THE Olympic Started with victory in the 2025-26 season at Euroleagueafter being able to “bend” at the end of 102-96 Basconia to premiere with a double in Europe.
In a “crazy” match in Vitoria, Olympiacos faced several problems in his defense and needed an excellent offensive game to be able to “escape” from Basconia’s headquarters and start with the … right -wing efforts at EuroLeague.
George Bardzokas will have a lot of work ahead of the continuity of the season, but his team has shown that he has increased his … talent, with the renewed Dorsey and the excellent Ward in his European debut with the Piraeus.
Defense problems
Olympiacos came to a victory over Basconia even though he conceded 96 points in away game. It would be difficult to imagine this before the start of the match, but George Bardzokas’ team won nothing from its defense.
Although the beginning was excellent, with the Basque not achieving a basket for 4.5 minutes, the Piraeus did not continue their defense with the same intensity, nor when the … best defenders in the team entered. The “reds” made many mistakes that gave easy points to Basconia in Tranzision, and allowed her to score 15 three -pointers in the match.
Milutinov and Vezenkov were shocking in rebounds, but despite the few second Basque attacks, Olympiacos was unable to stop them in his defense and George Bardzokas will have to find the “twins” that best fit his back.
The “hot” Dorsey and the “constants” of Vezenkov and Milutinov
Olympiacos seems to have a great … internal transfer at the start of the season. Tyler Dorsey found psychology in last year’s Basket League finals and made a terrific Eurobasket with National Greece, which has put him in full form at the start of the season.
After … orgies in the Super Cup, the Greek -American guard appeared “hot” and at the Euroleague premiere, “carrying” Olympiacos for the most part of the match. With 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Dorsey was one of the top of the race and if he did not “spoil” his percentage in the finale (2/8 three -pointers) he could be the MVP of the race.
But the award should eventually be shared by Sasa Vezenkov and Nikola Milutinov. The Bulgarian forward was very unhappy at the start of the match, with 0/5 three -pointers, but put the most critical of the match shortly before the end of the match and ended the match with an impressive double double (24 points and 13 rebounds).
On the other hand, Nikola Milutinov also showed renewed after signing his new contract with Olympiacos and ready to … play for the injured Fal in the new season. The Serbian center dominated the baskets with 12 points and 14 rebounds, being excellent and defensive in the final minutes, helping his team significantly to win.
As such, Olympiacos scored 102 points in a home game, even though he was in a miserable Fournier (0/5 three -pointers) and only Word really helped the bench. His attack, therefore, seems capable of being maintained at these levels, and if Barzokas finds the solutions in defense, Olympiacos will be a protagonist for another year.