He did not cheat on his important absences and got a comfortable victory over Dubai BC by Olympiacos!
Although they saw Fourniers and Wokapap added to the Avans and MacKisik absentees, the "red-whites" were completely serious, played excellent defense and comfortably imposed with their 86-67 United Arab Emirates team at home!
Thus, Olympiacos returned to the positive results in the Euroleague after his defeat by Real in Madrid and improved his record at 2-1, while now turning his attention to his home derby with Panathinaikos (12/10, 19:00) for the championship, while in the league, while in the league, he will be in the championship. 21:15) and will then be tested in Belgrade against Macababi Tel Aviv (16/10, 22:00).
The top scorer for the Piraeus was Vezenkov, who finished the game with 25 points (6/8 two-pointers, 3/6 three-pointers, 4/6 shots) and 11 rebounds, while Milutinov (13p, 11 rebounds) did. Dorsey (14p) and Lee (10p) were two -digit, while Nilinina, who had 7 points and 3 assists.
On the other hand, for the visitors, who fell to 1-2, Petrusev (14p) was the top scorer, who was strongly condemned by Olympiacos' friends found in the chef's stands, while Bacon (13p) (13p) (10p) (10p) (10p) were also double.
Prior to the start of the match, the presidents of the Olympic Games, Panagiotis and Giorgos Angelopoulos, awarded Kostas Papanikolaou, who became the top team in the team's history, surpassing George Prinzis!
With Nillina, Dorsey, Ward, Vezenkov and Milutinov, George Bardzokas began the game, having to face the absences of Evans, McCisik, Fournier and Wokapap, while Yurica Golmatz, I have chosen for their home.
The clash started with Nilinina putting the first basket of the match with a step back back and with Bacon responding immediately, while Kabegele with 4 consecutive points gave the visitors their first lead (5-6). Kabegelle made it 8-9 with his second impressive nail, but Vezenkov with his consecutive points (basket-fouls and shots) put Olympiacos again (11-9) again. Nilinina scored again for 13-12, but quickly made his second foul and was replaced by Lee, who put his first basket on the night for 15-13. Dorsey and a three-point Dorsey put Olympiacos at +5 (20-15), which led 7 (23-16), with the completion of the first quarter and with Vezenkov already 9 points.
At the beginning of the second period, Hall with a foul gave the first double-digit lead to Olympiacos, while Papanikolaou also stole Dorsey with a three-point surprise for 29-16! Dubai BC responded with a 6-0 series to reduce to 29-22, while Dorsey cut her forum to become the first double-digit match, making it 31-22! Papanikolaou with his first basket again gave a double-digit lead to Olympiacos (33-22), while Piraeus continued to do a good job in the defense, allowing their opponent to score only from shots. Peters with a continuous basket made it 37-26, while the Piraeus players continued to control the game completely, maintaining their two-digit differences and going to the locker room 43-21!
The third period began with Vezenkov setting a three-point lead at the end of the attack time, Kabegelle and Petrouv with successive-foul baskets on the Dubai BC, but Vezenkov had ... warmed up, reaching 19 personal points (55)! Shortly thereafter he put another three-pointer (3/4 at that point in the match), to put Olympiacos at +20 (61-41) for the first time, Preelic responded to 61-44, while Milutinov nailed Nilinina's assists, making it 63-41! Bacon with two-pointers and Prepelitz, Bertans with three-pointers kept the guests in the game, reducing to 63-49 but the "reds" did not lose their concentration, closing the ten-minute front with 72-51 and with Milutinov with Double!
The excellent Vezenkov (had 13 points in the third quarter) scored again at the end of the attack time, this time with a Floater, reaching 25 personal points and opening the difference for the first time to +21 (73-52), while Hall after two consecutive aggressive rebounds! Bacon and Kamenia made a small 5-0 series for Dubai BC, reducing to 76-57, but it was evident that Olympiacos would not allow his opponent to think he could return to the victory. Lee with a three-pointer "wrote" in 79-57, Dangubic nailed to take the foul from Hall, while Ward also scored from afar, for 82-70. Procedural in the last minutes of the match, with Olympiacos getting the easy 86-67 win and now turning his attention to the derby with his biggest opponent!
The quarters: 23-16, 43-21, 71-52, 86-67
