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In the first part he tried to find a rhythm, but he couldn’t. His defense was not effective. His attack did not work properly. Olympiakos chased Armani Milano, but in the second half they “swallowed” him.
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Piraeus beat Ettore Messina’s team (86-75) and celebrated their second victory in three Euroleague 2020/21 matches, with Costas Sloukas the true leader, Sakil McKisik the rock in defense, George Printezis effective on the scoreboard, but and Vassilis Spanoulis to play less than ever in his career in the organization, in his 327th appearance at this level.
The first loss of the year for the Italians, who had a terrible night with the Dilleni – Hines duo, leaned on Rodríguez – Roll and realized that they have a long way to go to be considered a top team.
The MVP
Great game from Sakil McKissick who changed the course of the game with his stubborn defensiveness, but the American will surely have to share the MVP award with Costas Sloukas who wrote an impressive double-double. The Olympiacos leader finished the game with 17 points from 3/6 two points, 2/4 three points and 5/5 shots, collected two rebounds, distributed 11 assists and made a mistake, to add 28 points in the rating system in 36:12.
THE WEAK LINK
Some things about Kyle Hines, who in 23 minutes had eight points, but 3/8 two points and 2/3 shots. He lost the battles on the rebound, he found no ways to make a difference in defense or attack. Equally bad was Malcolm Dileni, who scored a basket on seven attempts, while Kevin Panther – Vladimir Mitchev was out with injuries.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Olympiacos closed the first ten minutes with five assists for five errors, while Armani had taken seven points from Rodriguez in three minutes. At halftime Sloukas added six of his team’s eight assists, in the final he had a double-double (11/17) and in fact with only one error. Olympiakos maintains 62% in the two points and 40% in the three points, found creation of both Printezis and McKissick, erased Malcolm Delaney (5 points from 1/7 shot) in 19:11, eliminated early and never let him find the rhythm in the performance.
THE RACE
Bartzokas opened the match with Sloukas, Makkisik, Papanikolaou, Printezis, Ellis, with McKisik committing two quick fouls and going to the bench early. Piraeus went to the drive, scoring every time they approached the Italians ‘basket, they went ahead 10-8 thanks to the stubbornness of Printezis who stole a ball in the 4’, but Rodríguez’s entry into the game changed the match image. With the Spaniard scoring points, Armani went to +6 (15-21 in 9 ‘), before Printezis converted Sloukas’ pass into an assist for 18-21 at the end of the first period.
The rojiblancos ran an 8-0 series to gain momentum and advance (23-21) at the beginning of the second half, however a similar outburst was made by their opponents who with a 2-9 partial built a small five-point lead ( 25-30). Rodríguez was unstoppable, he read the game calmly, took advantage of Olympiacos’ lukewarm defense and the 36-42 of the half was the result he formed with his amazing game, while Sloukas added seven points and six assists in 16: 23.
Armani held the lead early in the second half, Datome scored a triple for 40-47 in the 22nd minute, Olympiakos did not threaten from the periphery, but stood tall against McKissick’s efforts, which with a triple and a goal foul reduced to basket (46-48) before passing and advancing with a shot from Sloukas from the left corner (49-48). The defense improved dramatically thanks mainly to the headstrong McKissick and through him Piraeus found rhythm in attack until 63-58 in the third period that was nothing like the first two.
The momentum had clearly gone to Olympiacos’ side, who at the beginning of the fourth quarter also played incredible basketball. Harrison Jenkins’ 3s put Armani in a difficult situation, Hassan Martin did a great job on the rebound, McKissick had 2/2 shots for 76-65 and there the American finally judged the game.
THE REFEREES: Pérez, Semes, Tepinier
THE TEN MINUTES: 18-21, 36-42, 63-58, 86-75
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Harrison 16 (2/5 two points, 4/11 three points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals), Larentzakis, Spanoulis 5 (1), Sloukas 17 (3/6 two points, 2/4 three points, 5 / 5 shots, 2 rebounds, 11 assists), Martin 6 (3/3 2 points, 8 rebounds), Vezenkov 2, Printezis 16 (6/8 2 points, 1/1 3 points, 1/1 shooting, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Papanikolaou 4, Jenkins 5 (1), Ellis 5 (4 rebounds), McKissick 10 (2/3 two points, 1/2 three points, 3/3 shots, 4 rebounds, 4 assists)
ARMANI MILAN (Messina): Leday 10 (2/3 two points, 1/2 three points, 3/4 shots, 4 rebounds), Moretti, Moraschini 2, Roll 16 (4/5 three points), Rodríguez 18 (2/3 two points, 4/8 3s, 2/2 shots, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Tarzuski 2, Delaney 5 (1/7 shots), Shields 5 (2/7 shots), Brooks, Hines 8 (3/8 shots from colon), Datome 9 (1)
Olympiacos team stats: 21/34 two points, 10/25 three points, 14/19 shots, 31 rebounds (27 defensive – 4 offensive), 20 assists, 5 steals, 1 blocking, 12 errors
Armani Milano team statistics: 12/28 two points, 11/27 three points, 18/25 shots, 25 rebounds (19 defensive – 6 offensive), 12 assists, 6 steals, 2 blocks, 11 errors
The next matches of the two teams: Olympiacos will host Maccabi at SEF (10/16 at 9:00 p.m.), while Armani Milano will play at home against Real Madrid (10/16 at 9:45 p.m.) for the fourth game of the regular season.
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