
Olympiacos were defeated 83–82 by Valencia in Game 6 of the Euroleague. This was the second and even consecutive defeat of Piraeus in the tournament.
The team of Yorgos Bartzokas controlled the course of the match throughout the match. However, numerous mistakes and missed shots in the final did not allow him to “finish” the game.
Piraeus entered the match furiously and reached 10–3 with Fal in the first three minutes of the match. Dublievich broke the home team’s streak, but Jorgos Bartzokas’s team, with two points from Vezenkov and McKissick, led by 9 points (14-5) with five and a half minutes left in the first period.
The Spaniards found a reaction (20-17) with Prepelic, but Olympiacos hit the gas again, 28-19 with a two-point Walkup. The Spaniards made it 28-23 in the first period with Radebo.
Thanks to a three-pointer from Sloukas, Olympiacos reached 33–24 early in the second period. The difference reached ten points (36-26) with an accurate three-point shot by Kanaan. With two hits from Harper, Valencia reduced, but a new three-pointer, this time from Peters, brought Olympiacos to +11 (39-28), and then the difference reached 13 points (45-32) in a 47-34 half with Vezenkov. .
With a 3-pointer from Dublievich, Valencia was reduced to ten points (47-37) at the start of the third period. Piraeus went 53-37 with Fal, but the Spaniards cut it to 53-47 with 10 in a row with Prepelic’s good 3-pointer. Costas Papanicolaou interrupted the Spaniards’ series with a three-pointer with Harper in return. Piraeus took a 71-58 lead at the end of the third period thanks to a two-pointer from Slukas.
Four quick points from Valencia reduced the score to 71-62 at the start of the final period. Olympiacos kept a 9-point difference (79-70) with Black’s two-pointer, but the visitors reduced it to five (79-74) with Dublievich. With a 3-pointer from Jones and a 2-pointer from Webb, the Spaniards lost one point (80–79) in the final minute.
Olympiacos made a mistake in the attack, but 20 seconds before the end, Vezenkov saved Jones great. Sluka’s layup saw Olympiacos go 81–79, with Jones’ layup making it 81–80 with 10 seconds left. Sloukas missed, giving Valencia a chance to go forward and win by three with 3.9 seconds left in the game.
Jones was completely accurate from the line, giving an advantage (82-83) to his team. Olympiacos missed in the last attack, and the Spaniards left the SEF with a victory.
Quarters: 28-22, 47-34, 71-58, 82-83
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Walk 12 (2/4 two-pointers, 2/3 three-pointers, 2/2 shots, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 foul), Kanaan 3 (1), Larentsakis 1 (0/2 shots, 1/2 shots), Fouls 10 (5/5 2-pointers, 6 rebounds), Slukash 11 (1/2 3-pointers, 4/6 shots, 6 assists, 3 assists), Vezhenkov 20 (7/10 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers, 0/1 hit, 3 rebounds, 7 assists), Papanicolaou 9 (3/5 3s, 7 rebounds, 4 assists), Boloboy, Peters 3 (1), Black 9 (4/4 2-pointers, 1/2 shots) , McKissick 4 (0/3 3s)
Valencia (Mubru): Harper 9 (1/5 3s), Claver 7 (1), Puerto 3 (1), Prepelic 5 (1/6 3s, 6 assists), Webb 9 (3/4 2s, 1/1 3s, 5 rebounds) , 3 assists), Lopez – Arostegui 4 (3 assists), Jones 17 (1/6 2-pointers, 3/5 3-pointers, 6/7 shots, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 2 assists), Radebo 2, Dublievich 17 (4/4 2-pointers, 3/7 3-pointers, 3 rebounds), Alexander 10 (5/7 2-pointers)
Source: Kathimerini

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