The unrecognizable Olympiacos was defeated by the Red Star 73-81 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, with the Serbs putting a … brake on his victorious series.
Coming from six consecutive wins at Euroleague, Olympiacos saw the series of six wins “break” (73-81) by the Red Star in the SEF. The Serbs may not have had their two centers, Petrouf and Boloby, but took full advantage of the absence of Nigel Williams Goku.
Piraeus with many mistakes made a first half and when they returned, they saw the Canane and Nedovic win big shots!
Olympiacos – Red Star: The Race
In the first quarter, Olympiacos was unrecognizable. Barzoka’s players committed quite a few mistakes, easily lost lean and without balance in the attack they quickly found themselves chasing from -15 (2-17, 4 ‘). Lee replaced the Vildoza, but the mistakes continued, with Reds finding some shot from the perimeter to maintain his lead at +12 (8-20) after the end of the quarter.
It was Guentraite who warmed up and Olympiacos paid for it. Not one and two, but four times by execution of three-point (15-28, 13 ‘), Spheropoulos’s forward punished the Piraeus. With Barzokas constantly looking for the solution to wake up his team, a Fournier three-point dropped the price below 10 (22-31. 16 ‘).
Olympiacos went in shaped with Vezenkov and Peters, but the mistakes continued to cost the transition points. Gentraite and Miller Makindyir scored 15 in the half and the Serbs closed at +16 (27-43).
Upon returning from the locker room, Papanikolaou tried the effort to return. Scoring two three -pointers, picking up rebounds and being everywhere in defense. Vezenkov and MacKisik scored successively three -pointers for the approaching Olympiacos, raising the tension in his defense. With Fal nailing for 55-58 of the 2nd quarter.
The Serbs found big shots with the start of the 4th quarter. Nedovic and Canana reinstated the difference to 13 (59-72, 33 ‘). The Serbs kept the two -digit lead in the last two minutes, and Olympiacos no longer had the time to achieve what he could not in the whole match. Peters scored two consecutive two-pointers (71-77) but Spheropoulos’ players had a clear mind in the final to win.
The quarters: 8-20, 27-43, 55-58, 73-81
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