They won a vitally important victory in the playoffs of the Euroleague Igna Brazdeikis represented by Piraeus’ Olympiacos team, which is in the quarterfinals 92:58 (21:23, 32:14, 19:10, 20:11) crushed Barcelona “Barcelona” with Roku Jokubaičius and tied the score of the series up to 3 victories 2:2.
The decisive match will be played in Barcelona.
It was the second biggest victory of the Piraeus club in the history of the Euroleague playoffs. The record was achieved in 2011, when the Montepaschi team of Siena was swept 89:41.
I. Brazdeikis was not registered for the match.
At that time, R. Jokubaitis scored 2 points (1/5 doubles, 0/1 triples), 2 rebounds, made an assist, fouled once, provoked 2 fouls and collected 0 utility points for the losers in 12 minutes.
Although Moustapha Fall was dominant and scored 10 quick points, the Catalans got off to a better start, going on a 19-12 run to take a 7-point lead midway through the first quarter after Jabari Parker’s 2-pointer. However, the home team had answers: they organized a 7-2 period and reduced the difference to 2 points (19:21) after M.Fall’s layup. Both teams exchanged points and after 10 minutes the visitors from Spain took a fragile lead (23:21).
Olympiacos started the second half strongly: Giannoulis Larentzakis nailed a three-pointer with an unsportsmanlike foul, Nikola Milutinov put it in from above, Nigel Williams-Goss scored a penalty, N. Milutinov scored a two-pointer and the Piraeus team was within 10 points (33:23). Soon N.Williams-Goss scored a three-pointer and the advantage increased even more (36:23), and the spurt reached 16:0. The home team continued to dominate: they organized another 9-3 period, and Nikola Milutinov led the home team by 19 points (45-26). After J. Parker’s three-pointer, the Catalans got closer to 35:49, but led by Shaquielle McKissic, the hosts restored the advantage (53:35).
At the beginning of the third quarter, the guests did not stop: they scored two three-pointers, Isaiah Canaan added a two-pointer, and the Greeks gained a record 24-point lead (61:37). The Barcelona team managed to reduce the difference to some extent (45:61), but the home team broke away again and after Kostos Papanikou’s three three-pointers, the advantage jumped to 25 points (72:47).
The last quarter became a formality: the Greek club reached a 31-point advantage with 5 minutes left (81:50) and did not let the victory slip away.
In the Piraeus team, K. Papanikolaou returned to the lineup after an illness, who scored 9 points (0/1 doubles, 3/6 triples), 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 13 utility points in 19.5 minutes.
Sh.McKissic, who played the most productively in the ranks of the winners, scored 21 points (6/7 doubles, 2/4 triples, 3/3 penalties), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 errors and 28 assists in 27 minutes. scores.
Michalis Lountzis, Luke Sikma and Georgios Tanoulis were also not registered in the losing team in this match.
Olympiacos: Shaquielle McKissic 21 (6 rebounds), Moustapha Fall 12 (6/7 doubles, 5 rebounds), Isaiah Canaan and Nigel Williams-Goss each 11, Filip Petrushev 10 (4/8 doubles, 5 goals), Kostas Papanikolaou 9 (6 goals), Nikola Milutinova 8 (11 goals).
Barcelona: Jabari Parker 10, Jan Vesely 9, Tomas Satoransky and James Nnaji 6 each.
“Long break”: Pasval’s future, Antetokounmpo’s approach to basketball, the “culprits” of “Lietkabel”, a question mark about “Šiauliai” Lithuanians, commendable work of “Nevėžys”, Kosticius who earned a contract and a reflection of the work of CBet’s management
Tags: Nothings Olympiacos humiliate spiritless Barcelona snatch decider
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