The meeting of two opposite … poles of the scoreboard did not drive the compass crazy, with the pioneer Olympic easy to bend 81-55 in CHEF streak (11 losses) Villeurbanne and secure a top four spot and home playoff lead forever, with a good chance of staying at the top Euroleague. Although Barzoka’s team was uncharacteristically poor on 3-pointers for the second consecutive game (6/25) and key players were idle, the difference in quality was so great that there was no need for any excesses, but only a logical basis to get a victory and raise her record to 22- 9.

Quarters: 22-13, 37-29, 56-39, 81-55.

OLYMPIACOS: Walkup 11 (1/1 treble, 7 assists, 3 interceptions), Luntsis 4, Larentsakis 7 (2), Papas 5 (1), Sloukas 4, Vezenkov 9 (1/6 treble), Papanikolaou 10, Bolboy 6 ( 7 kom), Peters 8, black 6 (5 kom), McKissick 11.

Willerbahn: Matthews 8, Bost 8, Cody 3 (1), Dio 6, Tuce 10 (6 rebounds), Fall 2 (8 rebounds), Lighty 3 (1), Obasohan 12, Ponce 3.

In other yesterday’s matches of the 31st round of the Euroleague: Zalgiris – Monaco 79-70, Red Star – Valencia 92-73.

There are three games left before the end of the Euroleague regular season, and the Red-Whites have secured the advantage at home, but they have every reason to be anxious about what is happening in the backyard of the top eight, because that is where the team will come out – the last obstacle on the way to “final four” Kaunas. The battle is very tough and everything will be decided in detail, with many scenarios left open depending on the score, schedule and team formation.

A characteristic feature of the difficulty is that back-to-back the trophy winner is now in 10th place and out of the playoffs! Ephesus has a record of 15-16 and is ahead of Baskonia and Zalgiris, who are tied for 8th place with 16-15. To enter the 8th and continue, they will have to let both of them go, as it is considered unlikely that they will catch up with Partizan (7th from 17-14). And here’s the question: if Efes finishes 8th, will Olympiacos really be the favorite against them, even if they have the home advantage? In fact, in case he finishes second, the possible opponent would be Partizan (multiple institution champion) Obradovic, who beat him inside and out. There is a risk, that is, that he will not have such a strong advantage that he would deserve in a team that occupies such a high place in the standings. Olympiacos’ next opponent will be Panathinaikos tomorrow in the SEF, in the Greek “civil war”. Serelis is unlikely to count on Ponitkas (sprain) and Walters (tendonitis), who have not trained again, and Panagiotis Kalaitsakis (tonsillitis) has added problems. Agravanis took part in the training session and has high hopes.