After Real, Olympiacos… got rid of the in-form Barcelona with a leveling performance: 95-74 amidst the adoration of 12,000 fans in the packed SEF. At halftime, the score was 44-36.
Olympiacos turned on the engines after the 7th minute with McKissick and Wright as protagonists: 24-17 with an 11-0 run. Dorsey, Walkup increased the difference to double digits just before the break (39-28) and Evan Fournier made it 56-42 with back-to-back baskets. Sasha Vezenkov extended the lead to 20 points with a 3-pointer (70-50), while Thomas Walkup’s 3-pointers made it 85-60 in delirium.
Sasha Vezenkov was once again the leader of Olympiakos, with 18 points against his old team. Evan Fournier added 19 points, while Milutinov, Dorsey added 12. Giorgos Bartzokas (who worked for a few months in Barcelona eight years ago) also used Walkup 8, Williams-Goss 2, Vildosa, McKissick 10, Papanikolaou 3, Peters 5 , Fall 2, Wright 4.
From Joan Peñaroja’s Barcelona, the former “red and white” Kevin Pander was the top scorer with 18 points. The brother of the “green” Juancho Hernangometh, Willie, scored 11. Metu 12, Parker 9, Vesely 6 also stood out.
The seriously injured Laprovitola was absent. Olympiacos had defeated the Catalans in last year’s playoffs with a score of 3-2.
Two days earlier, Olympiacos had won in Faliro and Real, with 79-69. Now, the “red and white” have 4 wins (all at home) and 3 losses (all away). Barcelona’s record is 5-2, while leaders Zalgiris have 5 wins in 6 matches.
Panathinaikos will close the “devil’s week” on Friday night (21.00), against Yannis Sfeiropoulos’ Red Star in Belgrade. After their 92-68 victory over Villerban yesterday in the OAKA, the European champions are at 4-2.
The two “eternals” of Greek basketball will face off on Friday, November 8 at the OAKA in the context of the 8th matchday of the Euroleague.
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