In the series up to three victories, the Greek club is ahead 1:0. The second leg of the quarter-finals will take place again in Catalonia on April 26.
In the first half, there was an even and persistent fight, and after Alex Abrines’ two-pointer, the Catalans had a one-point deficit (18:19).
OLY’s advantage became evident in the second quarter. The Greeks, led by Filip Petruševs, accumulated a 9-point advantage (44:35).
After the break, Nigel Williams-Goss took the leadership role in the ranks of the Piraeus team, who found the answers to Barcelona’s successful attacks, and the visitors maintained their advantage before the decisive quarter (61:54).
In the fourth quarter, the home team reduced the deficit to 3 points (58:61), but Shaquielle Mckissic took the initiative on the other side of the barricades, who made several assists and scored 4 points in a row to give Olympiakos a double-digit advantage (69:59). ).
The Catalans staged another comeback and only 2 points separated the teams (67:69) after N. Laprovittola’s three-pointer, but the visitors again answered this period with their successful attacks, which were decisive in deciding the winner of this match.
For the Greeks, the victory was secured by free throws by G. Larentzakis, and the last layup by Jabari Parker did not change the outcome of the match.
Ignas Brazdeikis played almost 8 minutes and managed to score 2 points (1/2 double), rebounded 2 balls and collected 3 utility points.
Rokas Jokubaitis played 14 minutes and scored 6 points (3/5 doubles), 1 rebound, 2 assists and 6 points.
For the winners, Nigel Williams-Goss scored 15 points, Isaiah Canaan scored 14, Filip Petrushev added 12 points.
For Barcelona, Willy Hernangomez and Jabari Parker each scored 13 points, Alex Abrines scored 11, Ricky Rubio (7 rebounds) added 10 points.
