“Olympiakos” started with a victory in Barcelona with an episodic I. Brazdeikis

The students of Georgios Bartzok defeated the team of “Barcelona” with Rok Jokubaičius on the road 77:75 (19:18, 25:17, 17:19, 16:21).

In the 8th minute, Olympiakos’ Lithuanian Ignas Brazdeikis also ran onto the field. It was his first match after a 20-day break.

During them, the Lithuanian scored 2 points (1/2 doubles), caught 2 balls and collected 3 utility points, but in the second half he did not get off the bench, even though Olympiakos was without the sick captain Kostos Papanikolaou.

In the middle of the third quarter, the visitors had a 13-point lead (47:60), but they did not avoid drama. “Barca” came close to one accurate shot (67:69).

“Olympiakos” rushed again (67:75), but then Ricky Rubio created an impressive episode, taking the ball from Thomas Walkup and earning the latter an unsportsmanlike foul.

Barca tried to save themselves (72:75), but they did not let Olympiakos win.

R. Jokubaitis scored 6 points (3/5 doubles), made 2 assists, intercepted and rebounded 1 ball each and collected 6 utility points in 14 minutes.

Up to 3 wins are played in the series. The next match will take place tomorrow in Barcelona again, and then they will move to Piraeus.

In the regular season, Barca won both head-to-head matches (86:78 at home and 77:68 away).

Barcelona: Jabari Parker (7 rebounds, 4 turnovers) and Willy Hernangomez (5 rebounds) 13 each, Alex Abrines 11 (3/7 3-pointers), Ricky Rubio 10 (7 rebounds, 4 turnovers) , … Rokas Jokubaitis 6.

Olympiakos: Nigel Williams-Goss 15 (4 fouls), Isaiah Canaan 14 (3/7 triples), Filip Petruševas 12 (5 rebounds), Moustapha Fallas 11, … Ignas Brazdeikis 2.