I played basketball and Olympiacos won… | Blog – Nikos Papadogiannis

Nikos Papadogiannis believes that Panathinaikos has a chance against the Giant Awakened, if only he returns the chain to catenaccio and guerrilla warfare.

In this way, the calendar went back to June 3 and we were back in the finals. Despite what we saw in the first and second finals, Olympiacos once again looks vastly superior to its “eternal” rival, Panathinaikos No longer a strong outsider but a problematic team looking for a miracle, the judges have again moved to the third plan and do not even have enough alibi, while shouting “until the end”, while others promise “see you next year”, Olympic The well-known basketball player plays and impresses, causing Panathinaikos grief in his bad moments.

Of course, things are not so simple, because each qualifying match has a life of its own, like the Roland Garros sets that ended shortly before the qualifying floodlights. Valero. The “Greens” now know that they have the possibility of defeating the European runners-up. The Final Four will take place in a volcanic atmosphere, and the Fifth (if and as long as…) behind closed doors, that is, almost a neutral ground, the Cube still in the air.

The biggest mistake an observer can make is predicting a fourth match based on the image of the third. Do you remember the 40 aras you collected dollars from networks On track to win the 2021 title? Some of the elite spectators at tonight’s game at SEF remember it all too well…

Olympiacos took the white “pieces” of the chessboard into his hands when he saw him Sasha Vyzenkov To proudly stand on the floor for a game of Jamball. medical achievement? Trick. A miracle of will, like the one that brought him out Giannis Antikonmo On the field ten days after the horrific injury in Atlanta?

Whatever the case, Olympiacos extorted positions, perhaps they were afraid of it so soon after the 1-1 draw on Thursday, and risked their participation. Vyzenkov instead of protecting it. The MVP of the Euroleague scored Olympiacos’ third basket with a bizarre counterfollow (right after 5 points of courage this time. Lontzee), publish it manjuca A little later, he also scored a lucky three-pointer with a board, that’s all, but … that’s not all.

The others saw Vizhenkov next to them and felt five cubits high. Freed from the burden of responsibility that weighed them down in the OAKA, gamers love McKissickthe Lorentzakisbut also Peters, Poloboy, They made the second unit robust and reliable for the first time in a while. Fan of “plus-minus” reserve Berzuca: +24 Peters (who played “three” when he was injured Papanicolaou), +16 for dark-skinned Larentzakis and Makiseek, +10 for Polomboy.

The 18-2 with which Olympiacos started the second half was the argument that made its opponent surrender their weapons early on. How does a 68/159 shooting team follow up a 21 pass speed? Panathinaikos hopes when catenaccio and guerrillas are played, but not when basketball is played. The more basketball is played on Thursdays in Oakaa, the closer Olympiacos will get to 3-1.

The Reds were a little anxious to see their almost irreplaceable captain hold his arms — and calves — high at the break, with a relatively shaky 36-28 score, but his absence turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Checkmate him George Bartzukwas the choice Peters instead of eg McKissick.

Suddenly, Olympiacos, with its problematic shots (2/11 three-pointers in the first half), was a double threat in the forward positions and opened the opponent’s defense like a fan almost to the cross, because the goalkeepers Vysenkov, Peters They did not dare to take them out of their sight. the walk towards discreetly pulled aside, s Lontzis He retired to the bench and the number “11” jersey found plenty of space to stage a Dionysian dance for two.

The 11 points that turned 46-38 into 57-40 all came without exception from the computer mind of Kostas Sloukas, sometimes with the help of omen (6 a.m.) and sometimes with his own baskets (5 a.m.). The game of the short and long men will be taken with him by o Adrian Griffinshowing it to Holliday and John on cold winter nights in Milwaukee…

Panathinaikos needed a three-pointer and a run to stay in the game, but couldn’t find either. his defensive relay Bartzuka On the Paris me (with Luntzi, Walkup, Papanicolaou, McKissick) did not constrain the helpless American much at the beginning of the fight, but rather tired him out and eventually took him out of the fight equation.

Lee didn’t score in the second half and I doubt he had more than one assist. In the three minutes of his absence, at the start of the second period, Panathinaikos lost the compass and never found it again. Perhaps because tonight, for the first time, he felt the responsibility of victory and awakened the giant. Disinterested and devoid of “should” was more effective.