Favorable result for Zalgiris in Belgrade: OLY and Real beat their rivals with impressive runs

“Olympiakos” represented by Igno Brazdeikis beat Villerban ASVEL (7-24) 80:64 (20:12, 23:23, 11:20, 26:9) at home.

The Lithuanian did not get off the bench by the coach’s decision.

With three minutes to play in the fourth quarter, ASVEL still led 61-59, but then OLY went on an 18-0 run and cruised to victory, which makes it feel stronger in the top six.

Olympiakos: A. Peters 17, M. Fallas 12, Sh. McKissic and G. Larentzakis 9 each.

ASVEL: T. Luwawu-Cabarrot 14, J. Lauvergne, N. De Colo and Y. Fallas 10 each.

In the next meeting, Real finished off the opponents in identical style, securing first place in the regular season. The Madrid team beat Partizan Belgrade (14-17) away 88:76 (13:13, 20:18, 35:23, 20:22).

Partizan is currently in the tenth, last place in the relegation zone. After this Serbian failure, “Žalgiris” came close to this one with a victory. It is true that Valencia, which is still playing its match, can again increase this gap to two.

At the end of the third quarter, the Belgrade team still led 54:52, but in the remaining three-minute period, they lost even 0:16 and could not recover from this blow.

Real Madrid: M. Hezonja 25, G. Deckas 13, F. Causeur and G. Yabusele 10 each.

Partizan: F. Kaminsky 19, J. Nunnally and K. Punter 16 each, A. Avramović 10.