Through his hands, Olympiacos lost the victory and the 2-1 against Barcelona. The Catalans won 80-82 in overtime, in front of 14,000 fans at SEF. At halftime, the score was 37-32 and at regular time 71-71.
The fourth match will be held on Thursday evening, again in Faliro. If a fifth is needed, the teams will meet in Barcelona next Wednesday, May 8.
Olympiacos played a good defense in the first half and led 37-29 with Petrusev and Wright as the protagonists. However, Barcelona responded with a shower of three-pointers and took the lead: 40-41, 51-57 with a lucky basket by Jabari Parker at the end of the third period.
The “red and white” needed five minutes to tie the match: 61-61 with shots by Filip Petrusev. He made it 67-63 with an amazing three-pointer 2:33 before the final, Olympiacos even reached +6, but Abrines kept Barca alive with two three-pointers. Thomas Walkup missed at 71-69 and Laprovitola tied it with 7 minutes to go in front of Fal.
Nigel Williams-Goss could not score at the end of regular time and the game went to overtime, where Olympiacos overtook with a three-pointer by Shaquille McKissick and two baskets by Fal (80-77). Satoransky equalized with a 3-pointer at the 36th minute, Williams-Goss missed and the Spaniards took the game with Parker’s stoppage time shot from a Petrusev foul.
Philip Petrusev, who was coming off an injury, was the leading scorer for Olympiakos with 18 points. Moses Wright added 16, but Isaiah Kanaan missed. Kostas Papanikolaou did not compete in this match either, after losing a lot of strength from the virus that afflicted him last week. Giorgos Bartzokas also used Walkup 10, Williams-Goss 9, Larentzaki 3, McKissick 8, Peters 8, Sikma, Fall 8.
From Roger Grimeau’s Barcelona, Vesely 16, Satoranski 13, Hernangomet 13, Parker 13, Laprovitola 12, Abrines 6 stood out.
Earlier, Panathinaikos was defeated by Maccabi Belgrade 85-83 on 2/2 shots by Lorenzo Brown 2” before the final and needs two wins in as many games (one away and one at home) to advance to the final four , after losing 2-1. The two teams will meet again on Thursday at the same stadium. Kendrick Nunn had 25 points and Ioannis Papapetrou 17, but Kostas Slukas was held to zero.
In the other pairings, Real leads Baskonia 2-0, while Fenerbahce and Monaco are tied 1-1. The fourth game will take place on the evening of May Day in Vitoria and Istanbul respectively. The final four is scheduled to take place in Berlin on May 24-26.
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