Euro League
For Olympiacos there was only one way, it went in the end
Papanikolaou did a great job, Dorsey played… NBA Jam, her team returned to wins and Pantelis Diamantopoulos writes about the pressure to win the double and how Piraeus got it right in the end this time
Vitoria’s game for Olympiakos was not an easy one. So far maybe most of the time I’ve talked to you about the comfort, the joy, the…air that the great port team should have, but at one point it comes down to the score. expediency and tactics. Yes, Olympiacos had to make the sacrifice at all costs. All other results in the event aren’t…he’s been smiling for a while. Therefore, it is not possible for him not to help himself. Even in the difficult way, with pressure, with intensity, he should win. It was a match that was beautifully scripted and needed ideal treatment.
You see, Basconia cannot threaten like Real, but above all cannot defend like the “Queen”. But it is an enduring Euroleague team that has also had a string of defeats and hurt selfishness. The Castilians suffered from Olympiakos on Wednesday in the first part, but in the second they used the equation and the people and their jersey and the pressure, turning the situation on its head. And they succeeded. The Fernando Buesa Arena is among the “warm” pitches in Europe (without Covid), but the Piraeus could react differently and with less dizziness than in the Spanish capital. So you did it at the right time. In the defeats, Olympiakos ended up fainting. This time he managed to exterminate his opponent…
Offensive rebounds and assists
Baskonia could take even more damage from his bad start and at the same time from the serious start of the “Red-Whites” in the game. However, the Greek team only built up a double-digit difference like they hit the brakes and threw it at the jerks. Poor attacks, slow movement for no reason and at the same time the hosts’ constant willingness to exploit the open field, because quite simply, in a set game, Olympiacos were good defensively. Baskonia found three points on his distress and along with them four accumulated errors from Olympiacos. Bartzokas eventually found himself in top form (Martin-Vezenkov-Printezis) to follow the bodies of the Basques who are not strong in “5” but the rest run and shoot from everywhere.
Thus, the Spachia team took the lead, connecting with the Olympiacos basket and mostly conquering the half with 10 assists, which significantly hurt Piraeus in the areas of their statistics. By the time the two teams went into the dressing room, Bartzokas had his players without offensive rebounds. Without a second attack after a shot. Without renewal and the slightest inconvenience in defending the Basques. The other; Worse for a tidy team like Olympiacos. Only 3 final passes. That is, Basconia has 10 halves and 3 you? Well, you’re not saying that’s normal. Enter all 9 mistakes.
You will now wonder “And how did you earn three points at half-time?” Well, there’s something that can hold you up if your opponent isn’t a wild tag. And that’s called individual quality. Dorsey and Sloukas created cracks in opposition defenses with relative ease and of the 32 points in the Olympic half they had 15 with them… Along with goalkeeper Fal who held back and stopped the Basques from approaching
Tyler plays… NBA Jam
Olympiacos had to take more things off the bench to have peace of mind, a clearer head and additional solutions beyond the ones you’ve already read. Basconia was the one who took things off her bench and thanks to some shots that came even late, she found herself the winner early in the last third. It was preceded by a red (not deep, of course) ten minutes, but what the team needed to win the game they got in the last five minutes. The accuracy in the threesome was okay, but the most important thing was the defense.
Wokap was better in the second half than in the first. Real help Dorsey in the final minutes, coming off the bench and breaking up Spahia’s defence. I get that Tyler sometimes plays… NBA Jam (remember that?) but there always has to be a villain, one who doesn’t get it and pushes his teammates to the limit. what do guys do Olympiacos didn’t have such a player. For years…
Costas did a great job
I’ll give a special mention, although I’m not used to games that aren’t definitive. But there are also situations and confrontations with quirks that need to be mentioned separately when standing up to push the others. Costas Papanikolaou was the one who did all of this. He was the player who scored four threes, one more important than the other. He was the player who showed his energy in defense and attack, covering situations that would be far worse. For a player to grow, he does not have to bet 30. All four threes should be half, what I write about Kostas is true. He was the key player, the one who kept his performance on a straight line. Yes, Dorsey and Wookup are home as in the end, but they were late… turned up. Fal had good moments too, but also others that “hit” him in the legs.
Importantly for Bartzokas, however, Olympiacos have returned to winning results and now need to prepare for Efes. And let’s not forget, the team owes a lot that if they get them, they’ll secure the playoffs in large part. When he returned from Spain he had to get a win. Mission accomplished…
Source: sport24
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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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