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Lost opportunity. You could say another missed opportunity. Olympiakos came very close to getting the victory against Real, but in the end they couldn’t hold out, bending over against the Madrid class.
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Olympiakos struggled, responded to wood with wood when necessary, limited enough of Real’s trump cards. In the end, however, he could not avoid defeat, paying for a momentary mistake or two, which was going to cost him.
MATCH THE SIZE IN THE REGION
Olympiakos started the game by placing Makkisik-Papanikolaou alongside Sloukas on their periphery, in a clear attempt to increase the size of Real’s periphery, but also to have another player who can create his own shot (Makkisik). And that was something he did to a great extent.
The first period seemed … catenaccio. The size of Olympiakos on the periphery closed spaces at Real, and the size of Tavares (who consistently played a flat defense in Pick and Roll) made things difficult for Olympiakos, resulting in a tight 12-12 at the end of the game. first period. However, the data would change immediately.
THE EXPLOSION OF THE OLYMPICS AND THE RETURN OF THE TAVARES
The second period and the beginning of the third period of the match were essentially a summary of the entire game. With Tavares on the bench to breathe, Olympiacos took a deep breath on the attack. Spanoulis found spaces and created situations, the ‘rojiblancos’ of height had a passage to the basket, Olympiakos escaped with 27-19.
And then Tavares returned to the track and with him the return to reality. With the brutal center on the pitch, Real (again) transformed. Tavares hid the stadium in the Pick and Roll, the peripherals were able to put more pressure, Olympiakos blurred, the Real ran in the open field. Somehow the game came to a head, with the result that Real ran an individual score of 18-3 and escaped with 30-37 at the start of the third period.
Somewhere here, of course, there is a detail that people often overlook for Real’s defense and hides behind Tavares’ huge body: it is true that the central rogue changes a whole game, but it is not that his teammates stay behind in defense. piece. Real has minimal weak links in defense, pushes the ball unbearably, has size on the periphery. When this is combined with Tavares, it is what makes her look terrifying. Olympiacos, however, had the answer.
THE SPANOULIS CLASS AND THE ATHLETIC FORM
Olympiacos were looking for answers. And he finally found them in the third half when Vassilis Spanoulis came to the court, having by his side the four best athletes of the team in each position (McKissick, Papanikolaou, Jean-Charles, Martin), with George Bartzokas choosing in parallel in defense. to threw Papanikolaou on Laprovitolas who had done great damage.
With Tavares taking up a lot of space, Olympiacos changed their focus. He prepared to cover him further than the triple (about 8 meters) to get him out of the basket, but at the same time he accelerated his game. Spanoulis made quick decisions, Martin cut harder at the basket after the screen. At the same time, McKissick confirmed that he was the only peripheral who could provide solid solutions, running towards the basket, following the basic rule that applies when a player is as athletic as he is and has a Tavares-class blocker in front of you: Raise no he was afraid of contact, he was dynamically finishing the phases. Clearly this also leads to high caps. However, it is not possible to mark it and use it differently.
Olympiacos found rhythm on both sides of the pitch. In defense, Papanikolaou hid the field in Laprovitolas. In the attack, the “rojiblancos” found points in consecutive possessions, beat the tired Tavares in speed, went ahead. Real’s response, however, with Carol-Tombkins’ consecutive 3-pointers brought the game back to normal.
VICTORY – DEFEAT, TWO INCORRECT DISTANCE
In the fourth half and in extra time we had another game. With good shooters on the floor (Carroll, Tombkins), Real used their good distances to score from the periphery or to feed the Tavares in Peak and Roll situations. Olympiakos, on the other hand, had now managed to physically wear down Tavares (he remained on the floor for 34 minutes) and now marked him on the Pick and Roll with Martin, with Sloukas choosing when to execute and when to pass, while alternately marking him. Carol with McKissick. Now it was clear that everything would be judged in a moment or two.
The details (cliche) reappeared in the final. And unfortunately for Olympiakos, it was against him. The beginning came when at the scoreboard 81-79 the tired Sloukas and McKissik got confused in a simple Deck screen in Yul, released the captain of the Real and did it 81-82 with a triple. In the next phase, with Real correctly marking the Pick and Roll between Slouka and Martin, the American found himself with the ball in his hands on top of the racket, with Slouka cutting into the basket. She went to pass it on, but this is a pass that she generally doesn’t have in her repertoire. The game was judged, since then the Real only put the shots they needed.
Olympiacos practically refrained from a defense and an attack since the victory. He faced a mistake and two critical possessions and paid for it with defeat. Would there have been a different discussion if Yul’s shot hadn’t come through or if Olympiakos had made a better attack in the next phase? But this is definitely basketball: a sport of moments. One or two wrong reactions in a game are enough to win or lose. As cynical as it sounds.
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