Barcelona will be the opponent of Olympiakos in the playoffs of the Euroleague, after today’s victory of the “red and whites” over Fenerbahce in Faliro: 84-81 in overtime. In regular time the score was 69-69 and at halftime 38-34.
The Piraeus finished in fifth place with a 22-12 record and will not have home court advantage in the playoffs. Fenerbahce finished sixth with 20-14 and will face Monaco for a ticket to the final four.
The match was a derby throughout its duration, in front of 13,000 spectators. The Turks led 53-58 at the beginning of the fourth quarter and Hayes-Davis baskets made it 65-69 with a minute and a half left. Shaquille McKissick cut it with an indirect 3-pointer, Nigel Williams-Goss tied with a shot 38” before the end, but Goss, Papanikolaou missed in the finale of regular time (69-69).
Goodrich scored 7 points at the start of overtime to make it 73-78. The red-hot Kanaan responded with a crescendo of his own and quickly tied the game, Papanikolaou made a crucial save and Isaiah Kanaan gave Fener the gift with a difficult basket, a steal and 2/2 shots (82-78).
Nikola Milutinov returned after missing several weeks and scored 5 points in 4:27 of action. Isaiah Kanaan was the star of the night with 27 points in 27 minutes, but Thomas Walkup ended the game with 2 points. Giorgos Bartzokas also used Williams-Goss 5, Lorentzakis 7, McKissick 12, Papanikolaou 8, Peters 2, Sikma 7, Fall 6, Wright 2. The injured Petrusev was also absent this time, but he is expected to compete in the quarter-final phase.
From Sarunas Jasikevicius’ Fenerbahce, Nick Kalathis finished the match with 2 points, 7 assists and 8 rebounds. George Papagiannis scored 3 points and Tyler Dorsey scored 10 against his old team. Hayes-Davis 21, Sanli 11, Goodrich 9, Wilbekin 12 also distinguished themselves.
Panathinaikos finished 2nd after yesterday’s 84-75 win over Alba at OAKA (Nan 28, Slukas 16) and will face the winner of a single match between Maccabi and Vaskonia with home advantage. This match will take place next Tuesday, behind closed doors, in neutral Belgrade.
In the playoffs, where the leader of the ranking Real will face one of Virtus, Baskonia, Efes, the qualification will be decided on the 3 wins, with a starting date of Tuesday, April 23. Partizan, Armani, Valencia, Zalgiris, Bayern, Er. Asteras, Villerban, Alba were excluded. The final four will be held in Berlin on May 24-26.
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