Euro League

-20 with Fal on the bench, James-Lee and Hall’s incredible +35

Published

4 years ago

March 24, 2022

Jayden

-20 with Fal on the bench, James-Lee and Hall’s incredible +35

Stefanos Makris uses InStat Scout to analyze Olympiacos defeat in Monaco. The rhythm of Monaco that seduced the “reds and whites”, the -20 of Olympiakos with Fal on the bench, the duo of James, Lee and the unthinkable +35 of Doda Hall.

There are times when you… see evil coming and just can’t do anything about it. How hypnotized. That’s exactly what Olympiacos suffered against Monaco. He let himself be carried away by the rhythm of the Monegasques, didn’t react and suffered a bitter defeat with 92:72.

Monaco is a special team. Extremely dangerous, any team can bend down and play a … American-French basketball at home. A basketball that easily charms, misleads and finally seduces the opponent, something that Olympiakos found good and became a plaything of his whims. But how did he get there?

-20 with Fal on the bench

It doesn’t take long to understand that Olympiakos lost the game in the second period. There Monaco suddenly stepped on the gas and, with a partial score of 29:9, came away 48:31 and finally retained the upper hand in the game, as this difference could not be reversed.

It was no accident that Monaco’s breakout came with Mustafa Fal on the bench. And one look at the “+/-” of the Olympiacos players is enough to understand the wild Frenchman’s impact on the game, on a night that had 18 points and 6 rebounds in 25 minutes and 50 seconds. According to InStat Scout, all Olympiacos players had a negative sign at “+/-” except two: Giorgos Printezis (who only played 2 minutes) and Fal, who had zero in the same category. Normally, in the 14 minutes and 10 seconds that Fal was on the bench, Monaco scored 20 points more than Olympiakos, as well as that of the last difference! And that takes the conversation to the next level

Martin -23 and Hall’s incredible +35

At the beginning of the second period there were two phases that more or less foretold what would follow. In a Monaco attack, Doda Hall played pick and roll, receiving an alley-oop pass and nailing it to the Olympiakos basket. In the next stage, Hassan Martin also played pick and roll, he accepted a pass but saw Hall throw it and cut it. It wasn’t visible then, but this sequence of phases was a miniature of their duel.

Hassan Martin stayed on the ground for just 9 minutes and remained absent. During that time, however, he managed to score -23 on the “+/-” system, the worst among his teammates. Hall, on the other hand, stayed on the ground for 19 minutes, had 12 points (10 of them in pick and roll situations), had +35 in the “+/-” system, in an unimaginable number.

It’s totally unfair to target Martin in this case. The American is not responsible for Olympiacos’ image. Martin was unlucky that Sloukas left early in the second third for a foul, losing the player who “fed” him in attack while in defense saw Monaco tag him in pick and roll and exposed him while the guards scored a goal, either playing flat (staying behind) or (from 15′) using substitutions. On the other hand, it is difficult not to mention its negative sign.

Lee and James broke up Olympiacos’ regional defenses

One thing was clear before the game: Olympiacos should not be seduced by the rhythm of the French. But that’s a lot easier said than done. Monaco’s style is particular, it has peripherals constantly playing one-on-one and making draw decisions, something that can also easily seduce the opponent. When it happened.

The duo of James and Lee were the ones who dictated developments. The former had 25 points and 4 assists (from which another 9 points came), while the latter had 13 points and 5 assists from which another 11 points came. Both “killed” Olympiakos, with James constantly playing against each other and shooting from the periphery while Lee scored 10 of his 13 points in pick-and-roll situations. Here is their audience shot chart

Lee and James' shot chart against Olympiakos

Olympiacos never found an answer in the American duo. He did not find an answer from Dwayne Bacon (15 points), who also “hurts” him with personal actions.

Olympiakos ran more than he should and persevered

According to InStat Scout, Olympiakos scored 17 points (surprise) in transition mode if he scores 8 points in each game in such a situation. Except for the 15 points he scored in catch and shoot situations (in 21 attempts), he never scored more than 10 points in any other situation.

Here’s the root of the problem for the “Red-Whites” in this game: Olympiacos aren’t designed to win points on the open field, nor to play one-pass basketball. The “Red-Whites” have some players who are offensively gifted (Dorsey, Vezenkov, McKissick, Sloukas) but cannot win due to points on the field and individual talent. They rely on the solid structure they’ve built, their defence, good ball control, goal-oriented play. In other words, they rely on everything they didn’t do against Monaco. That is why they were defeated.

Olympiakos ran more than he should and… persevered. He got carried away by the logic of quick attacks, he “got stuck” on the ball in the half of the Monaco defense, he fired a lot of hasty shots. He lost his rhythm and couldn’t return.

The decisive final

The way to 4th place remains open for Olympiakos. The “Red-Whites” are still lucky enough to finish the regular season in a high position with home advantage in the playoffs. They have also shown in the recent past that they react well after defeats. And they have to do that now.

Olympiacos lost a game to a side capable of hurting anyone. The question is what did they learn from that for tomorrow’s game (25/3) against Villeurbanne, a team that plays in a similar style even if they don’t have the talent of the Monegasques. The answer is given where it is naturally always given: on the floor.

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