Euro League
Come see Alec Peters, Sasha
Olympiacos wiped out Zalgiris and Vassilis Skoundis takes his third win in a row…
For centuries we have been taught that the beginning is half of everything, but – to paraphrase the title of Luigi Pirandello’s play – it is not so if we believe it!
At least that wasn’t the case in Neo Faliro, where Olympiacos got their third win in a row and now, whatever it rains, let it rain!
It really rained, and by that I don’t mean the weather, but the storm from the three-pointers, which was also a very relative case: the Piraeus seemed more or less hypnotized and, moreover, they were not lively, they started with 1 /7 and 2/10 of that, but when the final horn sounded they showed 15/29!
The Trojan Horse and Fals Dreier
Those 15 three-pointers were made by just five players, but (I think) the most important hit came neither from the moonstruck Isaiah Kanan, who set a EuroLeague career record, nor from Peters, who gained speed after the departure of Sasha Vezenkov , executed like Klay Thompson, nor Thomas Walkup, nor Ignas Brazdeikis, nor Giannoulis Larentzakis…
The most significant of these was achieved by a player who scored a total of two points!
I mean Mustafa Fal, who played the role of the Trojan Horse in the attack on Olympiakos and destroyed the castle (not of Troy, but) of Zalgiris!
As long as Kazis Maksvitis insisted on countering the French center with traps and double teams, he behaved unselfishly and instead of trying to penetrate the wall, he passed the ball left and right, which led to the creation of the so-called surplus on the sides of the red and white attack.
Butter on red sponge cake
I now often hear this word in the broadcasts of football matches, I used to know the above-mentioned player in water polo and in any case, this obsessive strategy of the Lithuanian coach became the butter with which Olympiacos spread its bread.
His bread, made overnight, became sponge cake, as one of Fal’s compatriots, the infamous Marie Antoinette, said!
Olympiakos struggled in the first half as they failed to find a rhythm and saw Zalgiris gnawing at their neck, but they should unlock him and create the conditions to build the momentum that two former players of the Lithuanian team were longing for. ..
Five consecutive points from Brazdeikis and a 3-pointer from Walkup in the Cap gave the Piraeus the boost they needed and a 14-0 run solidified their dominance, leading to a 42-27 lead and never looking back.
Rejoice with such a hand and be glad
This 14-0 was the brainchild of a successive five-man team that included Kanan, Brazdeikis, Sikma, Fal and Walkup, who, while his teammates shot at Karagiozis’ goal from 6:75 minutes (2/11), had eloquently given him four times out of six!
Well, then the others found their hand and as my clever colleague Nikos Katsaros once said: “Rejoice with such a hand”.
When the three dots looked like snails walking after the rain, then what was mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew was also confirmed…
“Rejoice and be glad”!
The astonishing 4:1 at Relationship
The joy and jubilation of Olympiacos comes not only from the victory against Zalgiris, but also from the way it came about and from its various supporters…
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The 15/29 3-pointers were certainly the fiery battering ram he used to torch the Zalgiris defense, who I maintain were naive about false doubles, but damn!
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Analytical statistics experts argue that a ratio of 2:1 is an outstanding achievement, but Olympiacos went 4:1, providing 23 assists and committing just six errors!
And the cake is right and the dog is full
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Even when he seemed caught, out of rhythm, sluggish and in a bad mood in the first quarter, he didn’t let the Lithuanians escape the score, leading by only four points and it was only a matter of time before he sniffed it … blood and strangled her, and it came to pass.
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Even though he had internally cultivated his goal of strengthening the defense, at the end of the day he confirmed the saying that says: “and the cake is right and the dog is full”: He has eaten up to four times less than he accepts and has eaten eleven times more than his average!
“Euge” by Bartzokas and Sasha’s shoes
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So undeniable was his superiority, so convincing was his dominance and so clear what was happening in the game that George Bartzokas received no questions at the subsequent press conference and, because he is usually besieged regardless of the result, he celebrated by shouting: “Well done”! The “Well done” I imagine he would have said it earlier in the locker room…
Instead of another epilogue, I dare to unleash my tirade, which may not even be such a tirade: Given that Olympiacos has now played ten games in the Euroleague, apart from the remnants within the Greek walls, I dare say that Alec Peters should not do this I am ashamed to say that his feet fit into the shoes that Sasha Vezhenkov left in the locker room and that they do not float there and that he does not need double soles to walk in them!
Let’s count!
“That’s also in my papers.”as the late Dimitris Tsovolas once shouted from the steps of Parliament… Last year, the EuroLeague regular season MVP and current Kings forward averaged 17.6 points with a 37.8% three-point percentage -Throws, 6.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, one foul and 21.5 points in the rating index…
This season, Peters is averaging 16.3 points, 53.5% on three-pointers, 5.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 turnovers and 19 scoring points.
The same player (Peters de) averaged 4.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 41.1% on 3-pointers last year and went almost unnoticed, but now he’s hurting you and slaughtering you!
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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