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First sample… negative for Olympiakos, who with obvious signs of lack of rhythm and homogeneity, were defeated 74-57 by Villeurbanne in the first semi-final of the Euroleague friendly tournament in Valencia.
The rojiblancos’ top scorers are Ellis and Martin with 12 and 10 points respectively, while the latter had ten rebounds. Sloukas had 8 points with 5 assists, for an Olympiakos who committed 15 errors and had 1/13 three points.
Leading by well done, Villeurbanne are Freeman (14p.) And Cole (12), very good job for Fall with 12 points.
The match:
With five of them, Slouka, McKissik, Papanikolaou, Printezis and Martin, Olympiakos started the game, who seemed from the beginning that their concern is good defense. With that, he kept Villeurbanne without a point, 6-0 in 3 ‘, with Printezis as scorer and Sloukas as creator. The French balanced after Parker’s time-out and went ahead 12-8 in the 6 ‘with triples from Freeman and County, taking advantage of the multiple errors (7 in the first ten minutes) of the rojiblancos in circulation. Bartzoka’s players drifted, they also lost defensive rebounds, leaving them behind on the scoreboard 14-12 at the end of the first period.
Villeurbanne continued to press adequately on defense, in some cases suffocating κτικά and complicating Olympiakos’s offensive operation, leading 19-16 in 14 ‘. At the same time, Bartzoka’s players made the wrong turns, did not press well on the perimeter and gave several free triples to Villeurbanne (4/8 until 16 ‘) for 24-20, four minutes before the break and 27-21 at 18 ‘. In their own attack, they lacked movement, creation (only 5 assists at halftime) and precise choices, since their percentage was 10/25 shots, with 0/5 triples. Thus, both teams went to the dressing room with the difference in the score at its highest value (+7), 32-25 for the Frenchman, who had Cole on a good day.
With two 3-pointers from Freeman, Villeurbanne, who circulated the ball very well and had the right distances, came in furious in the third ten minutes and increased the difference to +12 (40-28 in the 22 ‘). Sloukas with some personal phases, but also two good Papanikolaou-Ellis collaborations, allowed Olympiakos with a 10-2 run, to drop to 42-38 midseason. The many defensive rebounds lost by the ‘rojiblancos’, for lack of an antidote at the height of 2.18m. Fall, and Freeman’s estrus, brought the difference to double digits at the end of the third quarter (55-45). The French continued to be excellent behind 6.75 at 10/21 so far.
The fourth ten minutes began with the same pattern, with Cole scoring another triple for Villeurbanne, who reached +13 for the first time (60-47 in 32 ‘). The bad image of Olympiakos in the attack did not change despite one or two outbursts of Martin and thus the French team much more controlled and willing, kept the difference in their favor at high levels, 67-53, three and a half minutes before the final, to reach the final in the higher value, +17, for the final 74-57.
* In the small final of the tournament with the loser of Valencia-Bayern Munich, Olympiakos will play tomorrow at 18:30.
* Of a dozen “rojiblancos”, with the exception of the injured Livio Jean-Charles, Antonis Koniaris stayed for tactical reasons
The ten minutes: 14-12, 32-25, 55-45, 74-57.
Villeurbanne (Parker): Freeman 14 (4), County 9 (3), Lacob, Dio 7, Fall 12, Noua 3 (1), Hayes, Light 11 (3), Yabuselle 4, Cole 12 (1), Streisel 2.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Harrison 2, Charalambopoulos, Spanoulis 5, Sloukas 8, McKissick 8 (1), Martin 10, Vezenkov 6, Printezis 6, Papanikolaou, Jenkins, Ellis 12.
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