THE Olympic He was… walking in the first home game this season in Europe and dominating 86-67 Dubai BC In the third Euroleague match, he celebrated his second victory in three matches.
With the chef giving him the extra thrust he needed in defense, Olympiacos “bit” Dubai BC And he left her below 70 points, even though he had his best defender, Thomas Wokap.
In the attack, the usual suspects, Vezenkov, Dorsey and Milutinov, also covered his gap, also Abstral Fournier, easily driving Bardzokas’ team to the positive result in the SEF.
Defense made the difference
After the 92 points he received from Basconia and 89 from Real Madrid, Olympiacos appeared … another team in the SEF in front of his fans and “locked” Dubai BC in his defense, which was the “key” of the fight to reach a comfortable dominance.
With the UAE team scoring just 31 points in the first half and finishing the match with 67 points, the Piraeus had to simply have to do … basics in the attack, so as not to “threaten” at least by the Dubai BC in the SEF.
Frank Nilinina helped in this direction in his first game with Olympiacos at EuroLeague, as he also played for the … injured Thomas Wokap, but almost no Barzoka player was lagging behind in this “piece” of the game.
Olympic’s “machine guns”
At the same time, Olympiacos is clear that he has two major stables now and is waiting for Evan Fournier’s return for a “triple” that can “kill” any opponent. Sasa Vezenkov also confirms this year that he is one of Euroleague’s top players and his 25 points against Dubai BC do not impress anyone who knows his quality.
Tyler Dorsey, however, showed once again this year that he is … another player compared to last year and can be a key “pole” of Olympiacos’ attack. The Greek -American guard had 14 points in 25 minutes and was for a third consecutive game at EuroLeague, among the “two -digit” of the Barzokas team.
With Dorsey now having an average of 18 points in Euroleague and Vezenkov over 20 points respectively, Olympiacos seems to have nothing to fear in his attack on this season and if the defense maintains this tension, the ceiling is … heaven.