THE Olympic lost with 80-77 from Monaco in its 32nd race Euroleague And he suffered his third consecutive defeat in the event, now in danger of gaining a “roommate” at the top of the rankings.
With 14 inappropriate shots in the match, Olympiacos “bent” from Monaco in the finale of the match and will have to fight at the end of the season to win the first place in the normal Euroleague season.
Vezenkov and Peters were the leaders for the Piraeus, who had a bad night in Fournier and saw Blosomgim and James killing them in the last period.
The game
The two teams began the defense in the match and had quite a lot of fun at the start, resulting in the low score in the SEF. Monaco had to throw Tasis into the match to “get rid of” the scoring, with the German center scoring 5 consecutive points and becoming a factor in both sides of the stadium. Olympiacos had Vezenkov and Fournier on his side, and he was lost 23-15 at the end of the first 10 minutes.
In the second period, the image of the race changed, with Peters coming off the bench to “peel off” Olympiacos, while Lee and Macisik also gave offensive solutions. Giorgos Bardzokas’ team did not take long to bring the game … as it “locked” Monaco in its defense at the same time. The Monegasians scored just 12 points in the second quarter and the half ended with a score of 37-35 in favor of the Piraeus.
After the respite, Olympiacos began to … be solved by the three-pointer and starring Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Peters, even at +10 with 56-46. Monaco, however, responded with a quick 6-0 with two of its own three-pointers and so stayed close to score. The quarter was even completed with shots for the Monegasus in “dead time”, which made it 60-58 at 30 ′.
Everything was judged in the last period, where Monaco took the lead from the beginning and kept it until the final of the race. Olympiacos was very inappropriate from the line of the shots, reaching 19/33 and … paid in the final line of the match. Mike James gave the points that Monaco needed to attack and eventually led his team to victory 80-77.
The quarters: 15-23, 37-35, 60-58, 77-80
Players’ statistics
Olympic (Barzokas): Williams-Gos 9 (3/6 two-pointers, 3/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 errors), Wright 2, Larentzakis, Lee 6 (1/2 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers, 4/6 shots, 1 rebound) (7/11 two -pointers, 1/5 three -pointers, 4/6 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Papanikolaou 7 (1), Peters 15 (2/3 two -pointers, 2/5 three -pointers, 5/5 shots, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), MacKisik 7 rebound, 3 assists), bourne 6 (3/7 two -pointers, 0/3 three -pointers, 0/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals)
Monaco (Spanoulis): Okobo 6 (3/6 two -pointers), Blosomagim 18 (5/6 two -pointers, 1/3 three -pointers, 5/6 shots, 5 rebounds), Tasis 9 (2/3 two -pointers, 1/3 three -pointers, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds), Dialo 6 (2/7) Jaith 11 (4/5 two -pointers, 3/4 shots, 5 rebounds), Motiegounas 9 (2), Tarri 5 (1), Strazel 5 (1), Kalathis (0/4 shots, 4 assists), James 11 (2/5 two -pointers, 1/5 three -pointers, 4/4 shots,