Winner on the edge of Monaco last Thursday in Piraeus, Olympiakos failed to follow up on Wednesday on the floor of FC Barcelona. In crisis to end 2023 with a dry defeat on the Rock (91-71), the Catalan club has found color since New Year’s Eve. Already defeated by Real Madrid, leader of the Euroleague and Vitoria, the team managed by Roger Grimau continued against the Greeks of Moustapha Fall (8 points, 3 rebounds).
The French pivot, Olympic and European vice-champion in 2021 then 2022, had a hard time facing Barça’s two-headed racket. If he contained Jan Vesely well (8 points, 3 assists), Willy Hernangomez took over (16 points, 5 rebounds) to help the Catalans take off in the third quarter (75-63, 30th) , supported by Jabari Parker (21 points). Barça moves up to second place while Olympiakos is eighth.
Runners-up to Real, the Catalans have the same record as Virtus Bologna, heavily beaten in Belgrade by Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Luca Banchi’s players lost their footing in the second half against Wade Baldwin (22 points, 8 assists) and John DiBartolomeo (16 points). Holder in the Italian camp, Isaïa Cordinier was the second best scorer for the Virtus (13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists) behind the indestructible Marco Belinelli (24 points).
2024-01-10 22:21:29
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