Euro League
The Olympian of many, Marshal Vezhenkov and… Larry Dorsey
Olympiacos claimed their second consecutive EuroLeague victory and Yiannis Fileris writes about the team of many, Marshal Vezenkov and Larry… Dorsey!
The empty stadium is in itself a danger for the hosts, especially when the game has theoretically definitely rounded the “W” of victory. But stop. On a matchday where we had three overtimes and five games ended with a difference of no more than three points, the EuroLeague just doesn’t have easy games.
Especially when in reality the opponent is not an easy one, but another Zalgiris, much more energetic and “Lithuanian” than in recent years.
With the big guards (Brazdeikis, Ulanovas) posting Kanan and making life difficult at first, the Fours shooting from range (Cavanaugh, Schmitz) and the guards able to create their own phases (Evans, Lekavicius), played much better than the 0 -2 showing their record so far.
In the premiere he lost to Maccabi in the caning, on Friday he was close to Olympiakos, he held him around, he threatened him until he finally threw in the white towel in the last three minutes.
The truth is that Olympiacos also had his wits while being in control of the game. Even as Zalgiris got close, a few defenses came out, a shot went in, a surprise came out. If there had been a better percentage from afar (7/21 threes), the difference might have ended up being greater than ten points.
The “Red-Whites” didn’t start well, falling into the trap that Zalgiris wanted to set. To post Kanan mainly with Brazdeikis in the “2” (he quickly committed two fouls and lost his rhythm) and constantly go for the offensive rebound. At the start of the game, it looked like the visitors would repeat their impressive display in Tel Aviv, where they scored 17 attacks last week!
Bartzokas saw it, but he waited for his team’s reaction. Slukas switched to the five, Walkup continued to dominate defense and attack, and the ball began to pass in the racket as much as possible. Not contesting the passes of his teammates, Mustafa Fal also denied his own role as a creator and was ready in every doubles team to pass the ball without the ball or give it to the inbound.
As for the problem of rebounds, Sasha Vezenkov took it upon himself to solve it, who gave everything in another game. He hit from long range, from close range, played defense and cleaned up dogfights, racking up not three and four but fourteen rebounds.
Even better than last year, the 27-year-old striker does not want to stop. Tireless, elusive and manic to catch a ball, dive, jump higher than everyone else for another “junk”. He set a career high on Friday. Until the next one, of course, because the way he’s playing, nothing can stop him.
In two matches, the blond ace counts 21.5p (with 52.6%d and 62.5%tr!), 11p and 28.5b in the scoring system. Nearly perfect and ideal strategist. What a general. Marshal…
American silence
Of course, not everything went perfectly for Olympiakos. The American help this time was not comparable to that of the premiere. Kanan was blocked from the start, he didn’t have many tries, the match was definitely not going his way. Bartzokas said after the game how much he believes in him. Or rather, how much he believes in his team, who will also help Kanan to show his really great shot and even Olympiacos – with the exception of the third quarter in the game against Barcelona – were not happy with that.
However, neither great could follow Fal, each for their own reasons. What happened is in Barcelona but from the other side. In the premiere, the Frenchman stayed behind and Boloboi – Black got the job done. This time, “Moose” took all of Zalgiris’ greats by storm, but without his successors picking up the same pace.
Black didn’t… get a chance. The referees found him barefoot, the fouls laid him down and Boloboi took his place sooner than Bartzokas expected as the American-Russian-Ukraine was injured, didn’t train midweek as he would have liked and was unable to show up felt.
The big two had zero points and three rebounds, while Alec Peters finished the match with 1/4 threes, so didn’t make much of an offense either…
The 90 points and Larry
And yet Olympiacos ended up with 90 points on such an evening. Bartzokas spoke about the basketball of the many. And if something sets his team apart, it’s the many solutions they have and will appear on the floor of the SEF and the other stadiums they will visit every time.
Alongside Mr. Double-Double, Sasha Vezenkov, Fal had 15 points (and 2 assists, plus many outside passes leading to a free-kick) and became a key point of reference at the beginning but also at the end of the game when Olympiacos took control had to lean on him to make a critical basket.
Slukas had fun after a nervous start with 15 points and 6 assists, circulating the ball well and completing his individual phases well, while Thomas Walkup maintained his stats of 10 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals (plus two and three deflections respectively). and a cap that flashed like lightning over the head of the unfortunate Thomas Dimsa.
Giannoulis Larentzakis picked up where he left off in Barcelona. His own formation but also the different set-up of this year’s Olympiakos region have enhanced his role and minutes of participation. In the first two games he scored 13.5 pence (with 7/12 tr) in 18:32 minutes. Last year he played eight minutes less and averaged 4.2 points per game.
“Larry” is – for now – the one who fills Dorsey’s gap, either by scoring from things that come out of the system or by creating his own stages that his team often needs.
The sequel for the Piraeus, who have two out of two, comes in Spain. First in Madrid against the beaten Real on Wednesday 19th of the month and two days later in Vitoria against Baskonia, who will have welcomed Red Star earlier. Last year he had defeated the Basques in the same duet and was defeated by the Madrilenians. Yes, but last year he also lost in Barcelona. And finally, we’re talking about another season and an Olympiakos as similar to last year as it is different.
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.
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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