Having shown character in the fourth quarter, Olympiacos defeated the Partizan team

The dramatic victory in the EuroLeague was achieved by the Piraeus “Olympiacos” team represented by Ignos Brazdeikis (20/12), who are away 74:69 (17:22, 15:18, 14:19, 28:10) surpassed the basketball players of Belgrade “Partizan” (14/18).

Before the match, when the team’s players were already on the floor, a minute’s silence was held in the “Štark” arena to honor the people killed in the terrorist attack in Moscow. Such a good one was done only in Belgrade, there was no honor in other Euroleague arenas.

In the first half, “Partizan” took the lead (22:13), but by the end of the first part of the match, the guests got closer – 17:22. Olympiacos tied the score at 28-28 in the second quarter, but Partizan’s 12-2 run allowed them to build a double-digit deficit, which was softened by Nigel Williams-Goss’ two-pointer to make it 32-40.

After the big break, Partizan continued to stay in front, but now they had a double-digit lead, leading 59-46 with thirty minutes to play. In the fourth quarter, Olympiacos showed its character and started to climb out of the hole: it did not miss a single point in 3 minutes, scored 12 points and got closer – 58:59. Although Frank Kaminsky scored two points (61-58), OLY scored 6 more points without answering and was already in front – 64-61.

The heated point-to-point battle reached its climax at the start of the last minute, when the score was still tied. Then Moustapha Fallas charged from the top (71:69), and “Partizan” even repeated inaccurate shots three times during its attack, but was never able to equalize the result. Stopped by a foul, N. Williams-Goss threw penalties (73:69), Kevin Punter missed a three-pointer and OLY kept the victory in their hands.

I. Brazdeikis and Naz Mitrou-Long did not leave the bench.

Partizan played without Zach LeDay, who returned from his father’s funeral but was not yet ready to play. Meanwhile, OLY won with a lackluster Alec Peters, who scored just 3 points and no assists in 14 minutes.

Partizan: Kevin Punter 19 (1/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Frank Kaminsky 14 (8 rebounds, 5 rebounds), Bruno Caboclo 13 (8 rebounds), PJDozier 12 (9 rebounds ch.), Mateušas Ponitka 8 (7 rebounds ch.).

Olympiacos: Nigel Williams-Goss 17, Kostas Papanikolaou 13, Thomas Walkup 11, Isaiah Canaan 10.

The long break: Waterman’s value, Jack’s Republic, the Vovor effect, the battles for 3rd and 6th place and which LKL clubs will be satisfied with the season