Big win for Olympiakos over Real Madrid in Spain
Olympiacos remains undefeated in the EuroLeague after beating Real Madrid in Spain for the 3rd matchday.
With a terrific basket by Slukas with 3″ before the end and a good defense at the end, Olympiacos defeated Real 89-87, in Madrid, for 3-0 in the Euroleague.
The “red and white” were competitive from the start and in the first quarter even reached a lead of four points, 16-20. The home team fought back and found themselves within 37-29 in the second period, but Olympiacos had the answers and closed the half within striking distance, 38-37.
With a 6-0 run and with Yule as the protagonist, Real entered the fourth period for +5 (68-63), with Boloboi reducing to a point (68-67), in the 32nd minute. Afterwards, the “queen” found unanswered three-pointers (76-70), but Larentzakis kept Olympiakos close (76-73), until the 35th minute. With their offensive rebounds, the hosts maintained their lead (83-79) until the 36th minute.
There, the Piraeus team put up a strong defense and with the big shots of Larentzakis and Sloukas they made a 6-0 run for +2 (83-85), in the 39th minute. With Yule’s 2/2 shots, Real equalized (85-85) with Sluka doing the same for 85-87, at 32.7”. On the next attack, Yule equalized again, but Slukas with a terribly clever basket gave the lead (87-89) with 3 minutes to go.
Tavares missed the last attack and Olympiacos won!
The quarters: 21-20, 38-37, 62-63, 87-89
REAL MADRID (Mateo): Cozer 3 (1/8 shots), Ambalde, Hezonia 5 (1/2 two-pointers, 1/6 three-pointers), Rodriguez 3 (1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds, 8 assists), Dek 5 (1 three-pointer, 7 rebounds), Poirier 2, Corneli 11 (2/3 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers, 1/2 shots), Tavares 14 (5/9 2-pointers, 4/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Yule 14 (1 /2 2-pointers, 3/5 3-pointers, 3/3 shots), Yabusele 13 (3/4 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers, 1/2 shots), Musa 17 (1/2 2-pointers, 4/6 3-pointers, 3/3 shots)
OLYMPIAKOS (Bartzokas): Walkap 9 (3/4 two-pointer, 1/1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Kanan 3 (1/3 three-pointer), Lountzis, Larentzakis 8 (1/1 two-pointer, 2/3 three-pointer, 2 . steals), Fall 6 (3/4 2-pointers), Slukas 14 (5/8 2-pointers, 0/3 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 7 assists), Bezhenkov 23 (8/9 2-pointers, 2/7 3-pointers , 1/2 shots, 12 rebounds), Boloboi 11 (3/8 2-pointers, 5/6 shots, 3 rebounds), Peters 5 (2/2 2-pointers), Black, McKissick 10 (4/5 2-pointers, 2/5 shots )
Andreas Chania