Basketball
The common denominator of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in view of the final
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were forced into the semi-finals of the Greek Cup Final Four before Prometheus and AEK were eliminated respectively in two completely different games but with one common denominator. Sportish analyses.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos found two sides affected by absentees (Prometheus and AEK respectively) in the Greek Cup semifinals despite knowing they were favorites anyway. However, both applied more pressure than expected ahead of the win.
Panathinaikos’ victory over Prometheus in the first semi-final (85-68) seems easy given the final score. But that doesn’t tell the whole truth, as the Patras – who practically had a 7-player rotation – put a lot of pressure on the “Greens”. Accordingly, in the second semi-final, Olympiakos defeated AEK a little easier than the final 76-70 shows, but it doesn’t stop being pressured enough by the “Union”.
Someone will clean it up…
The two races went differently. Different types of basketball were played. However, they showed some things that were known en route to the finals.
Prometheus faster basketball, Nedovic and the big ones
Prometheus of 11 – but essentially 7 – players, having young Tanoulis, Bazina, Laios and Plota in the mission, knew he was lagging behind Panathinaikos in size. That’s why he decided that despite the low rotation he has, he has to run onto the pitch at every opportunity to surprise the “Greens” and not find an organized defense against him.
The Patras knew that in the presence of players like Papagiannis, White and Evans, but also Sant-Ross and Kaselaki, it would be difficult to be efficient in half-field situations, especially since they were only defeated by two great players (Agravanis and Hunt, both of whom were able to do that). diagnosed with coronavirus). So they ran… until they burst.
Prometheus found Panathinaicus a bit sluggish and took advantage of that. At the same time, he deliberately chose the post, often with the player marking the – mediocre shooter – Stefan Jovic. There he built up his good first third and escaped the goal. But then came the landing.
As long as Panathinaikos missed from the periphery, Prometheus was fine. Suddenly, however, Nemanja Nedovic went on fire and brought the “Greens” into play with 8 consecutive points (two threes and one twos). Somewhere there, Prometheus lost a bit of his mind, drawn to haste – rather than quick decisions – and the game turned.
From the third third Panathinaikos was more concentrated. He paced the game at the pace he wanted and watched the trio of Papagiannis, Evans and White (39 points and 26 rebounds all three combined) do all the damage en route to an easy win.
AEK’s slow pace and Vezenkov’s burst
In the second semi-final, AEK followed a completely different logic than Prometheus with 8 players. Since all of their own failures were in the periphery (Angola, Rautins, Pappas, Langford), the “yellow-blacks” decided to go into the match against Olympiakos at a very low pace, relying on the half-height teams and various tricks in defence. In attack, they gave the initiative to Dimitris Flionis and Kino Kolom, while also relying on the ball save and the initiatives of Ian Hammer.
AEK’s various tricks – like Kouzeloglou eventually taking over Sloukas – worked in defence, while in attack the brand worked on Mustafa Fal, as long as Olympiakos decided to defend with “ICE” and “Flat” on the pick and roll, that is, leave the French and give way to the guards of the “Union”. Flionis’ offensive style, Colom’s creations, and Hamer’s clever play kept AEK in play. But then came – and for AEK – the landing in the third third.
Olympiacos chose to defend with Fal more often with changes in AEK’s pick and roll – while the ‘Red-Whites’ sometimes switched off the ball and sent Vezenkov to defend the pick and roll instead of Fal, limiting AEK’s attack. Somehow, some collected defenses came out and the Piraeus team found an opportunity to run into the transition, quickly hitting AEK’s defense at the post before organizing. As a result, the difference increased and the game was judged.
AEK struggled throughout the game. In the end, he took advantage of Olympiakos’ relaxation and with two shots (Colom’s goal and Wokap’s goal) pushed the ‘Red-Whites’ away from really burdening them. In the end, however, he simply bowed to the quality and depth of Olympiacos.
The common denominator of the two “eternals” in view of the final
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were involved in two completely different games. The “Greens” had to face a team that wanted to run, and the “Red-Whites” a team that wanted to pull the handbrake. Both decided the game with a breakout in the third leg, capitalizing on the class difference – and depth – with their opponents, who were hit by failures. To avoid misunderstandings: The “Eternals” were favorites anyway, only it was made even easier by the absence of the opponents.
A common denominator between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was that they only had to step up their performance for a few minutes to win, no matter if the former were a little stressed at the end and the latter a little stressed at the beginning. What both have in common is that they know that tomorrow (February 20) final (5 p.m., ERT3 and LIVE from Sportish) will not be enough.
The two “eternals” prepare for the first final of the season, knowing that any moment of relaxation can prove disastrous, as demonstrated in their previous two clashes in the Stoiximan Basket League and EuroLeague respectively. And it will be interesting to see how they will handle this situation in the game between them.
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Four games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 30-31.
Utah hosted and lost to Boston.
Jazz started the game well, took the lead from the beginning and increased the difference to 10 points in the middle of the first quarter: 24:14. As a result, Utah won the first quarter with a score of 38:31. The visiting team started the second quarter better and made a move with 18:2 to not only take the lead, but also take the lead by 9 points (49:40). However, at the big break, Utah managed to turn the game around and made a move at 16:3 to take the lead again at 58:55. It was Jazz who entered the big break as the leader with 64:59.
The third quarter was even. Neither team could make serious progress and the lead changed 12 times. The result is 99:96 in favor of Boston. Thus, the fate of the match was decided in the fourth quarter. The guest team gained a 6-point lead at 103:97 in the first quarter, then kept their opponent within two shots for a long time, and towards the end of the match, they increased their advantage to double digits with 129:119.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk In this match, he rested by sitting on the bench for the entire match.
The most productive player of the Celtics was White, who scored 27 points, while Brown also had a double-double with 23 points + 10 assists.
Detroit defeated the Lakers on the road.
The Pistons only allowed the home team to take leads of 6:5 and 9:8 at the beginning of the first quarter, then they were ahead throughout the whole game and gradually increased their advantage, reaching 26 points (122:96) by the middle of the fourth quarter. As a result, Detroit won with a score of 128:106.
Doncic, who made 11 assists in the match, also scored 30 points and scored a double-double, but this did not benefit his team much. The most productive name for Detroit was Cunningham, who had a double-double with 27 points + 11 assists.
NBA. Regular season, December 31
Utah – Boston – 119:129 (38:31, 26:28, 32:40, 23:30)
Utah: George (37 + 7 assists), Nurkic (26 + 8 rebounds + 8 assists), Markkanen (22 + 9 rebounds), Sensabaugh (5), Hendricks (3) – start; Filipovski (10), Collier (7 + 8 assists), Clayton (7), Williams (2).
Boston: White (27 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists + 7 blocks), Brown (23 + 10 assists), Pritchard (18 + 6 assists), Keta (12), Walsh (6) – starts; Simons (20), Garza (15), Houser (5), Gonzalez (3), Scheierman (0).
Lakers-Detroit-106:128 (30:36, 35:34, 23:26, 18:32)
Lakers: Doncic (30 + 11 assists + 8 losses), James (17 + 5 losses), Ayton (10), Larevia (9), Smart (6) – starts; Hayes (13), Knecht (10), Vanderbilt (8 + 8 rebounds), Smith (3), Thiero (0), James Jr. (0), Kleber (0).
of Detroit: Cunningham (27 + 11 assists + 5 losses), Düren (14 + 8 rebounds + 5 steals + 5 losses), Thompson (7), Harris (7), D. Robinson (6) – start; Sasser (19), Stewart (15), Holland (11 + 7 rebounds), Ivey (9), Green (8), Reed (3), Lanier (2), Jenkins (0).
Memphis – Philadelphia – 136:139 Overtime (40:34, 32:38, 28:31, 28:25, 8:11)
Memphis: Morant (40), Coward (28 + 16 rebounds), Jaren Jackson (15 + 12 rebounds), Wells (14), Koloko (0) – start; Aldama (15 + 4 blocked shots), Spencer (7), Jackson (6), Landale (6), Small (5).
Philadelphia: Maxey (34 + 12 assists), Embiid (34 + 10 rebounds + 8 assists), Edgecombe (25), George (17), Barlow (12) – start; Grimes (11), Bona (4), McCain (2), Edwards (0).
Clippers – Sacramento – 131:90 (34:20, 39:20, 27:31, 31:19)
cutting machines: Leonard (33), Harden (21), Collins (16), Dunn (10), B. Lopez (8) – starter; Niederhaeuser (16), D. Jones (8), Senders (7), Miller (6), Brown (3), Batum (3), Christie (0).
sacramento: Westbrook (12), Reynaud (12 + 12 rebounds), Murray (11), DeRozan (8 + 7 rebounds), Achiuwa (0) – start; Clifford (18), Schroeder (11), Eubanks (6), Carter (4), McDermott (3), Monk (3 + 5 turnovers), Ellis (2).
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Luka Doncic and LeBron James / Photo: © Ronald Martinez / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA regular season match.
The meeting took place in Los Angeles and ended with a score of 128:106 (36:30, 34:35, 26:23, 32:18) in favor of the guests.
The most productive player for the Lakers was Luka Doncic, who had a double-double of 30 points and 11 assists. LeBron James has 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Detroit, the best performance was shown by Cade Cunningham, who also had a double-double – 27 points and 11 assists.
Detroit is in first place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 25-8 record, while the Lakers (20-11) are fifth in the West.
In other matches, Philadelphia defeated Memphis in overtime (139:136), Boston defeated Utah (129:119), and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Sacramento (131:90).
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On 30 November, a series of matches of the 12th round of the regular season were played as part of the EuroCup.
“Shlensk” Issouf Sanona It played away against Cluj-Napoca and was defeated in the tie game, where the leader changed 18 times. The decisive factor in the match was Miletic’s two-point shot with 2 seconds left, which gave the home team a 94:92 victory.
Sanon spent 18 minutes on the field and became the team’s most productive player, scoring 17 points (5/6 free throws, 3/6 two-pointers, 2/7 three-pointers) during this time. Issouf also had 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
“Buducnost” Alexandra Kovlyara It played at home against Türk Telekom and lost the first quarter 20:23, but won the next three quarters to achieve an overwhelming victory with a score of 91:81.
While Kovlyar played 9 minutes, he had 1 rebound and 2 assists.
European Cup. Regular season. 12th round, 30 December
Cluj-Napoca – Slensk – 94:92 (22:17, 27:34, 21:23, 24:18)
Cluj-Napoca: Russell (30 points + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Miletic (19+14+5), Guzman (14+5+1), Molinar (13+1+4), Siser (7+6+1), Kulvetis (5+4+1), Woodbury (3+2+2), Patrick (3+1+1).
Shlensk: Sanon (17+4+4), Kirkwood (16+7+3), Djordjevic (16+9+2), Penawa (13+3+1), Niesel (8+4+3), Kulikowski (6+1+2), Urbaniak (6+7 rebounds), Czerniewicz (5+1 assists), Nunez (3+4+1), Wisniewski (1+2+1).
Budućnost – Türk Telekom – 91:81 (20:23, 24:21, 20:18, 27:19)
Budućnost: Sulaimon (25+1+1), Tanaskovic (17+13+1), Ferrell (16+4+3), Mace (15+2+5), Butey (8+2 rebounds), Mega (5), Jovanovic (2+1 rebounds), Thompson (2+3 rebounds), Butsiel (1+2 rebounds), Kovlyar (1 rebound + 2 assists).
Turk Telekom: Smith (18+1+1), Allman (17+3+4), Özdemiroğlu (12+5 assists), Bankston (9+5+1), Deveaux (7+2 rebounds), Trifunovic (6+1 rebounds), Alexander (4+5 rebounds), Durmaz (4+1 assists), Simonovic (4+4+1), Usher (3 rebounds + 2 assists).
Source: Sport UA
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