A decisive step to “block” the advantage of playing at home in the Euroleague playoffs was taken by Olympiacos, who defeated Bayern 98-88 in Munich.
The rojiblancos and recent Greek Cup champions celebrated an important “double” in Germany, for matchday 28 of the Euroleague, improving their record to 16-9. At the same time, they forced the Bavarians to their 13th loss in 25 games.
The MVP Tyler Dorsey for three ten minutes led the rojiblancos to their fourth consecutive victory and 16 in total (16-9 win-loss record), with 25 points (5/6 shots, 4/6 two points and 4/4 three points) at 25:57 participation.
Bayern, who had former Olympiacos top scorer Augustin Rubit (18 points), fell to 12-13 and lost all hope of appearing in the top four, while still fighting for the top eight, should the Russian teams be eliminated. on March 21. Luτσιiτς added 15 points and Hilliard and Hunter each added 12 points.
And if Panathinaikos or better…Kyle Hines had done Olympiakos a favor and Armani Milan had been beaten at OAKA, then the Piraeus team would be even closer to 3rd place as the Italians are now 18-8 , That’s two more wins but with one more fight.
Olympiakos came back from -10 (50-40) at the beginning of the 2nd half thanks to the double double of Sloukas with 11 points and 10 rebounds, the decisive Vezenkov with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, but also Martin who proved to be the last minute with consecutive points in the last minutes and 14 in total. Fal (10 points, 7 rebounds), Larentzakis (9 points with 3/3 from three points) and Wokap (7 points) also laid the foundation for a great result on the road to Belgrade.
Banners with the message “No more war” were held by the players of both teams before the match, a report on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while Bayern coach Andrea Trinkieri wore a shirt with the same message.
The match
An excellent attacking Olympiacos who relied on Tyler Dorsey… forgot to play defense in the 1st half. The Olympiakos expat shooting guard scored 13 points on 3/3 three-pointers after the jambol. The Germans chased for most of the first ten minutes, while the rojiblancos hit in transition, avoiding the game that suited Trinkieri’s men. The latter was forced to quickly withdraw Woden due to ineffective marking on Dorsey, but Piraeus also had a problem marking Vladimir Lucic.
The Serbian caused damage in a foul on Costas Papanikolaou who tried to stop him, to give his place to McKissic, after the 2nd foul, “Papi”. With 7 points, LuτσιiÏ„Ï‚ held Bayern, 17-17. Olympiakos responded with a 7-0, 17-24 run, but former ‘rojiblanco’ Othello Hunter took over from Lucic.
After a triple by Desson Thomas (20-24), the tall American scored 6 consecutive points, with impressive nails, for 26-26, beating both Mustafa Fal and Hassan Martin, who replaced him. Martin responded (26-28), so that later the worst would happen to Olympiakos, a well-intentioned triple off the buzzer by Serbian Ognjen Jaramaz, with which Bayern went ahead 29-28 in the first minute.
Playing with speed and strength, Bayern became the “boss” in the first minutes of the 2nd half with the restart and with Hilliard and Jaramaz sharing the offensive initiatives. After 38-38, Luτσιi με with a personal streak (13 points and 5 rebounds until then) took Bayern to +4 (44-40) to be surpassed by the +10 (50-40) of the Germans (Rubit and Jaramaz). At that moment, Olympiakos… decided to play defensively, successively said “stop” to the hosts, found an aggressive rhythm and responded with their own 8-0 series.
Specifically, a triple by Larentzakis, a double by Vezenkov and an indirect triple by Sloukas (goal foul) took Piraeus to -2, 50-48. Walden’s triple (53-48) was… what… Olympiacos didn’t need in Bayern’s next attack, to reduce Sloukas to 53-50 (half-time score). The 7 errors were in the least of the ‘rojiblancos’ in the first half (only 3 from Bayern).
Olympiakos came out determined to put pressure on the defense in the third period and with Dorsey remaining ‘hot’ they quickly took the lead. The latter with 3/3 shots initially tied for Piraeus at 53-53 and despite two triples by former ‘rojiblanco’ Augustin Rubit, Dorsey scored the next 5 points for his team for 59-61 (along with a shot of Vezenkov).
The ‘rojiblancos’ striker emerged victorious from the racket in Olympiakos’s next attack (59-63), to go 59-65 (+6). Fal and Wookup sent the difference to +7 (61-68). Once again, Olympiacos did not pay enough attention to marking on the three-point line with Deson Thomas punishing them (64-68). Papanikolaou, however, responded in kind (64-71). Hunter and Vezenkov “hit” the racket (66-73) and the most important thing was that Olympiakos kept the difference of +7. With the 3rd foul, the Olympic MVP Tyler Dorsey (25 points so far) sent Darwin Hilliard to the line of fire, for 69-73, the 3rd half score, after this time Papanikolaou was unlucky in a shot from three. .
Everything presaged a “thriller” ending, but Olympiakos was in charge of quickly building a difference at the beginning of the fourth period. +5, 71-76 from Vezenkov looked fragile. Rubit found a way to raise the score for the Germans, when Sloukas and Martin had ready answers, 76-82. Again, however, in defence, Bartzoka’s men gave up three points, this time through Hilliard (79-82). And then… everything changed! A triple by Larentzakis and a double by McKissick…froze the “Audi Dome”, for Olympiakos +8 (79-87). Martin and Sloukas held the +8 (83-91) responding to Othello Hunter with about 2 minutes remaining. Cisco’s fifth foul sent Martin into the line of fire, and the American became the last minute man for Olympiacos (83-93). After Lutsic’s 2 shots, Larentzakis with his 3rd triple “sealed” the victory of Olympiacos (85-96). Vezenkov “wrote” the 85-98 and Darun Hilliard’s triple (88-98) was painless this time, as there was no time for Bayern.
Bayern Munich 88-98 Olympiacos
Bayern Munich (Andrea Trinkieri): Thomas 8 (2), Walden 6 (2), Hunter 12, Jaramaz 9 (2), Lucic 15 (1), George, Obst, Dedovic, Rubit 18 (3), Cisco 4, Hillary 12 (2), Radosević 4
Olympiacos (Yorgos Bartzokas): Wokap 7, Dorsey 25 (4), Larentzakis 9 (3), Fal 10, Sloukas 11, Martin 14, Vezenkov 17 (1), Papanikolaou 3 (1), Jean-Charles, McKissick 2
The rooms: 29-28, 53-50, 69-73, 88-98
source: iefi merida
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