Olympiacos celebrated its fifth consecutive victory within the EuroLeague on Thursday night time (14/11), beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 94-91 at Hala Pionir in Belgrade for the tenth recreation of the competitors.
Piraeus went as much as 7-3 (5-0 at house and 2-3 away), who noticed the duo Fournier – Vezenkov doing an amazing job and Vildosa – Milutinov supporting them. The Piraeus have been totally attacking within the first quarter, ineffective in protection and assault within the second, spacey within the third and funky within the fourth when so much went towards them, because of which they obtained one other satan's week with 2/2.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to 3-7 (3-2 at house and 0-5 away), with Jalen Hord making a breakthrough in scoring close to the basket, Levi Randolph outdoing himself, however Saben Lee, Roman Sorkin, Rokas Yokoubaitis, Tamir Blat to remain in shallow water. Oded Katas is lacking Hasiel Rivero, with the Israelis available in the market for a tall, presumably even a brief as a shock transfer shouldn’t be dominated out.
The MVP
Fournier – Vezenkov need to share the prize of essentially the most worthwhile of the night. The French saved Olympiakos, the Bulgarian cleaned up together with his pictures, from shut vary and Milutinov who reached the double-double and confirmed his upward trajectory once more. These three stood out from Olympiakos, in one other loopy night time within the EuroLeague.
The stats that stood out
Olympiacos closed the primary interval with 8 assists with out a mistake, whereas additionally scoring seven factors from second probabilities. At halftime, Maccabi shot 82% on two-pointers (18/22), because the Piraeus workforce discovered one closing go for 5 errors within the second quarter. Within the second half, the hosts had 9/25 two-pointers, with Olympiakos closing the forty minutes with 67% on two-pointers and 85% on pictures. 19-8 the factors on shock, 21-15 the factors from the opponent's errors, 14-12 the factors from second probabilities (offensive rebounds) for the 2 groups.
The struggle
With Walkup, Vildosa, Fournier, Vezenkov, Fal, Olympiacos opened the match, amazingly circulating the ball and constructing an eight-point lead (2-10) after simply two minutes. Vezenkov had no opponent, he reached 11 factors for 12-20 within the sixth minute, Barzokas opened the rotation and if the protection had been somewhat harder, the top of the interval would have discovered the Piraeus at a better distance than +5 (24 -29) that flattered DeJulius' Maccabi (7 factors).
The hosts gnawed away on the distinction and reduce to the basket (31-33) early within the second interval, with Olympiacos responding with a brief run and going to +7 with a goal-foul by Dorsey. And but, whereas every thing was wanting optimistic for the Piraeus, Maccabi elevated the depth and strain on the ball, scored in bursts within the shock and with Hord's goal-foul, constructed a six-point lead (44-38 at 17'). It went to +12 (53-41), earlier than McKissick closed the primary half with a shot for 53-42.
Olympiacos didn't begin properly within the second half, however Vildosa with a three-pointer and Fournier with a goal-foul decreased the lead from 13 to seven (59-52 at 24') and to 4 (59-55 at 25') and to some extent (61- 60 at 27') with a three-pointer by the Frenchman from the highest. He put Olympiakos forward with pictures, with Williams-Goss scoring on a breakaway to make it 63-70 within the twenty ninth minute. In seven minutes, the Piraeus workforce ran forward 6-26, felt higher and now had full management of the match.
Originally of the fourth quarter, Hord was down to 5 (69-74) and Randolph to 3 (71-74), however Olympiacos had solutions once more. Even when Maccabi stayed round his neck. Bartjoks went three-pointer at 35', Williams-Goss made a foul shot for 76-81, Fournier got here again at 37' to make a three-pointer for 81-85, Williams-Goss made one other for 83 -88, Maccabi got here again as soon as once more (88-90 together with his shot Sorkin), earlier than Vezhenkov went 2/2 for 88-92 and cleaned up as Seiben Lee missed a tying three towards Milutinov.
THE REFEREES: Belosevic, Aliaga, Obrknezevic
THE DECADES: 24-29, 53-42, 63-70, 91-94
MACCABI TEL AVIV (Katas): Hord 20 (8/8 2-pointers, 4/4 pictures, 4 rebounds, 3 steals), Lee 4 (2/6 pictures), Sorkin 13 (1/5 2-pointers, 2/3 3-pointers, 5 /6 pictures), Rayman 6 (1), DiBartolomeo, Cohen, Randolph 15 (4/5 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 4/4 pictures, 5 rebounds), Gabriel 6 (3/9 pictures), Yokubaitis 8 (4/6 2-pointers, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Blatt 12 ( 2/4 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 2/2 pictures, 4 rebounds, 8 assists), DeJulius 7 (2/5 2-pointers, 1/3 3-pointers)
OLYMPIAKOS (Bartzokas): Walkup 2 (1/6 pictures, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers), Williams-Goss 10 (3/6 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Vildosa 10 (2/2 2-pointers, 2/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals), Vezenkov 21 (4/5 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 10/11 pictures, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Papanikolaou 5 (1), Dorsey 3 , Peters 2, Milutinov 11 (4/5 2pts, 3/4 pictures, 8 rebounds), McKissick 2, Fournier 20 (4/5 2pts, 3/7 3pts, 3/3 pictures, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers)
Maccabi Tel Aviv workforce stats: 27/47 2-pointers, 7/21 3-pointers, 16/19 pictures, 34 rebounds (21 defensive – 13 offensive), 17 assists, 12 steals, 3 blocks, 14 turnovers, 23 fouls
Olympiakos' workforce stats: 24/36 2-pointers, 8/27 3-pointers, 22/26 pictures, 34 rebounds (23 defensive – 11 offensive), 18 assists, 7 steals, 4 blocks, 14 turnovers
The following matches of the 2 groups: Within the eleventh matchday, Olympiacos will welcome Baskonia (21/11 at 21:30), whereas Maccabi will play in Milan towards Armani (21/11 at 21:30).
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