Euro League
Fal’s 31-point bogeyman, Williams-Goss’ composure and flex offense
Stefanos Makris analyzes Olympiakos’ victory in France against Villeurbanne with the help of Hudl Instat. French’s profile that helped Fal play a role…bogey, the flex offense that allowed the hideous center his passer skills, and Williams-Goss’ composure.
THE Olympic was imposed relatively easy from Villerban in France (73-85) and returned to positive results EuroLeague as part of the 16th competition event.
The “Red-Whites” had the majority in the attack and Mustafa Fal in the role of… Cerberusachieve a fair victory.
The Sportish analyzes the victory of the “Red-Whites” with the help of Hudl Instat.
The reason for Fals 8 international matches
Yesterday Olympiacos Piraeus faced a team that generally has small gaps and little room for manoeuvre. According to Hudl Instat, Villeurbanne is the EuroLeague’s worst team in pick-and-roll offense (just 0.79 points per possession), doesn’t have enough edge threats to open the floor, and has two centers (Laul, Egbunu ), which they can only attack score on the “drawing board”. All of this set the stage for Mustafa Fal to have a defense party. Finish the game with 2 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 8 blocks.
Fal is a big body and takes up space, but is not considered an elite blocker. The proof of this is that in the previous 15 games in the EuroLeague he made a total of 12 cuts, while in 7 of them he did not even make a tapa. However, Villerban’s competitive profile helped him play the role of the bogeyman. The reason; Because he marked Youssouf Fal and Egbunou (and at the same time Villerban had poor distance), he could always be close to the basket and raise his hands to make blocks. Here is an example:
Loverne prepares to penetrate the basket. However, Fal is already in the “salon” as Yusufha poses no threat to Fal.
Fal interrupts Lovern.
Here is an even clearer example:
Loverne wants to attack the basket vertically. Fal is already at bat as Egbunu (in the green box) is also there, while McKissick and Kanaan are also playing together.
Lovern makes a backwards move and eventually goes to the basket where Fal is waiting for him.
Fal cuts off Loverne along with Petrusev.
According to Hudl Instat, Olympiacos allowed 69 points on the 69 possessions Fal was on the court, which equates to 0.87 points per possession, a top number. In just 14 possessions that Olympiacos defended with Fal on the bench, he conceded 13 points (0.93 per possession), an equally outstanding number. The French influence was clear.
Flex Offense unlocked Fal’s creation, the 31 points offered by the Frenchman and Williams-Goss
In the 90s, Dusan Ivkovic made the flex offense fashionable in Europe. It is a system whose basic principle is the constant movement of the 5 players, several screens away from the ball, but also high-low situations (translation: one high up and one under the basket) in which the big player is What is required is that he is a good passer, like Fal. The movement begins with the big one receiving the ball at the top (at the height of the three-point point), and since then the signal is given to move away from the ball and shield.
This special attack has always existed in Giorgos Bartzokas’ teams (more precisely since the time of Olympia Larissa). It also exists in Olympiakos, with the “Red and Whites” using the specific system several times in different variations. Against Villeurbanne, Olympiacos used this system many times and constantly found space as the French never found an answer. And it all started with Fal. Here is an example:
Peters passes to Fal at the top of the bat to start the system. Williams-Goss (in the orange circle) drives down to the basket to shield Kanan in the left corner.
Fal has the ball up. Meanwhile, Kanan has two options when he takes the screen: Either he goes for the 3-pointer (also getting a second screen from Peters) or he cuts to the basket. When he cuts to the basket, Williams-Goss goes for a three-pointer and takes the screen away from Peters. Kanan decides to cut to the basket:
Fal finds Kanan near the basket.
Kanan results:
A little later, Olympiacos Piraeus played the same system again, but in a different way. Here it is:
Fal has the ball up. Williams-Goss passes to McKissick on the weak side, who cuts to the basket. Petrusev (in the yellow circle) prepares to demonstrate Williams-Goss:
McKissick doesn’t get the ball. Lee plays Williams-Goss from the front to prevent him from getting the ball (top lock). But the scam is on. Williams-Goss cuts to the basket after the stick is empty.
Fal matches Williams-Goss.
Williams-Goss scores
According to Hudl-Instat, Olympiacos Piraeus received a total of 31 (!) points indirectly from Fal. The 18 came from his 7 assists, while another 13 came with the screens he gave (either in the pick and roll or with a screen away from the ball). At the same time, Williams-Goss’s help should not be underestimated. The American guard had 11 points (9 of them in pick and roll mode) and 7 assists, from which Olympiacos scored another 19 points. In total he was responsible for 30 points for the “Red and Whites”. Here is his shot chart:
*With a circle the targeted shots, with “x” the missed shots
The composure that Williams-Goss exudes when he is fit is changing Olympiakos’ profile. The American is Olympiakos’ best shooter off the dribble (which makes him valuable in pick-and-roll situations), he always plays within the system and fits the … geometry required to create a flow in the plays of the “Red and White”. .
The Piraeus team played its own basketball. He provided 24 assists on 31 accurate shots. He scored 85 points by mostly playing… passing the ball without dribbling much (that’s what the flex offense is all about, which has numerous variations to confuse the opponent), which is also clear from the way he plays how he scored against the French:
The constants: McKissick’s rise and a much-needed win
Despite all the ups and downs this year, Olympiacos went into the Villerban Stadium as favorites. And he absolutely backed that up and did whatever it took to get the win. He experienced some pleasant things along the way.
The stability of Canaan, Peters (19 and 17 points respectively), the rise of McKissick (11 points), who had one of his best performances this year, the confirmation of the rise of Fal and Larentzakis, the image of a healthy Williams-Goss, all of this can be reasonably fulfilled.
Olympiacos got a result that was needed. If he knew about the defeat in France, things would become dangerously complicated. He did his duty. Now he has to gradually show that he can improve his performance. The fact that it’s finally finished can certainly help with that.
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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