His first home home defeat at Euroleague he got to know Olympicwho “bent” by Efes Anadolu in the SEF 82-78 for the 4th race, paying the absences and fatigue from Sunday’s derby with Panathinaikos for the Greek Championship.
Olympiacos was unable to overcome the physical and mental fatigue in the team from the game with Panathinaikos.
“We missed the ball many times. Some of our key players, such as Vezenkov and Dorsey, who played a lot in the previous game, seemed very tired and those decisions were not effective enough,” said Giorgos Barzokas, who did not explain them.
The truth is that Olympiacos had problems in defense and attack. At the beginning of the struggle, he was unable to stop the Turkish region, going to a frantic rhythm that favored Efes.
He stayed in the game, of course, as he too pulled out the attack. In the second half, however, George Bardzokas’ players improved in defense, but “stuck” too much in the front of the parquet.
They scored a total of 27 points (11 in the decisive fourth period), almost those who scored in every quarter of the first half.
Most Olympiacos players appeared tired physically. The heavy artillery of the Greek champions, Sasa Vezenkov, scored just 12 points. It is unlikely that all 12 points came in the first half. The Bulgarian forward was left in the whole second part.
Exactly the same for the other big Olympiacos protagonist at the start of the season, Tyler Dorsey. He started hot with 11 points in the first quarter and stayed there. Failed to score a single point in the rest of the periodsand lost the crucial shot in the final of the match.
The first two violins of Olympiacos in the offensive were found on a bad night, with the Peters and Word coming out in front of the scoring, but not being able to jump the scales in favor of the Piraeus, the absence of Fourniere, Wokap and McKisik.
Despite the bad night, Olympiacos came very close to victory, but Efes found the hero of the last minutes in Cordin’s face. The French guard put the big three-point overtaking (78-79), and he was also the one who made it 78-81 with a crucial personal basket.
And now Maccabi
Olympiacos is called upon to leave the game behind Efes and to make the defeat in the SEF with a double at Maccabi headquarters on Thursday night (16/10/2025).
The Israelis are not in good shape, play a neutral headquarters and will be a good opportunity for Piraeus to return to victories.
The bad thing is that there is no time for rest, while None of the injured will return to action.