Olympiacos 67-68 Zalgiris: Every start is difficult



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All beginning and difficulty, they say. Olympiakos felt it on their skin on Thursday night (1/10), as they were defeated at home by Zalgiris (67-68) and started their course in the 2020/21 Euroleague in the worst way.

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Piraeus took the lead with 11 points (52-41) towards the end of the third period, however they gave rights to the Lithuanians who had no anxiety, had no pressure, bit the difference with small but constant steps and with shots from Yukobaitis to 3.5 ”won the great victory at the Paz y Amistad Stadium.

In the last attack, Sloukas rebounded and took the ball, however Hayes’ defense on him was excellent. The American covered him, the 30-year-old point guard didn’t even manage to execute and Zalgiris scored a great victory against all odds.

The MVP

Rokas Jokoubaitis, the next star of Zalgiris. The 19-year-old point guard played like a veteran in the SEF, scoring 12 points of 3/5 two points, 1/2 three points and 3/3 shots, picking up three rebounds, sharing three assists, stealing a ball and scoring the winning shots. of his team to 3.5 All this, with 15 points in the rating system at 15:45.

DESTINY

Costas Sloukas expected a different debut this season, on his return to the SEF as an Olympiacos player after five years. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. At 25:57 he had six points of 0/2 two points and 2/4 three points, he had seven assists and three errors, in the end he got unsuccessful attempts and in the last attack by the rojiblancos he didn’t even find space to execute.

THE STATISTICS THAT stood out

Olympiakos closed the first ten minutes with 4/6 triples, Zalgiris had 8/11 triples that took advantage of six errors by the hosts. Only four shots were fired in the first half (2/2 – 1/2) thanks to the 12 fouls committed by both teams (7-5), leaving Olympiakos at 33.3% to three points at the end of the night and shooting Throw away the good assists / errors ratio (20-11) when Zalgiris had 13 final passes for 15 errors.

THE RACE

Bartzokas started the season with Sloukas, Harrison, Charalambopoulos, Jean-Charles, Ellis. Sloukas was the one who decided everything, Harrison was the one who scored the first eight points of the season (8-3) without scoring another until minute 4, but the image of Zalgiris was impressive on both ends of the court. The young Yokoubaitis “hit” Piraeus, Lekavitsous gave air to eight points (15-23) to his team and Sloukas, who played all season, took his first shot to write with a triple at the end of 18-23 of the quarter.

The second period had a “crazy” pace, but not good percentages. A minute without rest “emptied” several players who were left with energy, Zalgiris kept the lead (29-31), but the entrance of McKissick gave encouragement to Piraeus who received an important help in the defensive part of Jenkins. Martín finished phases near the basket, he scored 37-34 in the 19 ‘, he wrote the score of the first half in which we only had four shots!

With Lowern winning battles with Ellis, Zalgiris entered the third quarter menacingly. He drew 41-41 in 24 ‘, faced Sloukas with a pressure defense, but two errors and a missed shot by Rubit gave Olympiakos a chance to build an eight-point lead (49-41) in 26’. He also scored a 52-41 foul on goal in the 27th minute, with the season’s 58-47 leaving a taste that the Lithuanians didn’t have enough talent to pursue the overthrow.

The first part of the last quarter was bad, Olympiakos left due to bad decisions, Zalgiris stayed close with Grigonis standing out, reduced to one point (64-63) with a foul by Yukobaitis in 38 ‘and 3.5 “saw the youngster He put them both 67-68 after the timeout by Bartzokas, who got a new timeout to plan his team’s last attack. Sloukas rebounded, took the fast ball, closed for Hayes and failed to make the shot against your longest opponent.

THE REFEREES: Paterniko, Difala, Balak

THE TEN MINUTES: 18-23, 37-34, 58-47, 67-68

OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 8 (1/4 two points, 2/4 three points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists), Charalambopoulos, Spanoulis 9 (1/5 two points, 2/5 three points, 1/1 shooting, 5 assists , 2 steals, 3 errors), Sloukas 6 (0/2 two points, 2/4 three points, 7 assists, 3 errors), Martin 12 (6/6 two points, 3 rebounds), Vezenkov 8 (2/6 two points, 1/4 three points, 1/1 shot, 5 rebounds), Printezis 4 (2/5 two points, 3 rebounds), Papanikolaou 2 (1/3 two points, 0/3 three points), Jean-Charles 2 , Jenkins 5 (1/2 two points, 1/2 three points, 2 assists, 3 steals), Ellis 4 (4 rebounds), McKissick 7 (1/1 two points, 5/6 shots, 4 rebounds)

ZALGIRIS (Schiller): Wookup 6 (2/6 three points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists), Lekavitsous 6 (3/4 two points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists), Hayes 2 (7 rebounds), Giankounas, Milaknis 6 (2 / 3 three points)), Geben 2 (5 rebounds), Rubit 4, Yokubaitis 12 (3/5 two points, 1/2 three points, 3/3 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal), Vasturia 2, Grigonis 15 (5/9 two points), 1/3 triples, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 errors), Lovern 13 (5/7 two-point shots, 3/5 shots)

Olympiacos team stats: 18/37 two points, 8/24 three points, 7/8 shots, 30 rebounds (21 defensive – 9 offensive), 20 assists, 7 steals, 6 blocks, 11 errors

Zalgiris Group Statistics: 21/39 two points, 6/19 three points, 8/10 shots, 36 rebounds (25 defensive – 11 offensive), 13 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 15 errors)

The next matches of the two teams: Olympiacos will go to OAKA to face Panathinaikos (9/10 at 21:00), while Zalgiris will travel to Moscow to face Khimki (9/10 at 20:00).



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