The seven-game successful streak got here to an finish in SEF for the purple and whites from Jasikevicius' staff.
Fenerbahce was superior in each halves of the SEF flooring and led by Marko Guduric (21 factors) ended the successful streak of Olympiakos (7-0) within the Euroleague by successful 87-77 within the twenty third sport.
The 36 rebounds of the Istanbul staff in opposition to the 27 of Olympiakos, the 11 correct three-pointers of Sarounas Jasikevicius' gamers in opposition to the 5 of Piraeus give a style of a match that, regardless of how a lot Giorgos Bartzokas' staff needed and tried to win… they discovered it sturdy resistance and one reply after one other. And but, Olympiacos had 30/37 pictures in opposition to 12/13 of the guests!
Fournier (21p. with 2/8 three-pointers) and Vezenkov (19p.) did their finest, however Olympiakos' perimeter protection regarded hole already a couple of minutes after the jam. And when within the 2nd interval they conceded particular person scores 5-19, then Fener constructed confidence, which they maintained till the tip, to rejoice their fifth consecutive victory within the competitors and attain 15-7, approaching the primary within the scoreboard Olympiakos who fell to 16-7). Fener has one much less match, because the match in opposition to Paris has been postponed for the seventeenth matchday. And as, in Istanbul, within the premiere of the season, Fenerbahce beat Olympiakos 82-71, the Piraeus staff needs to keep up distance from Jasikevicius' staff, to complete in 1st place within the common season.
Gudurtis was not alone for Fener, in fact… Tarik Biberovic was the participant who already from the first interval, along with his power, was successful battles and elevating the rating for his staff, ending the match with 11 factors, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. Nigel Hayes-Davis was excellent for the Turks all through the sport, with 14 factors, Eric McCollum scored 12 factors, whereas Sertak Sanli had 11 factors and 5 rebounds.
With Walkup (harm) and McKissick (waist) out of the squad, Olympiacos had misplaced two essential gamers for the event of their sport. The primary in protection and assists and the second when it comes to the power he produces, in addition to in fact the rating he provides. Fenerbahce held Olympiakos to 11 factors beneath the 88 they averaged earlier than the jam. On the similar time Sarunas Jasikevicius' gamers scored about 6 factors extra (they averaged 80.7).
The quarters: 21-17, 40-43, 59-69, 77-87
OLYMPIAKOS (Giorgos Bartzokas): Williams-Gos 9, Larentzakis, Vildosa 3 (1), Fall 7, Vezenkov 19 (1), Papanikolaou 5 (1), Dorsey, Peters 6, Milutinov 7, Fournier 21 (2)
Fenerbahce (Saras Jasikevicius): McCollum 12 (1), Meli 4, Sanli 11 (2), Hayes-Davies 14 (2), Biberovic 11 (2), Corridor 6, Guduric 21 (2), Zagars 6 (2), Coulson, Birch 2.
