Euro League
Maccabi – Olympiacos 84-69: Bad in the city, worse in Tel Aviv
Olympiakos missed from 6:75 minutes and was unrecognizable in the second half at the Menora Mivtachim Arena, causing them to lose to Maccabi Tel Aviv (84:69) in the 22nd EuroLeague game.
Olympiakos failed to find solutions in the cover of Ande ίζiιi κοντά near the basket, appeared rather superficial in the part of the decisions in attack and was fatally defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv (84-69) in the Menora Mivtachim Arena on the 22nd game of the EuroLeague – as the game went Olympiakos kept at least +17 from SEF’s win.
From the middle of the second third, the red-whites had to chase after the hosts, but were very imprecise after the break from 6:75, so that the difference was in double digits and they could not decide the win until the end.
Thus, following the coronavirus adventure, Olympiacos are now on a string of defeats (two), at a time when Gianni Sfeiropoulos’ Maccabi Tel Aviv are heading to Tel Aviv for the first time after November 17, 2021 and the eight straight defeats they have had since then smiled .
The MVP
From the first minutes it was clear that Ande ίζiιiτς would become an important factor in the game. The question was how influential he would be in the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. In practice, he’s proven he’s got the most work done thanks to the consistency he’s shown at the two-pointers and the damage he’s done to the red-white greats. At 26’16” on the floor, he managed to put up 23 points with 10/12, two points and 3/5 shots, filling out his stats with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block.
The weak link
Thomas Wokap is Olympiacos’ most effective defender this year but had no corresponding offer/post at Menora Mivtachim Arena. Not only that he didn’t show the usual level defensively this year, but also that he didn’t find any solutions in attack. The Olympiacos main point guard finished the night with 5 points (with 1/3 two points and 1/3 three points), 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 errors.
The stat that stood out
Two were Olympiacos’ biggest (statistical) problems, the three-pointer and the errors. The Reds and Whites finished the game on 6/22 in 6:75 (27.3%), giving 15 assists for 15 errors.
The race
Olympiacos’ start wasn’t the best possible, but the damage inflicted wasn’t that great. The Red-Whites started with 1/7 shots and 4 penalties to quickly go to -6 (8-2 in 5′), but within four minutes they leveled the score. This was due to Kostas Papanikolaou’s exuberant play and the two conceded threes (one by him and one by Sasha Vezenkov) that brought the game to “X” (14-14 in 9′).
Little by little, of course, there was something Olympiacos didn’t know the answer to: the marking of Ande Zizic. The Maccabi Tel Aviv captain had a good rhythm from a young age, finishing most balls he got close to the basket and causing Giorgos Bartzokas a lot of problems with his general presence.
Especially from the 15th minute. Giannis Sfeiropoulos’ time-out with Maccabi Tel Aviv at -5 (23-28 in 15 minutes) after Sakil Makkisik’s consecutive baskets took place. The hosts reacted, equalized quickly (31:31 in 18′) and ended the first half with a lead (40:38). Their weapon is Ande Zizic’s 16 points and consistency in the two points (12/17) against an Olympiakos who had a big problem of consistency in the same statistical category (8/20).
The third ten minutes went much worse for Olympiakos, mainly because the marking of Maccabi’s main center was never answered. The hosts’ chariot remained the same, which led to a +10 (55:45) in the 26th minute – for the first time the difference was in double digits.
George Bartzokas tried to change the rhythm by making adjustments to faces and shapes, but the essence was the same. Except for two nail series by Mustafa Fal for -6 (60-54 in 28′), Maccabi Tel Aviv didn’t lose control of the situation and returned to the final of the season thanks to +10 (66-56) to buzzer beater of Jalen Reynolds .
The problem for Olympiakos from then on was that they didn’t have the power and ability to react. So strong that the difference grew by the minute, going to -22 (81-59) with almost two minutes to go. The only thing that Giorgos Bartzokas’ players managed to do until the final was to collect the extent of the defeat.
THE REFEREES: Latisevs – Panthers – Teppenier.
THE TEN MINUTES: 19-16, 40-38, 66-56, 84-69.
MACABI TEL AVIV (Sfeiropoulos): Wilbekin 13 (2/4 two points, 3/6 three points, 3 assists, 3 errors), Evans 14 (1 three points, 4 assists), Caleiro 8 (2/3 two points, 4/4 shots). ). , 5 rebounds), Williams 4, Taylor, Reynolds 8 (5 rebounds), Sorkin, Dibartolomeo 3 (0/4 two points, 1/4 three points, 3 rebounds), Cohen, Nanali 11 (3/7 three points, 4 assists), Zizic 23 (10/12 two points, 3/5 shots, 6 rebounds), ziv.
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Wokup 5 (1), Dorsey 12 (4/5 two points, 0/2 three points, 4/4 shots), Larentzakis, Fal 8 (4/4 two points, 4 rebounds), Sloukas 7 (1 /5 three points), 4/4 shots, 4 assists), Martin (0/2 two points, 8 rebounds), Vezenkov 6 (1/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 1/2 shots, 7 rebounds) , Printezis 13 (1), Papanikolaou 7 (1 three points, 6 rebounds), Jean Charles 2, McKissick 9 (1).
Group Stats – Maccabi Tel Aviv: 22/41 two points, 8/21 three points, 16/18 shots, 27 rebounds (21 defense + 6 offense), 16 assists, 9 steals, 4 errors, 3 blocks.
Team Stats – Olympiacos: 17/29 two points, 6/22 three points, 17/20 shots, 31 rebounds (24 defense + 7 offense), 15 assists, 4 steals, 15 errors, 1 block.
The next commitments of the teams: Next week Maccabi will play two home games in a row, against Alba Berlin (25/1) and Fenerbahce (27/1), while Olympiakos return to SEF to face Red Star (27/1).
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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