Olympiacos paid for a similar errors once more and skilled its third away defeat on this 12 months's Euroleague!
As within the Istanbul recreation towards Anadolu Efes, so tonight in Munich, the “purple and white” misplaced a recreation of their very own, wherein they may not preserve, but additionally protect the +12 originally of the third interval, finally shedding with 84-80 from Bayern on the “SAP Backyard Area” for the fifth matchday of the match.
The shortage of focus in vital factors, in addition to the various – even when they had been of brief period – offensive “blackouts” that had the impact of affecting the defensive half as properly, had been sufficient for Giorgos Bartzokas' workforce to permit the Bavarians to really feel snug and to play at their very own tempo, with Piraeus now falling to 2-3.
Nice “injury” to Olympiacos was completed by Carsen Edwards, who, though he had solely 2/9 three-pointers, completed the match with 30 factors, whereas, with Devin Booker including one other 20 and Babb 10 factors and 9 assists.
For the Piraeus, who now go into the derby with Panathinaikos with a foul mentality, Sasha Vezenkov had 16 factors and seven assists, but additionally two missed three-pointers within the final seconds, when the rating was 82-80. Dorsey added 12 extra factors and Wright 10, with Fournier held to only 4 factors on 1/7 capturing. Nikola Milutinov didn’t compete in any respect.
The match:
Olympiacos, which began in its beginning 5 with Walkup, Fournier, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Fal, entered the match fairly strongly and with the French middle dominating the racket, they led 6-2 in 2'. Bayern then opened up the tempo of the match, bringing it extra to their very own gadgets. One way or the other, with Obst, Edwards and Feigdman discovering scores, the house workforce went on a 9-0 run to make it 11-6 within the fourth quarter. Regularly, the “red-and-whites” leveled the match and with Vezenkov and Fahl executing from Papanikolaou's help, they managed to cut back it to 13-12 within the seventh minute, earlier than the captain made it 15-15 shortly after with a three-pointer. In actual fact, with Sasha's eighth level and Papanikolaou's two-pointer, the company went forward for 19-18 within the ninth minute, with Booker within the finale writing the primary interval 20-19.
With a two-pointer by Napier that made it 23-19, the second quarter started, with Luka Vildosa, taking Olympiakos by the hand and with 5 private factors and an help to Wright, giving the guests the lead once more (24- 26) at 12'. For the following 4 minutes, the defenses, but additionally the missed pictures, dominated the ground of the “SAP Backyard Area”, with the Bavarians popping out victorious and main 32-28 at 16'. Someplace there, got here the “outbreak” of Piraeus in protection and assault! Three-pointers by Peters, Dorsey and Vildosa put them forward 39-32, earlier than Wright and Peters accomplished a powerful 15-0 run (!), with Giorgos Bartzokas' whole closing the half +11 and 43-32 !
Considerably nervous and positively with out the required focus was the beginning of the third interval for Olympiakos. And that's as a result of the Piraeus made 4 errors within the first 3.5 minutes of the quarter, when within the first half they solely had three. Nonetheless, because of the 2 three-pointers in a row by Papanikolaou and Vezenkov, the Greek workforce stored the double-digit distinction for 49-37. However someplace there, Bayern discovered an offensive rhythm and with the duo of Babb and Edwards ran a fast 10-0 run for 49-47 within the twenty fifth minute. With Walkup's first basket within the match, Olympiacos took a deep breath (47-52), with Fournier just a little later making it 54-49 at 26'. However the Germans continued to really feel snug offensively, and with Booker taking on, they not solely in the reduction of, however took a 55-54 lead a minute later. With seven correct pictures within the final three minutes by Vezenkov and Fournier, Olympiacos managed to regain the lead and shut the quarter at +2 for 61-59.
With Moses Wright approaching robust within the fourth and remaining interval, Olympiacos took a 65-61 lead. With Edwards' first three-pointer of the match and one other two-pointer by him, Bayern went forward 66-65 within the thirty second minute, earlier than Dorsey and McKissick with two massive three-pointers despatched the “purple and whites” again to +5 (66-71) » at 33'! The remainder, nonetheless, was not the identical for Barzoka's workforce, as his gamers misplaced deal with protection and offense, permitting the Bavarians to seek out simple factors and go on a 9-0 run to take a 75-71 lead at 36. '. In actual fact, just a little later, in addition they reached +7 (79-72), with Walkup and Dorsey's three-pointers in simply 7 seconds, placing Olympiakos (79-78) at bay once more within the thirty eighth minute!
Napier made it 82-78 with an enormous three-pointer, just for Fal to reply with a nail (82-80) within the subsequent part. Within the final minute, the “purple and whites” had two possibilities to win, however in each of them, Vezenkov missed a three-pointer to equalize. Thus, Edwards with 11'' earlier than the ultimate made the ultimate 84-80 from the road of pictures
The quarters: 20-19, 32-43, 59-61, 84-80.
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