Euro League
Baskonia – Olympiakos 62-72: Steel reaction and end of the negative streak
Disciplined, financial and decisive, Olympiacos defeated Baskonia 72-62 in Vitoria, breaking the streak of four losses. At 13-9, Piraeus took a big breath from the teams chasing them.
With his prestige hurt by the four consecutive defeats, with the teams chasing him urging him more and more and since the Fernando Buesa Arena is not among his… favorite stadiums, Olympiakos had to lose on Friday (4 /2) to get back on its feet. And he rose. He defeated Baskonia 72-62 in Game 25 of EuroLeague, took a deep breath and continued with better psychology in the regular season aiming to reach the octave.
At 13-9, the disciplined, focused and determined Red-Whites (9-1 home and 4-8 away) featured Costas Papanikolaou, Sasha Vezenkov, Tyler Dorsey and Thomas Wokap to stand out, lead and clean the wash, the time the Basques fell to 7-16 (5-7 inside and 2-9 outside) and in the lower tiers of the standings. Fear in the final for Vezenkov, who literally smacked his hand in Olympiacos’ recent attack despite not appearing to have sustained a serious injury. The game took place in front of 6773 fans.
The MVP
Costas Papanikolaou and Tyler Dorsey share the MVP title. The first kept Olympiakos upright with his three-pointer (4/4) and the second carried him to victory. Especially the point where he scored five points in a row for 60-65 made the difference. Pap finished the match with 12 points, the expatriate guard with 17 from 3/4 two points, 3/6 three points and 2/2 shots. He made three more errors but had the same number of rebounds and assists.
The weak link
Wade Baldwin made a bad showing against his former team. He scored only five points in 29 minutes (1/5 two points, 1/3 three points), he never found cracks in Olympiakos’ defense, he left some executions from middle distance that at other times he might take and complete However, he expected more from his ace Neven Spahia and didn’t take The Seven Final Passes to save his overall picture.
The stats that stood out
With three assists, Olympiakos ended the opening twenty minutes in which they had only 23 shots against the 31 of Baskonia, who had 10 assists for six errors. In the final of the evening, the Red and Whites’ 13 steals were a great performance, their best of the season, while the 11/21 three-pointers and only three penalties played an important role in the game’s outcome. The hosts had key players to stay in the shallows, performing 12 fewer shots and losing normally. Surprise points (5-10) and mistakes by the opponent (9-21) also spoke clearly for the winners.
The race
Olympiakos went into the game with… thousand, who had 4/4 two points, 1/1 three points, 2/2 shots, two steals and two assists for a 13-5 in the fourth minute. Dorsey found a rhythm early on for +11 (18-7) and in the final of the season Piraeus was still in the lead but Basconia had gnawed the difference, 3/5 three points ahead of Kuruts, Peters, Giedraitis and cutting the form of their opponents , who got stuck in the last two passes.
The Basques made it 14-2 to get ahead (21-20 in 14 minutes), with the Red-Whites sticking to their plan, continuing big attacks, keeping the pace low and pointing to Baskonia who they judge become the game. McKissick fired in the 18th minute to make it 25:29 and at half time Piraeus retained the lead without shining, without excitement. But they were financial and they had gotten the game exactly where they wanted it to be.
Vezenkov and Wokap made big baskets early in the second half (31:39), but the American continued with two misplaced threes and one error, after which Baskonia responded with a small 4:0. And as the Basques pushed and pushed, Papanikolaou scored a three-pointer from the right corner to make it 40-47 in 27′, followed up with a second late in the third period to make it 44-50 and kept his team ahead. with the difference in the two professions.
Basconia’s eruption took place at the beginning of the fourth period. Gentraitis and Baldwin scored three threes to make it 9-0 (53-50 in 32′), Papanikolaou scoring again from the periphery and then assisting Vezenkov to make it 55-60 in 34′. Dorsey set five series (three points and shots) for +5 (60-65), he also set the three-point win for 60-70 at 1:29, with the Basques compromising with the result and the superiority of their opponents .
THE REFEREES: Lotermoser, Boltauser, Rossi
THE TEN MINUTES: 13-18, 29-32, 44-50, 62-72
BASCONIA (Spain): Lamar Peters, Raieste 2, Baldwin 5 (1/5 two points, 1/3 three points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists), Granger 5 (1), Fontecchio 4 (2/7 two points), Inoc 9 (3/4 two points, 0/3 three points, 3/4 shots), Costello 4 (6 rebounds), Alec Peters 18 (6/7 two points, 2/2 three points, 7 rebounds), Gentraitis 12 (4 /6 three points), Kurut’s 3 (1)
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Wokup 12 (2/3 two points, 1/3 three points, 5/6 shots, 2 rebounds, 4 steals), Dorsey 17 (3/4 two points, 3/6 three points, 2/2 shots , 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 errors), Fal 6 (3/5 two points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks), Sloukas 8 (0/5 two points, 2/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 2 rebounds, 3 assists), Martin, Vezenkov 15 (5/7 two points, 1/4 three points, 2/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Printezis, Papanikolaou 12 (4/4 three points) , Jean-Charles, McKissick 2
Statistics of the Basconia group: 16/34 two points, 9/23 three points, 3/4 shots, 29 rebounds (24 defensive – 5 offensive), 21 assists, 7 steals, 1 block, 16 errors
Olympiacos team statistics: 13/29 two points, 11/21 three points, 13/16 shots, 27 rebounds (25 defensive – 2 offensive), 13 assists, 13 steals, 3 blocks, 13 errors
The next games of the two teams: In the 26th game, Baskonia will play Armani in Milan (2/10 at 9:30 p.m.), while Olympiakos host Anantolou Efes on the same day (2/10 at 9:00 p.m.).
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.
“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!
Let the necessary recommendations be made…
One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…
Yusufa and Taco
The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…
There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!
Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!
The triple-double figure in Pylaia
He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!
At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!
To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!
Fasoulas and… Lumidis
In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.
To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!
Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.
He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.
Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.
Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green
Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.
On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.
He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.
From 0.8 to 8
Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…
The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.
Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!
What is the key quality a good blocker should have?
The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps
Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!
I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.
“Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.
“You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…
“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”
The spider web
Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.
From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.
Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.
The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.
Matias Lesor’s message in detail:
“Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.
Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.
The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.
With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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