Madrid stuck in Piraeus 73 60

Madrid stuck in Piraeus: 73-60

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Madrid left the sole lead of the Euroleague in Piraeus, the first place it now shares with Fenerbahçe, Barça and Olympiacos, its executioner this Friday. The Greek team prevailed in a game full of errors that doubled the value of the rebound (43-36). Chus Mateo’s team fell from the triple (3 of 25) and only worked with flashes from some of their plays. His 60 points is his lowest score on the course.

Madrid started in the arms of that seat belt that is Tavares. His was eight points (without a miss) from the top 12. In the local squad, the answer wanted to come from Vezenkov, another creepy figure on defense and dripping with baskets, even if he missed the first three three-pointers he attempted . From the start, the deadline shifted to short marks, a symptom of a basketball night in the mud. Walkup and Papanikolau remotely established the first Hellenic annuities in the dispute to which Madrid responded with Tavares’ letter. As the Titans rested at the end of the first quarter, Olympiacos rallied for a 5-0 lead and Chu’s Mateo asked for port time to roar against turnovers. A three by Hezonja ended the first quarter (19-15).

Olympiacos moved the ball well but missed the shot, which was thwarted mainly on the touchline. Madrid breathed with an 8-0 run to which Bartzokas’ men responded with an outside bingo from Sloukas and muscular penetrations from McKissic (29-24). Tavares returned to the track so the white team had a lighthouse again, but that inspiration from the start was gone and his 2.21m met Fall’s 2.18m. Another loss, an attacking foul from deck and a fresh three-pointer from walkup left Los Blancos a few steps behind (36-28).

In a round with so many deflected shots, rebounding was life. And since Madrid granted too many second chances. Vezenkov connected sparks in the middle of a carousel of mistakes in the two sets where every point was worth its weight in gold. Musa only scored in the 26th minute of the game as Madrid bled drop by drop. Hezonja held off the type to leave a gap until the comeback: 54:44 at the end of the third quarter.

However, Madrid’s game did not flow. White set worked with a kidney hit or an inspiration, like Musa’s final push. Tavares had disappeared in an attack. The gap opened up to 15 points (65-50). In such a defensive duel, in which every basket was a mountain, there was no longer an option for Madrid in Piraeus.

73 – Olympiacos (19+17+18+19): Walkup (18), Canaan (3), Papanikolau (5), Vezenkov (15) and Fall (4) – five starters – McKissic (8), Larentzakis (2) , Sloukas (11), Bolomboy (2), Peters (-) and Black (5).

60 – Real Madrid (15+13+16+16): Llull (6), Causeur (3), Deck (4), Yabusele (6) and Tavares (12) – in the starting XI – Rudy Fernández (-), Hezonja (9), Hanga (2), Poirier (4), Cornelie (2) and Musa (12).

Referees: Ilija Belosevic, Emin Mogulkoc and Robert Vyklicky. no deleted

Incidents: Played the 20th day of the first phase of the Euroleague basketball games at the Pavilion of Peace and Friendship in Athens in front of 11,427 spectators.

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