The dominant players of Olympiakos crushed the Barcelona team and snatched the fifth match of the series

The Greek giants did not spare the Catalan team at home 92:58 (21:23, 32:14, 19:10, 20:11).

Ignas Brazdeikis was not registered for this match, and Rokas Jokubaitis scored 2 points (1/5 doubles, 0/1 triples), rebounded 2 balls, made an assist and finished the match with 1 utility point in 12 minutes.

In the series up to three victories, the result became equal 2:2, and the decisive match will take place on May 8 in Barcelona.

At the beginning of the match, the visiting team looked a little better. Inspired by Jan Vesely’s good performance, Barcelona led by 7 points (12:19) in the middle of the quarter. Olympiakos looked better in the second half of the quarter, led by Moustapha Fallas. The Greek club, led by the French tower, reduced the advantage of the Catalans to a minimum (21:23) before the end of the quarter.

The second half started better for the “Reds”, who went on a 10-0 run and built up an almost double-digit advantage (31:23). Later, Oly continued to sprint. 4 minutes before the end of the second quarter, the home team’s run increased to 22:3, and the advantage reached 17 points (43:26). During the rest of the quarter, Georgios Bartzok’s students maintained a double-digit advantage and were very close to winning the fifth game (53:37).

Olympiakos started the third quarter with an 8-2 run and built up a crushing advantage (61:39). During the rest of the quarter, the Greek club continued to pull away and had a record 25-point advantage (72:47) before the decisive quarter.

Shaquielle McKissic hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the fourth quarter, which created a 29-point lead for Olympiakos (77-48), and with four minutes left in the match, Oly crushed the Catalans with a 34-point lead (84-50).

In the end, the Greeks won the match 92:58 and leveled the result of the EuroLeague quarterfinal series (2:2).

Shaquielle McKissik was the top scorer for Olympiakos. The American scored 21 points (6/7 doubles, 2/4 triples, 3/3 penalty), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and finished the match with 28 utility points in 27 minutes.

The American Jabari Parker was the only one who scored double-digit points in the Barcelona team. The forward scored 10 points (2/3 doubles, 2/3 triples) and rebounded 2 balls in 19 minutes on the field.

Olympiakos: Shaquielle McKissic 21, Moustapha Fall 12 (6/7 doubles, 5 rpg, 17 rpg), Nigel Williams-Goss 11 (1/6 doubles, 3/4 triples, 0/1 penalties, 4 rebounds, 4 rebounds) and Isaiah Canaan (1/3 doubles, 3 rebounds) 11 each, Filipas Petruševas 10 (4/8 doubles, 2/2 penalties, 5 rebounds), Kostas Papanikolaou 9 (3/6 triples, 6 rebounds).

Barcelona: Jabari Parker 10, Jan Vesely 9 (4/6 doubles, 0/1 triple, 1/2 rpg, 3 rpg), Tomas Satoransky (2/4 doubles, 2/2 rpg) and James Nnaji (3/3 double, 0/2 RBI) 6 each, Willy Hernangomez (1/6 double, 3/5 RBI, 5 RBI) and Nicolas Laprovittola (1/1 double, 1/ 3 trit.) after 5.

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