Euro League

Become an Olympic champion again and demolish the… cursed castle

Published

4 years ago

March 15, 2022

Jayden

Become an Olympic champion again and demolish the… cursed castle

After the trip to Berlin, Bartzokas and his players were determined in Kaunas, they won the game with the defense and, as Pantelis Diamantopoulos writes, they conquer the home advantage with their sword and their people.

Last season, the big Olympiacos descent in the Euroleague started in Kaunas. That year, in the same city, the decisive step was taken for the presence of Piraeus in the quartet. In itself a great success. A team that entered the tournament with the goal of finishing in the top eight. But it had consistency, consistency and, most importantly, a strong headquarters. and so he left, took important wins and will now be fighting for the best in terms of final placement.

After the end in Berlin, the “Red-Whites” played with a team that is in better shape than Alba this season. But the rule is one: if Olympiakos goes to the cheetah, if Olympiakos has fear as a companion, never fear it. If he looks comfortable and stylish, he will flirt with the bug.

And that applies all year round. Bartzokas, who knows the situation, robbed his players of an enormous percentage of defensive consistency on a night of offensive mediocrity. And with leaders Papanikolaou-Martin, the team returns to Piraeus happy, calm and aiming to rest until they face Panathinaikos.

You’re frying… an egg

Piraeus had by far the best reaction of any side moving into the Zalgirio Arena in recent weeks. Since the majority of the readers of this article have at least not yet had the chance to be in this particular stadium, I can only write that I wish you from the bottom of my heart.

You will understand what it means to be a real basketball team. Only Yad Eliau in the great nights of Maccabi (of course in the past) can be compared to this stadium. Really… You’re frying an egg from the pulse and atmosphere created by Zalgiris’ friends.

Bartzokas and his players managed not to look fishy. Papanikolaou initially helped with two shots that “frozen” the situation and the Lithuanians began searching. The bad thing is that by the tremendous energy they started to emit, they found the advantage. And that starts with people and carries over to the stadium. Zdovch’s players didn’t scare. Zalgiris’ course was problematic for most of the event. However, you managed to find the rhythm and generate the intensity that I wrote to you.

Martin the Joker

Bartzokas formed a three-forward formation (McKissick, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov) as he saw Zalgiris take the lead to escape the goal. With Sloukas and Martin completing the top five, the team coped and set up defenses that came in handy in maintaining the pace. And it was the American center who increased his offensive stature while the team also found solutions from Printezis.

In general, the Lithuanians threw the burden of not “eating” from Dorsey and Sluka, which gave other “red-whites” an opportunity to connect with the basket. Because Martin did the same in the second half, in a match where his presence was definitely more exuberant than Fal.

Zalgiris had a big problem when the first part ended. Things looked better and the result was a draw. She hung that. And in such cases, the best and highest quality team always helps. Because no matter how we do it, Olympiakos is better than Kaunas “Greens”. So make sure that… Bartzokas reduces the match. Starting from “zero” in the second 20 minutes, swallowing the small differences that the Lithuanians “built” and creating some defensive insecurities near the racquet.

Costa’s everywhere…

Zalgiris not only wanted to tire Dorsey (which she failed to do in the second half), but also to torture Fal. It’s not easy, but they certainly did it better than many. Zdovch played the… card “I change those who pursue them” for many Olympiacos players.

We also saw a paradox in the third third of this game. The Greek team is doing very well. To launch attacks and collaborations with calm and grace. And take the lead six or seven times. And none of them could defend themselves afterwards. In all cases, the hosts either equalized or took the lead again.

Nibo was the player who created the most unsolved puzzles. By when; Until the final third when suddenly Cavanaugh started making three points!!! At a time when Olympiacos was in control, all defenses near his basket were being taken over by a seminary. And that was the reason that kept Olympiakos alive.

If you look at the stats, you’ll see that the “red-whites” weren’t very accurate. Mostly players who usually bet things. Dorsey 1/7 three points. Vezenkov 1/6. Woocap shot 0/5 despite not being a…basket machine. Olympiakos worked well in the suspension and won fairly with Costas Papanikolaou in the lead. Of course, Kostas always plays so defensively, only this time he “threw in” in attack. And another Costas put that… sealing wax in 39′. Sloukas with a three-point bomb!

The pressure of the derby

Destiny so decides that Olympiacos hosts his ‘eternal’ opponent in a game where he deserves the importance and interest of the 100-0 score. The “Greens” will play for the prestige and challenge of getting through the SEF, but also not having to accept a third loss in a row against the “Red-Whites”.

As you can easily understand which team you support, in addition to the comfort of Panathinaikos, Olympiakos also have to face the stress, the increasing pressure on everyone playing at home in this pair and the fatigue of the journey. But to get to your goal, you have to overcome these kinds of trials. If it were easy to organize it wouldn’t be the Euroleague…

Jayden

Hi, my name is Jayden James. I am a writer at Sportish, and I mostly cover sports news. I have been writing since high school and have been published in various magazines and newspapers. I also write book reviews for a website. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer and basketball.

Euro League

Mustafa Fal, the red spider web

Published

2 years ago

December 24, 2023

Kyle

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

Kyle

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.

Euro League

Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

Published

2 years ago

December 23, 2023

Kyle

Matias Lessor’s message about his injury: “It hurts, but I’m fine”

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

Kyle

Euro League

The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

Published

2 years ago

December 23, 2023

Kyle

The landlord’s tests are clear, he will be left out against Prometheus

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

Kyle