Euro League
Remember, beat (not so much) the shock for Olympiacos
Olympiacos lost their coach, their minds and their rationale. Fener gave him almost 60 points in the second half, scored 65% and Giannis Fileris writes about the universal defeat in Istanbul and the sequel that … has many games
The action ban, which lasts several days, is not overcome with two training units while the team was in full swing before the coronavirus. Especially when even whoever ought to be the coolest of them all lacks a clear mind. Suddenly Olympiakos wanted to beat the decimated Fener without his coach, who had received two technical penalties in the same phase and the mistakes resembled a double tariff.
You could say the “reds and whites” put their hands together and took their eyes out.
Fener had the enthusiasm and self-denial of a team that doesn’t have their best players (De Colo, Veseli), lost another yambol evening (Sayok), scored some incredible shots, but the normal Olympiakos (with the hand coaches on all the time the bank) would hit them lightly or hard.
He lost … easily because he wasn’t Olympiacos. At least the team we knew from the 17 games in the preliminary round and their performance. The numbers fully confirm this because:
- He received 94 points, more than ever in this year’s Euroleague and with an average of 22.2 points more than his opponents have previously scored on average (72.2).
- Fener shot a total of 34/62 shots, or 54.8%. Usually his opponents make the same effort (62) but with a much lower percentage of accuracy (41.8%). In addition, the Turks finished the game with 15/29 threesomes, ie 51.7%, while the average of their opponents in the first round of the Euroleague did not exceed 30.5%! Especially in the second half, the hosts broke with an overall rate of 65.4% (9/14 two points and … 12/18 three points!)
- They also gave 27 assists, the most any Olympiacos opponent has ever had this season, and a total of 9 more on average.
In two words, the very tough Olympiakos stands out defensively with his eyes instead of his … mouth. But definitely not with hands and bodies. If everything starts from the back on this year’s course, the total number of points and, above all, the percentages shot by the hosts will show how and how they won. Just watch with the “red-whites”.
The target is the runaway Dorsey
The main focus of the game, apart from Bartzokas being sent off, was in the third period. It is not right to put responsibility on one person, defeat affects everyone. Nevertheless, the reversal of the picture of the match in the first part (where Olympiakos kept control at the edges even with ups and downs) has to a large extent the name Tyler Dorsey.
Fener’s defense mercilessly pursued the international guard, pressuring him, forcing him to lose his mind, and even responding to the wrong thugs found in such games. Logically he should have entered the second part, calmly and not ready in every phase to make the … mistake.
In the fatal third half, which started with Olympiakos 36-39 at the front and ended up with Fener 66-59 (partial score 30-20), Tyler made one miss and four errors, which led to 14 points for the hosts. Maybe more because he mostly lost his personal opponent in defense.
Yes, he played a major role in his team’s last race to catch up when he scored two threes in a row and took the lead again at 50:52, but Fener’s 16-4 favor that followed had his own mistakes as the main starting point.
The worst thing for Christos Pappas, who took Bartzokas’s place after the two penalties, was that neither Wokap was on his best day, Mac Kisik was injured in the first half and Larentzakis couldn’t get a single positive phase.
When Fener was shot into the goal with great self-confidence, Olympiakos stayed away from his standards, especially in defense, and the defeat was normal.
The games give rhythm
The coronavirus is the additional unpredictable factor in the flow of the Euroleague. Pretty much all of the teams were hit by the fact that when they came out of quarantine it would take a few days and games to get back on their feet. Olympiakos had to play for nearly three weeks, with training paused after the virus hit the entire dozen.
That means we’ll have to wait a while longer to see the regular Olympiakos again and not the team that has become easy prey for half of Fener. Both the training sessions and the upcoming games will give him rhythm. The one with Zenit won’t happen after Covid has encircled St. Petersburg, but he has plenty of games to recover and leave on the sidelines tonight in Istanbul.
Losing doesn’t change his course, but it does force him to be vigilant, focus and hold back (whether it’s a player or a coach) as things will eventually flatten everyone with development and the shifts that have occurred Play together and the willingness and endurance of each team will be measured. There will be losses for the other teams as well, not only Olympiakos is affected by the corona virus.
There are also postponed games for the Greek championship and here we would like to ask … how is it possible that the EEC is considering postponing the Greek Cup Final Four without seeking the opinion of interested clubs. Where will the association find appointments while a number of games in the Euroleague and championship are due?
If the rumors are true about the real reasons that are causing the association to think about the postponement (and it’s not exactly the coronavirus and the empty platforms in Dyo Aorakia), then they shouldn’t be discussing it at all …
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
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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