The quarters: 14-23, 39-42, 64-63, 86-89
With the classic five, Olympiacos opened the match, scoring its first points from the perimeter from the hands of Walkup and Kanan for 2-6. The Piraeus went on big attacks, went to fouls to drop the pace, kept control of the match and with the cooperation of Papanikolaou – Fal kept the lead before Peters caught fire and Williams-Goss wrote 14-23 of the period .
The second unit did not do a good job at the beginning of the second, but the Serbians did not take their chances. McKissick’s 3-pointer and Wright’s layup made it 21-30, before Sikma-Fall-Brazdeikis combined for a Lithuanian corner shot to make it 30-38 at 17. Their biggest problem was Hanga, who made things happen and miracles in scoring, an area for which he is not distinguished. With his own fourth three-pointer, he closed the first part at 39-42.
Papanikolaou and Walkup opened the second with three-pointers for +9, with Olympiakos not taking advantage of the momentum and seeing Nedovic tie the game at 52-52 with a three-pointer from the corner. The pressure from the crowd was now great, Mitrou-Long came on late in the third and hit a 3-pointer to make it 56-61, but the home team responded with an 8-0 run to make it 64-63 in the final period. And just like that, the situation became even more… demanding.
The physicality exploded early in the fourth, with Wright wearing down his opponents, scoring from the free throw line (67-71 at 33′) and finishing near the basket. He also scored 69-75 in the 35th minute, with Sfairopoulos calling a timeout and Nedovic being charged with a technical penalty in the 36th minute. Papanikolaou made the shot for 73-78, he also made a three-pointer for 75-81, but again Olympiacos did not clean up the laundry. Giedraitis reduced to a point (81-82) with a shot from the corner, but at 84-84, Wright spoke again and wrote his team’s +3 with a three-pointer.
Giedraitis airballed a 3-pointer, Mitrou-Long was fouled for shots at 14.4″, was 0/2 and saw Boloboi chip in on an offensive rebound, but his team couldn’t do much more.
THE REFEREES: Peruga, Villius, Peranti
THE DECADES: 14-23, 39-42, 64-63, 86-89
Red Star (Sfairopoulos): Teodosic 6 (2/6 3-pointers, 8 assists, 2 turnovers), Hanga 19 (1/4 2-pointers, 5/6 3-pointers, 2/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Davydovac 1, Mitrovic 8 (3/4 2-pointers, 2/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 turnovers), Lazic, Boloboi 19 (8/10 2-pointers, 3/3 shots, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks), Ilic, Nedovic 15 ( 2/8 2-pointers, 3/6 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 turnovers), Giedraitis 16 (6/10 2-pointers, 1/4 3-pointers, 1/1 shot, 7 rebounds), Gillespie, Dos Santos 2
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