THE Olympic in the end he pressed the gas and took the victory with 102-82 over her Karditsa for the 6th matchday of the GBL, in a match that also marked the return of Keenan Evans to competitive action.
After 1.5 years out of action, Keenan Evans wore the Olympiakos jersey for the first time against Karditsa and in fact he was among the protagonists for the Piraeus, having 15 points and 5 assists.
Giorgos Bartzokas also gave playing time to players who haven’t played in the Euroleague recently, such as Lee and Antetokounmpo, but Dorsey is again the team’s top scorer with 19 points. The Piraeus struggled against Karditsa, who were down to single digits in the fourth quarter, but a late-game surge by Olympiakos eventually led to a comprehensive GBL victory.
Olympiacos thus maintained its undefeated streak after 6 games in this year’s Greek championship, where it is alone in first place in the standings.
The quarters: 24-21, 55-39, 78-64, 102-82
Player stats
Olympic (Bartzokas): Nilikina (2 assists), Vezenkov 4 (0/2 3-pointers), Papanikolaou 3 (1/2 3-pointers, 6 assists), Dorsey 19 (4/6 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Hall 15 (4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 3 blocks), Evans 15 (2/3 3-pointers, 2 rebounds, 5 assists), Lorentzakis 3 (1), Lee 5 (1/3 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Netzipoglou 2, Peters 15 (2/4 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 2 steals), Antetokounmpo 6 (5 rebounds), Fournier 15 (2/6 3-pointers)
Carditsa (Papanikolopoulos): B. Jefferson 16 (3/5 three-pointers, 4 errors), Ellis 11, Kaselakis 5 (1/3 three-pointers, 4 assists), Horchler 6 (7 rebounds, 2 errors), Liapis, Zeugaras 2, Diplaros 11 (2/3 three-pointers, 5 assists), Kamberidis 6 (2), Hoogaz