Olympiacos took advantage at home by beating Fenerbahce 84-72 and 3-2 in a stunning play-off series to reach the Final Four in Kaunas (19-21/5) and claim their fourth trophy in their stories.

Olympiacos approached the match with incredible tenacity. He read the Fenerbahce defense well, led 13-8 in the fourth minute (5/7 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers, 5 passes without error), played with incredible intensity and energy. Papanicolaou’s ten points (3/3 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointers, 1/1 shooting) made the difference (20-15 at 10 minutes) in a quarter that seemed to wear everyone out from the start.

A magical performance by Kostas Sloukas, who led a superb 15-0 second period, the captaincy of Kostas Papanikolaou, who came back from illness, Sasha Vezenkov led ahead of Mike Brown, who was watching the match from the official screen.

Olympiacos entered the second half with great concentration. Kanan assisted Vezenkov from a foul (51-39 in the 23rd minute), Fenerbahce kept their cool, but now there was a lot of grumbling from both sides, and the hosts kept a good advantage.

Gudurić almost single-handedly tried to keep Fener with his three-pointers, and the Red-Whites even reached +17 (78-61), while the Serb reacted, and the Turks reduced (78-66) to 38′. However, in the last minutes, Barzokas’ players controlled the situation and eventually won with a final score of 84-72.

Quarters: 20-15, 44-33, 65-52, 84-72