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Olympiakos suffered their third defeat in the 2020/21 Euroleague on Friday night (10/30), as Anantolou Efes defeated them at the Peace and Friendship Stadium (79-84) to move up to 2-3.
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Ergin Ataman saw Shane Larkin make his debut this season, Rodrigo Bobois, Vassilie Mitsic following him and his clearly superior team, while George Bartzokas was trying to understand why his players were great. intervals with poor decisions, easy mistakes and lack of determination on the part of the execution.
The Istanbul team’s super scorer was heartbreaking and clearly out of rhythm in the first half, but in the second he became the support that the fantastic Vassilie Mitsic needed and with big shots kept the Turks ahead until the final. Bryant Dunston became the record holder for blocks in Euroleague history.
Or MVP
Great game for Vassilie Mitsic, who played 37 of the 40 minutes of the game to score 20 points of 5/9 two points, 2/6 three points and 4/5 shots, collect two rebounds, share seven assists, win five fouls and add 15 points in the rating system.
THE WEAK LINK
There were no players who lagged far behind the rest, only Olympiacos had several on a bad night. It may not be fair to single one out, characterize it as a weak link, but perhaps Aaron Harrison, who in many cases doubted, should “wear” this label tonight. The American is a really good scorer, but for now he shows that he cannot adapt to a more complementary role and without any other organization for his team, he is trying to find his balance against top teams.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Efes closed the first ten minutes with 8/9 two points and 4/5 three points (12/14 shooting) and seven assists for two errors, but Larkin’s entry confused her. The American had 1/7 shots at 8:11 in the first half, while Piraeus had 6/15 two points (40%) and by the end of the night they had given their opponents nine offensive rebounds. The Turks renewed 12 attacks and if they had not thrown away nine shots of the 25 they had executed, they would have won the match more easily.
THE RACE
Incredible at the beginning, Anantolou Efes had patience in his game and incredible efficiency. The 12-17 in 5 ‘was the result of their absolute percentages (5/5 two points, 2/2 three points) and a single error, at the time when Olympiakos trusted McKissik – Papanikolaou but did not make defenses, so who is constantly in the role of the hunter. Larkin came in in the 9th minute, his team held the lead at the end of the first half (26-29) thanks to 12/14 shots, Piraeus stayed close thanks to seven fouls won and their 10/13 shots, but it was obvious that they had not entered the game as their coach wanted.
Two errors and two Plays baskets to 26-33 led to a quick timeout for Bartzokas early in the second quarter. The German was undefeated near the basket, Larkin scored a triple for 28-41 in the 14th minute and everything looked bad for Piraeus, however Jean-Charles appeared out of nowhere and with three blocks in collected phases gave encouragement to his team that “extinguished” the Turks and saw Larkin be their … sixth player. A 7-0 series closed the gap to six (35-41), with Olympiakos wasting many opportunities to balance the game and Anantolou Efes closing the first half at 38-44.
With Vezenkov hitting a crazy triple and McKissick stealing the ball and scoring 45-44 in surprise in the 22nd minute, Olympiakos stormed into the third minute ten. Ataman quickly called for a timeout to break the streak, which eventually reached 9-0 before Singleton fired a long shot for 47-47 in 23 ‘. The reaction of the guests was impressive, a streak of 0-11 put them ahead again with eight points (50-58 in the 27 ‘), Bobois became more important than Larkin and the 57-63 of the season probably flattered Piraeus . even closer if Spanoulis’s shot from behind the center wasn’t out of time.
An error by Jenkins led to 59-67 from Boboua’s layup in 32 ‘, before Larkin made consecutive big shots for 63-73 in 34’ and gave his team a clear lead. The American continued with 2/3 shots for 63-75, Simon shot even bigger for 70-77, Olympiakos kept fighting, Martin reduced to three (75-78) at 71 “but Mitsic had 2/2 shots for 77-82 at 13.6 “and there the game was finally decided.
THE REFEREES: Rizik, Bisang, Ballack
THE TEN MINUTES: 26-29, 38-44, 57-63, 79-84
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 7 (2/3 three points, 3 rebounds), Spanoulis 6 (2/4 three points, 4 assists), Sloukas 10 (3/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 7 assists, 3 errors ), Martin 11 (4/5 two points, 3/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks), Vezenkov 5 (1), Printezis 9 (2/4 two points, 1/1 three points, 2/4 shots), Papanikolaou 6 (1), Jean -Charles (2 rebounds, 3 blocks), Jenkins 7 (1), Ellis 8 (6/6 shots), McKissick 10 (4/6 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals)
ΑΝΑΝΤΟΛΟΥ ΕΦΕΣ (Ataman): Larkin 15 (1/6 two points, 3/7 three points, 4/7 shots), Boboa 15 (3/3 three points, 2/2 shots), Singleton 7 (2), Morman, Plays 6 (3/3 two points, 5 rebounds), Mitsic 20 (5/9 two points, 2/6 three points, 4/5 shots, 7 assists, 5 errors), Anderson 2, Dunston 8 (3/5 two points, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds), 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks), Simon 11 (5/5 two points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists)
Olympiacos team stats: 18/32 two points, 9/17 three points, 16/22 shots, 23 rebounds (18 defensive – 5 offensive), 19 assists, 8 steals, 7 blocks, 13 errors
The group stats of Anantolou Efes: 19/34 two points, 10/21 three points, 16/25 shots, 31 rebounds (19 defensive – 12 offensive), 15 assists, 8 steals, 4 blocks, 13 errors
The next matches of the two teams: Olympiakos will He will travel to Saint Petersburg to play against Zenit (5/11 at 19:00), while Anadolu Efes will host Maccabi Tel Aviv (5/11 at 19:30).
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