 shots, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 errors), McCollum 6 (4/4 shots, 4 assists), Zaichev 4 (2 / 8 shots), Vialchev 17 (1/1 two points, 5/6 three points), Monia 6 (2), Jovic 3 (1), Booker 10 (5/7 two points), Bertans 3 (1), Mickey 17 (6/10 two points, 1/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 7 rebounds).
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 12 (1/6 two points, 3/5 three points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Charalambopoulos 3 (1), Spanoulis 9 (2/5 two points, 1/3 three points, 2/3 shots), Sloukas 25 (3/5 two points, 5/7 three points, 4/4 shots, 2 rebounds, 5 assists), Martin 11 (5/6 two points, 3 rebounds), Vezenkov 19 (2/4 two points, 3/6 three points, 6/6 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Printezis 6 (2), Jenkins 3 (1), Ellis 15 (5/6 two points, 5/7 shots, 8 rebounds), McKissick 2.
Khimki team statistics: 18/32 two points, 13/30 three points, 13/13 shots, 27 rebounds (22 defensive – 5 offensive), 27 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks, 9 errors.
Olympiacos team stats: 19/39 two points, 16/29 three points, 19/24 shots, 36 rebounds (23 defensive – 13 offensive), 19 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 6 errors.
The next matches of the two teams: In match 18, the first of the second round of the regular season, Khimki will play in Kaunas with Zalgiris (8/1 at 20:00), while Olympiakos will host Bayern Munich (8/1 at 21: 00).
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