Euro League
That’s what Olympiacos and Costas Sloukas achieve in the win of the year
Kostas Sloukas’s buzzer bite in a win will go down in history but also, as Giannis Fileris writes, could prove to be the decisive one of the regular season
A classic Olympiacos big European win at SEF, with plenty of heroism, self-denial and a great shot from Costa Slouka, born for such a buzzer. A memorable win against the European champion, but also at the end of the year, because the targeted three by “Mr. 11” may prove to be the winning shot of the regular season.
Olympiacos reached 14 in 23 games and won one of the 11 finals left before the start of the playoffs. The timing is also important, of course the way the win comes, the opponent, the euphoria it inspires in everyone just before the team enters a process of back-to-back games.
After the league game against Lavrio and the duels for the first title of the year (cup final four), a hot month follows with back-to-back games that will essentially be about where the ball will ultimately end up in the regular season, as the scene in the Blick has the playoffs and what to say about the continuation of the Euroleague. With a game played every two days, it will be valuable for Olympiacos to start this March with as many supplies as possible, i.e. wins under their belts.
That’s why the win against the European champions (first of the “red-whites” after 6 defeats in a row in December 2018) is of great importance. As it was with Basconia, so it will be (if it comes) with Armani Milan on February 24 after the cup final in Heraklion. Bartzokas doesn’t want to look that far, he prefers to just concentrate on the next match, but he also knows how great his team’s success was against Larkin and Mitsic.
Olympiacos performance would be no less good if they lost the game (by one shot after the point where it was counted) but as Sloukas said in relation to Sportish with SEF after the game: “I didn’t want that lose pass and I won’t “It would be the same if a loss came.”
She finds rhythm, she approaches December
The “Red-Whites” are trying to get back to the rhythms they had in December. Not all are ready, but their recent games suggest that as the year progresses they are getting closer to their best month yet.
In Madrid they pinned Real for a half, they actually went to the game with the shot but Wookap failed, they took just 62 points from Basconia (ten less than what the Basques usually put) and against Efes they went to the game .
Olympiacos finds his rhythm through his defense. Against one of the top peripheral lines of the Euroleague, the “Red-Whites” took a lot from the defense despite bad luck with the injury of the best defender (Wookup) on the eve of the defense, even if Bartzokas groaned. probably rightly so, about the way Efes scored in the third period. Mitsics Drive, Pass to Place or to an unmarked and easy basket.
Efes finished with 67%, two points and 23 assists (12 from Mitsic’s hands), which is pretty far from the usual standards of the “red and white” defense. On the other hand, the guests only had 30% in the threesome. Trail shooters like Mitsic (1/7), Boboa (1/4) and Larkin (2/5) definitely have better nights, but the hosts are pushing them as hard as they can on the ball and in every effort to shoot.
He didn’t drink any sea in the end
Olympiakos controlled the tempo throughout the match, was consistent in the rebound battles, found great shots and didn’t drink sea in the end. The final attack of the regular season might not have been in the most ideal conditions, but the reaction after Larkin’s overtime three-pointer was perfect.
- Dorsey isn’t tempted to make a rushed three, going for a shot from mid-range, knowing there’s still time for another attack with the points difference.
- Fal plays an amazing defense for Mitsic, Dorsey helps a lot so the Serb misses the lay-up.
- Sloukas gets the rebound, runs across the field, Dorsey asks for the ball. The pass goes to McKissick, who turns around and sees Sloukas in the corner again. “I also beat him in the dressing room. He made a big move because usually the players go to the basket with 3 ” for the end and the ball in their hands,” said the Greek ace, who took over the rest. An excuse for Moerman, with a glance at the clock and a three from the corner to victory!
Sloukas is a player for shots like that. And here we are talking about if he doesn’t get them, who at 32 has three Euroleague titles and countless big games behind them, who then? He will put it up again in the future. His heart says it, his class says it: “It’s a big win but we have to keep going,” he said, and he was right.
In the absence of Wokap, Sloukas played 38:36 minutes, while Sasha Vezenkov played a minute less and fought tremendously in defense and attack. “Golgotha is waiting for us and we have to open the rotation,” commented Bartzokas, who knows he needs to get more help from his bench. The program with eight players does not come out.
First Wokap should come back, then Martin should increase the tempo and Livio, who watched the whole match from the bench on Thursday (like Eisi), should take his time again. Two foreigners with zero participation time and one with only 1p in his fortune is a luxury. However, we have said that not everyone is ready. If they can and coordinate, the better for the team’s final performance…
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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