He will travel optimistically Olympic in Spain for the match that will decide the qualification to the final four of the Euroleague, after tonight’s party in Faliro, against Barcelona: 92-58, half time 53-37. Now the teams are tied at 2-2.
The final match is scheduled to take place next Wednesday in Barcelona. Never in the history of the competition has a visiting team won the fifth match.
Barcelona entered the game more carefree and took a 12-19 lead despite Mustafa Fal’s consecutive spikes after starting with 8/9 shooting. Olympiacos came back quickly and overtook McKissick, Larentzakis with forwards: 25-23 and 36-23 with a 15-0 run at the beginning of the second period. The difference exceeded 20 points immediately after the break: 59-37 on 3-pointers by Williams-Goss, Canaan.
THAT 17-0 RUN BY @Olympiacos_BC 🥵🔥 pic.twitter.com/3j1w9GMc4J
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Barca’s attempt to come back from -24 was blown after 61-45, thanks to three consecutive 3-pointers by Papanikolaou, which pushed the score to 72-47. Olympiacos kept their foot on the gas and the score reached dizzying heights in desolation: 84-50.
Olympiacos lined up full for the first time, after the captain Kostas Papanikolaou returned from a long absence due to illness and recorded 9 points and 6 rebounds in 20 minutes of participation. However, Giannoulis Larentzakis (4 points) injured his ankle and left in the second period.
Shaquille McKissic was the leader of the “reds” with 21 points. Philip Petrusev added 10, Nigel Williams-Goss 11 and Mustafa Fal 12. Nikola Milutinov finished the game with 8 points and 11 rebounds. Giorgos Bartzokas also used Walkup, Mitrou-Long 2, Kanaan 11, Peters 4. Wright was in the dozen but did not play.
It’s the Fall dunk show in Greece as @moustaphafall15 has 5 dunks already in the 1st quarter#FlightTime l @TurkishAirlines pic.twitter.com/i5UJWCEELW
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For Roger Grimeau’s Barcelona, Jabari Parker scored 10 points, Jan Vesely 9 and Tomas Satoranski 6. Hernangomet, Laprovitola had 5.
Panathinaikos is tested in neutral Belgrade against Maccabi, which has the lead since the day before yesterday with 2-1 victories. The “greens” need to win two consecutive matches, one away and one at home, in order to get the ticket.
Real first stamped its ticket to the final four in Berlin (May 24-26) by “sweeping” Baskonia 3-0 on Wednesday night. The European champions won the third match in Vitoria 102-98 (Yabusel 23).
In the other quarterfinal series, Sarunas Jasikevicius’ Fenerbahce needs one more win to eliminate Monaco after yesterday’s 89-78 (Kalathis 13, Papagiannis 8, Dorsey 8). The score is 2-1 in favor of the Turks and the fourth match will be held tomorrow in Istanbul.
OLYMPIACOS’ HOUSE IS ON 🔥🥵@Olympiacos_BC pic.twitter.com/gBoCBYFnmI
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