Euro League
The double negative record, the rust from abstention and the ‘lock’ by Dorsey
Stefanos Makris analyzes the defeat of Olympiakos against Fenerbahce with the help of InStat Scout. The double negative record in the defense, the “suspension” of Dorsey and the logical “rust” from the abstinence of 16 days.
Olympiacos were unsuccessful against Fenerbahce in Istanbul. Obviously rusty from the 16 days of abstinence from playing, he couldn’t stand the energy of the Turks – without De Colo and Veseli – and suffered a 94:80 defeat.
The “Red-Whites” fought as much as they could, but in the end they didn’t have the energy or the clear mind to keep up with the rhythm of Fenerbahce. But how did they get there?
The points in the transition say a lot
The 94 points that Olympiacos have received are the most they have received in the EuroLeague this year. The same applies to the 1.18 points that he receives per occupation if, according to InStat Scout, he receives 0.9 points per occupation this season. The question, however, was how the majority of those 94 points came about, showing the major problem the red-whites faced with their abstinence from games.
According to InStat Scout, Olympiakos received 24 points in transitional situations (surprise), i.e. 1.71 per possession, while in such a situation it was called to defend a total of 14 times. To understand the magnitude of this number, it is enough: this season Olympiakos has received 6.8 surprises and a total of 7.4 points in each game (1.09 per possession), while this year it has never reached more than 18 ( from Monaco to SEF). . Fener shows 7.8 surprises this year and scores 9.3 points in such a situation. Sasa Djordjevic’s side usually scored 15 points more than usual in transition situations.
All of this, of course, has an explanation. Since Fener didn’t have De Colo and Veseli, he wanted to run so as not to be in 5v5 situations (where, when she was, she mainly posted the excellent Pierre). At the same time, the Turks wanted to use Olympiakos’ logical “rust” from their 16-day absence from games and even ran after a basket. That is, nothing happened by chance.
The free kicks and the help that came at the wrong time
According to InStat Scout, Olympiakos had their opponents show 12.2 attacks in catch-and-shoot situations before the match with Fener and received 11.9 points (0.98 per possession. In the match with Fener they saw 15/29 threesomes by the Turks ), but – mainly – showing 19 attacks in catch-and-shoot mode and getting 30 (!) points, i.e. 1.58 per possession. As recently as this year Olympiakos had not conceded more than 25 points in such a situation before this game (from CSKA to Moscow).
Why is that happend? Because Olympiakos was simply one step behind – or further – than it should have been. The “red-whites” lost many personal duels in defense. As a result, help often came. But they either came slower than they should – that’s how Fener’s player reached the basket – or earlier than they should have, resulting in an easy pass at the perimeter and a free kick.
Fener marks Olympiacos with defensive games. However, he also marked Mustafa Fal, either in the pick and roll, or in the periphery of Devin Booker, who “injured” the French with two free threesomes – and thus Olympiacos. The peripheral defenses of the “Red-Whites” suffered while Pierre kept the watch at Olympiacos when Papanikolaou sat on the bench and Booker opened the field.
It was the worst possible scenario for the defense of Giorgos Bartzokas’ team, who had obviously lost their tact on the defensive, clearly due to the abstention. The spins weren’t working properly and fast enough, Fener’s archers found themselves back on a great night and then disappointment added which made matters worse.
The “castle” of Dorsey
What was interesting at the end was that Fenerbahce had one goal from the start: Tyler Dorsey would not play a role for any reason. Since he knew that he was the most talented offensive player of the “Red-Whites”, but was lagging behind his teammates, the Turks made him think. That means not working with instinct and looking for the pass and not the shot.
Fener’s defense at Dorsey started off the ball, with the defender who tagged it playing “top-lock” that is, from the front so as not to let him take a screen, which can be seen in this photo:
When Dorsey came off the screen, the defender was playing “overplay,” which means he wouldn’t let him take the ball. When the expatriate guard took the ball, the defender caught on his hip.
The interesting thing, of course, was what happened right after that. When Dorsey started rushing towards the basket, all of the defense was focused on him. The closest players were ready to help on the strong side, even if it meant releasing their personal opponents, as in this photo Pieria Henry and Thomas Wookup.
In the presented phase, Dorsey finally found the pass to Wokap, who missed the threesome. In general, however, the foreign guard had a problem with defending himself against the Turks, as he generally had a problem with physical play. Somehow he had 14 points with 4/10 shots, but at the same time he had 7 mistakes for the 2 assists he shared because he couldn’t read the game properly.
A bad defeat, but in bad conditions
The fact is that Olympiakos missed a good chance of an important away win against a Fener without De Colo and Veseli. On the other hand, it is of course clear that the “injured” Fener with injuries had the ideal scenario in front of her: a team that had to play an official game for 16 days.
Olympiacos are now called on to claim this victory in another game to finally consolidate their position in the playoffs. He’s going to have to find a rhythm again to create the right conditions for Dorsey to “get out” when he has a whole defense against him to chase him down to get Mustafa Fal back into the equation (he has the whole Night not posted at all) to find solutions from other players.
The EuroLeague is a marathon. And this marathon goes into the second half. What follows from now on will be very interesting. For all teams.
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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