Euro League
Olympiacos have been squeezing banana peels and are now looking to stay upright during Devil’s Week
Olympiakos pressed banana peels in Berlin and Giannis Fileris writes about Alba’s trap, which will be even more difficult next week with Zalgiris and Panathinaikos.
In any case, Olympiakos pressed banana peels in Berlin. She knew how important the game was, but she was caught off guard to face Alba’s… annoying passing game (24 assists), her quick pace and tremendous accuracy (23/37d, 13/21tr) that and proved crucial to the outcome of the game.
Bartzokas took two time-outs to raise his voice to request vigilance and commitment from everyone except at the start in the first and third ten minutes, however, the ‘Red-Whites’ failed to hold the German team at some point three pointers too shoot like throwing pebbles into the lake. Especially in the last third, which he finished 6/7 from the line, he seemed full of confidence and ready to stop any attempt to retake Olympiacos.
We’ll capture two crucial phases that may have tipped the scales in Alba’s favour.
- The first in the very good phase of Olympiacos (at the beginning of the third quarter). Piraeus has gone 40-39 (with a partial 10-2 based on an amazing defence). They get a basket with a quick attack from the Germans and on the cover Lo steals the ball (and wallet) from Wokap standing outside the three points and marks. The momentum Olympiakos suddenly said changes camps again, with Alba leading 44-40.
- And the second at 31:20. The “Red-Whites” approach 55-59, they play an impressive defense, the ball is claimed, it reaches Sikma, who sees the time running backwards, misrepresents himself and hits the ball exactly with the exhalation (ala Sloukas, against Efes). Olympiakos was ready to steal the ball to equal the difference in the basket but gets three points and the difference goes to +7
The whole game, something like that went for Olympiakos. He pushed, stole balls, but in the end either didn’t find the target, especially from distance (4/15tr) or in the next attack Alba was successful in almost every effort! In the end, the irritation on the Greek side seemed diffuse, the Germans did what they wanted and got the win with +15 points.
Alba wasn’t as indifferent as most people might think. She has 9 wins under her belt and because she generally likes what goes and what comes, in the remaining six matches she can believe that she will manage to get an octave wedge. At the moment he is 2 wins behind Red Star, but has two matches less. From Monaco (10-13).
It’s also a team that has had important wins at home and plays more for the joy of basketball than for the result. That makes it more dangerous than it really is and if you’re not careful, you’ll hit it hard. Olympiakos had to be suspicious and of course not defend to get 90 points, he ate a strong cuff that lands him.
We will keep Vezenkov’s new great performance, the very good cooperation Sluka-Martin (10 assists first, 17 points second, almost all international playmaker passes) and the good five-six minutes in the first and third ten minutes. But nothing more. Everything else went wrong, however, Olympiacos failed to last and dominate the arena. It wasn’t his night.
We’ll agree with Bartzokas that it wouldn’t be logical for Olympiacos to go 11-1 away. It doesn’t happen at all. On the other hand, a team that aims high must get the so-called key games. Or at least fight to the end to get them. The “Red-Whites” stayed away from their plan this time and almost lost hands down.
The difficult way to 3rd place
Meanwhile, Real’s extra-time win (with Yul’s orgies) over Armani Milano could clear the landscape in the standings. The Madrilenians got 17-6, it’s one win ahead of the Italians (and two from Olympiacos), who have an advantage in draws (two wins against Armani, +1 pence in difference to the “red-whites”), which is something makes it an stalwart favorite for 2nd place.
Olympiacos (15-8) remain in the hunt for Armani (16-7) for third place but lost their first gun to catch up with the Milanese who fought hard in Madrid (without Sergio Rodriguez and Luigi Datome) but suffered defeat. The “Red-Whites” will be third if they win one more than Milan. In the draw (with the two wins in Milan and SEF) they are better.
Recall that the Olympiacos has to play also with Panathinaikos, Barcelona (at home), Zalgiris, Monaco and Villeurbanne (away). the Armani program includes Bayern-Monaco in Milan and Maccabi, Efes, Villeurbanne (away). But it is also Efes. the Turkish are three wins behind Olympiakos, but they also have two games more. your program: Real, Milan, Bayern, Alba (inside), Monaco, Zalgiris, Er.Astera (outside).
The way is difficult anyway. Especially next week, which includes two fire games. One in Kaunas on Tuesday and one on Thursday against Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague “Greek Derby”. He will use 100% of his power in both matches, even if the distance between the two matches is less than 48 hours.
The cannon he burned in Berlin obliges Olympiakos to win both upcoming games no matter what. In Kaunas, where last year’s Euroleague year was definitely “wrong” (with the theft of Wokap in Sloukas), a thick double is needed. And against the eternal opponent with what peculiarities of the derby does he win again out of nowhere
There are worst; Yes, if the EuroLeague program continued normally with the presence of the Russian teams. After Panathinaikos it would host (Sunday 20th of the month) CSKA Moscow. Now he only has two hot games left that he absolutely must win.
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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
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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
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