Three-point and dry bread Olympiakos in this year’s Euroleague

“The key component to a team’s success now is the long shot…” said George Bartzokas three years ago, repeating the same thing in the Vitoria final after the recent big win over Efes (which was natural). judged in a great three-point shot by Costas Sloukas): “In world basketball now you see how many shots are made with the three-pointer. And here in Europe and in the NBA. Given the lack of many European centers for post-game flow “It’s hard , finding things in the racquet, so scoring from the periphery brings big wins.”

Matching Bartzokas’ basketball dogma (and the season, of course), Olympiakos have adapted their game and are shooting more three-pointers than ever this year.

The Euroleague statistics will help us analyze this philosophy in relation to the past of the “Red-Whites”, but also in comparison to the other teams in the tournament. The first conclusion: Bartzokas passed his doctrine on to the team that:

✐ Performs one and a half three points more than last year (and +3.5 more, from the 2019-20 season) and hits an extra half (+1 year-on-year). His overall performance so far is an average of 9.4 / 26.8 ways. If we go down five years, Olympiakos is shooting four extra three-pointers this year and hitting two more than in the 2017/18 season (7.7 / 22.9)

✎ The accuracy rate is 35.2%, more or less the same as in previous years.

✏ In the Greek Championship, where Olympiacos scores more points (94.5 vs. 79.5), the numbers are increased as the “Red-Whites” have three points with 11.6 / 29.7 (percentage 39.1% ). It is also the best ratio in the team statistics of the Greek championship. He finished Monday’s match against Lavrio with 13/26 tr and 50%. Very well…

Accuracy: It doesn’t represent everything…

In Europe, however, the defense is tougher and Olympiacos don’t have the same ease in shooting as in Greece. It’s not that far from the top, but there are definitely better teams out there when its players shoot for three.

above is Barcelona which has an average of 9/22.1 three-pointers, or 40.6%. It follows Monaco with 37.9% (8.6/22.6) and in third place is the Kazan with 37.2% (8.8/23.8). Subsequently, Armani of Milan (9.2 / 25.2) with 36.7%, Bavaria (8.8 / 24.4) to 36.6, zenith (8.5 / 23.9) –Alba (8.9/25) and CSKA (9.9 / 27.8) with 35..7 and then o Olympic in 9th place with 35.2% (9.4/26.8).

That’s right in the middle because there are nine other teams who are shooting worse than Olympiacos this year. To see them in order: Maccabi (7.8 / 22.2, 35%), effects (9.3 / 26.8, 34.7%) real (9.3/26/8, 34.2%), Zalgiris (8.3/24/2, 34.2%), Villeurbanne (6.4 / 19.2) –basconia (8.2 / 24.4) with 33.6%, Lantern (7.5 / 22.6) –Panathinaikos (7.7 / 23.3) with 33.1% and in last place the worst shooting Red Star (6.9 / 21.3) with 32.3%

Last year Olympiakos shot less than 35% (34.8% to be exact) and ended up bottom of the table. Ranked 17th as only Khimki had a worse percentage (34.6%).

But he putts (and shoots) a lot

On the other hand Olympic are among the teams that both execute and score the most three-point shots. The 9.4 that his average has written this year is the second best after her CSKA, aiming for almost 10 three-pointers per game (9.9 to be exact). effects and real follow Olympiakos with 9.3 and the Milan a little further back with an average of 9.2 three-pointers.

In this area, his improvement is very evident. Last year it was below the waist in the corresponding table. In 9th place.

The whole ranking with more accurate three-pointersso far in the Euroleague

1. CSKA Moscow 9.9
2. Olympic 9.4
3. Anantolous Efes 9.3
4. real Madrid 9.3
5. Armani of Milan 9.2
6. Barcelona 9
7. Alba Berlin 8.9
8. Kazan 8.8
9. Bavaria 8.8
10. Monaco 8.6
11. zenith 8.5
12. Zalgiris 8.3
13. basconia 8.2
14. Maccabi 7.8
15. Panathinaikos 7.7
16. Lantern 7.5
17. Red Star 6.9
18. Villeurbanne 6.4

Olympiakos also has the second best performance in executed three-point shots. He shoots as much as Anadolu Efes and Real Madrid and one less than CSKA Moscow, who average more three-pointers in each game than any other team in the Euroleague. Here is the ranking:

1. CSKA Moscow 27.8
2. Olympic 26.8
3. Anantolous Efes 26.8
4. real Madrid 26.8
5. Armani of Milan 25.2
6. Alba Berlin 25
7. basconia 24.8
8. Zalgiris 24.2
9. Bavaria 24
10. zenith 23.9
11. Kazan 23.8
12. Panathinaikos 23.3
13. Lantern 22.6
14. Monaco 22.6
15. Maccabi 22.2
16. Barcelona 22.1
17. Red Star 21.3
18. Villeurbanne 19.2

✍ What else do the numbers show us? THAT Olympic tried for three die 44.2% of his attacks. So a little less than half are threes, as dictated by their coach’s philosophy. This percentage is the highest of any other team in the tournament. Bigger than hers CSKA, who has the most threes. The team of Dimitris Itoudis has 43.1% while still over 40% effects (42.8%), real (42.4%), Milan (42.3%), Alba (41.6%), Zalgiris (41.5%), Bavaria (41%) and Zenith of Agia Petropoulis (40.7%)

Regardless of whether they are accurate or not, they trust the three-point shot less basconia (39.6%), Panathinaikos (38.8%), Lantern (38.5%), Kazan (38.2%), Red Star (37.6%), Barcelona (36.7%), Maccabi (36%), Monaco (35%), Villeurbanne (32.2%)

✍ On the other hand, with the 9.4 three-pointers it sets in each game, Olympiacos gets a total of 28.2 points, which is equivalent 35.4% of the total score Average in this year’s Euroleague (79.5) The percentage is among the top six of the informal table, which has the first and best Armani of Milan. Mesoina’s team gets 37.2% of their points from 6.75 m. They follow CSKA (36.7%), Alba Berlin-Bavaria (35.6%), Zalgiris (35.5%) and at almost the same level as the previous three, o Olympic (35.4%). The three-pointers also have a weapon real (35.2%), Kazan zenith (34.4%).

Further back (in 10th place) the effects (34%) –basconia (34%), Barcelona (32.6%), Panathinaikos (31.6%), Monaco (30.9%) Maccabi (29.9%), Lantern (29.4%), Red Star (28.6%) and in last place Villeurbanne with 26.3% in the three-point equation. The French team scores an average of 19.2 points from the three-point line and scores 72.9 points overall.

Dorsey ahead

Tyler Dorsey is the one who has thrown and scored the most three-pointers to date. 52/127 overall, or if you prefer, 2.3/5.5 on average. Playing slightly more than Maccabi, the Greek-American, who is already Olympiakos’ top scorer (13.4 pence), is shooting at 40.3% this year and is the Red-Whites’ top-scorer from afar.

Sasha Vezenkov is also close, slightly lower than last year, but always able to launch aimed bombs from afar (1.7 / 4.2 on average) at a rate of 39.6%. Last year it was 43%, but it is evident that in this year’s Euroleague it will be watched more closely by opponents. Costas Sloukas follows at 1.6/4/1 trebles per game, with a percentage of 38.3%, but also with a buzzer biter (the one with Efes), which is also his specialty (he has another one with Fener, but it was like this). two points).

Costas Papanikolaou has increased his percentages in recent matches, he has 1.3/3.8 threes per game and 34.5% overall. The “black” hole of Olympiacos is Thomas Wokap. Giannoulis Larentzakis has about 1/4 Dreier who has been on the decline after his illness with Covid-19, while Thomas Wokap is of course a black hole. The American’s numerator writes 11/56. That means he’s shooting 2.5 threes a game but only has… 0.5 on goal. Very bad 19.5%, while last year he had 37% with Zalgiris and in even more attempts (3.4)