Bayern – Olympiacos 88-98: He made the move for the foursome in Munich

The first of the two trips to Germany in one week was pleasant for Olympiacos. The Piraeus team defeated Bayern Munich (98-88) in EuroLeague game 28 to remain in the circle of four that offers home field advantage in the event’s playoffs en route to the final .

The Reds and Whites rose to 16-9 (11-1 home and 5-8 a) with Tyler Dorsey doing things and wonders in attack, Sasha Vezenkov and Hassan Martin following him, and Kostas Sloukas leading in execution and creation, in another big night of the past few weeks. Augustin Rubit put his former team in a difficult position, but the otherwise very combative Bayern were left behind by forces in the final and did not have the quality and depth of their opponents.

The MVP

A difficult night to distinguish an Olympiacos player. Tyler Dorsey broke in 26 minutes (25 points, 4/6 two points, 4/4 three points, 5/6 shots) but wasn’t down in the final minutes, Costas Sloukas hitting a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists for only two errors, Hassan Martin had 14 points from 6/6 two points, Sasha Vezenkov stopped at 17 points without extortion … half a shot, in general Piraeus was a team in every sense of the word .

The weak link

After Nick Weiler-Babb was out due to a serious injury he sustained two days ago, Andrea Trinkieri needed a little more than Ognjen Jaramaz (9 points, 2/7 shots) from Corey Walden (6 points, 5 fouls). 38), by Jean-Marc Cisco (4 points, 5 assists, 3 penalties at 29:07) to maintain victory to the end.

The stats that stood out

Tyler Dorsey finished the first period with 13 points, playing everything and having 1/1 two points, 3/3 three points and 2/3 shots. For their part, Bayern made just one error before ending the 20th minute with 62% on two points, 50% on three points and 84% on shots. At the end of the evening, Piraeus 26/34 had two points, with the percentage reaching 77%, which is shocking for such a game away against such a dynamic opponent. The points in the surprise were 2-13 and this performance was another explanation for the very important result of the red and white.

The race

Olympiakos started with the classic five (Wokap, Dorsey, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov, Fal), with Dorsey creating things and wonders, scoring nine points in three minutes and writing 8-13. Piraeus were determined in attack, they killed their opponents and shot (9/11 to 17-24 in the seventh minute) but they didn’t have the same consistency in defense and in the final of the season they had conceded 29 points the hosts count 4/7 two-pointers, 5/9 three-pointers, and 6/7 shots from six assists for one error.

With Dorsey feeling… Curry, in scoring and creation, Piraeus took the lead (36-34) early in the second half but the mistakes hurt him. The hosts’ speed gave them the lead in the 16th minute (44-38), shortly after that a ten-point lead (50-40), with Larentzakis scoring a big three and Sloukas scoring a goal foul for a small goal though a very small one valuable series of 8:0 towards the end of the twenty minutes.

As Dorsey reached 20 points early in the second half, Olympiakos attempted to return to the driver’s role, receiving back-to-back threes from Augustin Rubit (59-55), blasting another long shot from his main shooter for 59-60 before Vezenkov’s defense danced to 59-63, prompting a timeout from Trinkieri. The Red-Whites’ defense had improved, and had the Bartzokas players managed their fouls better, they would have gone into the fourth quarter with a bigger lead.

Vezenkov’s three to make it 71-76 in 32 minutes looked a good omen for Piraeus at a time when the hosts were beginning to tire, but a poor reaction from Martin immediately gave Rubit a foul. How did the American answer? With his own basket to 76-80 and with a nail to 76-82, before McKissick surprisingly left to +8 (87-79) four minutes before the final. The big basket came at 2:21, however, when the ball, after an aggressive rebound and patience, reached Sloukas, who scored from middle distance to make it 83:91 and clear the game.

THE REFEREES: Javor, Perez, Ballack

THE TEN MINUTES: 29-28, 53-50, 69-73, 88-98

BAVARIA MONKAH (Trinkieri): Thomas 8 (0/4 two points, 2/2 three points, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds), Walden 6 (2), Hunter 12 (4/7 two points, 4/4 shots), Yaramaz 9 (2), Luτσιiτς 15 (3/4 two points, 1/4 three points, 6/7 shots, 8 rebounds), George, Obst, ένedovi,, Rubit 18 (3/6 two points, 3/3 three points , 3/3 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals), Sisco 4, Hilliard 12 (2), Radosevic 4

OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Wookup 7 (2/4 two points, 3/4 shots, 2 rebounds, 2 assists), Dorsey 25 (4/6 two points, 4/4 three points, 5/6 shots), Larentzakis 9 (3 /3 three points), Fal 10 (3/5 two points, 4/4 shots, 7 rebounds), Sloukas 11 (5/5 two points, 10 assists, 2 errors), Martin 14 (6/6 two points, 2 /3 shots), Vezenkov 17 (5/7 two points, 1/2 three points, 4/5 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Papanikolaou 3 (1/6 three points), Jean-Charles, McKissick 2 (4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals)

The team statistics of FC Bayern Munich: 14/32 two points, 12/26 three points, 24/27 shots, 26 rebounds (14 defensive – 12 offensive), 20 assists, 7 steals, 7 errors

Olympiacos team statistics: 26/34 two points, 9/19 three points, 19/25 shots, 27 rebounds (21 defensive – 6 offensive), 20 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 10 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 29th game Olympiakos meets Alba in Berlin (3/10, 21:00 CET) while Bayern enjoy their break as the match against Unics Kazan is postponed.