ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ
Ο Ολυμπιακός παρά τον τραυματισμό - απουσία του Λοτζέσκι, κατάφερε να επικρατήσει του Ερυθρού Αστέρα στο Βελιγράδι με 57 - 62.
Ο νέος coach του Ολυμπιακού κ. Σφαιρόπουλος έδωσε έμφαση στην άμυνα που ουσιαστικά ήταν και το κλειδί για τη νίκη. Στα αξιοσημείωτα, ο Ντάρντεν έκανε το ντεμπούτο στην Ευρωλίγκα φέτος παίζοντας 5΄ και φυσικά βρήκε χρόνο συμμετοχής ελέω των απουσιών ο Κατσίβελης, ο οποίος αν και δεν σκόραρε, έπαιξε πολύ καλές άμυνες (και προσωπικές πάνω στον Γουίλιαμς που τελικά έμεινε στους 7 π.) και συνέβαλε και αυτός στη νίκη του Ολυμπιακού, που κόλλησε επιθετικά στο 4ο δεκάλεπτο και γενικά είχε άσχημα ποσοστά με 35% στα δίποντα και 38% στα δίποντα. Μετράει φυσικά η νίκη και το 4/4.
Ουσιαστικοί οι Μάντζαρης, Πέτγουεϊ, ο Ντάνστον βρίσκει σιγά σιγά ρυθμό και έπαιξε πολύ περισσότερο από τον Χάντερ. Βελτιωμένος και ο Αγραβάνης, πήρε το χρόνο του και ο Λαφαγιέτ. Μοιράστηκε ο χρόνος και το σκοράρισμα με τον Σπανούλη να είναι πρώτος σκόρερ με 14 π.
Official Euroleague Report
Olympiacos holds off late Zvezda charge for road win
Olympiacos Piraeus remained undefeated after holding off a late Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade charge for a 57-62 victory at Kombank Arena in the Serbian capital. The game appeared to be in Olympiacos’s hands with a 14-point lead entering the fourth quarter. However the home team rallied to get within 2 twice. In the end, October bwin MVP Vassilis Spanoulis sank 3 free throws in the final 20.1 seconds to seal the Reds’ fourth victory in Group D. Spanoulis finished with 14 points and Bryant Dunston added 11, while teenager Dimitrios Agravanis recorded 8 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. Boban Marjanovic led the home team with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Nikola Kalinic and Jaka Blazic scored 10 apiece in defeat as Zvezda fell to 2-2.
First quarter: Hosts fall behind, use 9-0 run to climb in front
Nemanja Dangubic’s steal led to a Branko Lazic layup for the game’s first points. Olympiacos got going on a three-pointer from Agravanis. The youngster rose high on defense for a pair of blocks before Oliver Lafayette and Vassilis Spanoulis each connected from downtown to put the Reds up 2-9. Dunston rejected Nemanja Dangubic, but before long Kalinic turned a Spanoulis turnover into a slam. Vangelos Mantzaris followed Agravanis on the break and put in the latter’s miss to make it 5-11. Luka Mitrovic added a nifty layup underneath and Marcus Williams drove to the hoop to bring the hosts within 2. Brent Petway rose to reject Marjanovic, but Mitrovic’s hook shot tied the score. Jaka Blazic pulled up for a three to cap a 9-0 Zvezda run. Lafayette’s short jumper made it 14-13 through 10 minutes.
Second quarter: Reds reel off 13 straight points to take control
Petway found Othello Hunter down low for a two-handed slam. Kostas Sloukas attacked the basket for a layup that put Olympiacos up 15-17. Petway and Tremmell Darden each added threes to complete a 0-10 charge that quieted the arena. After a timeout, Zvezda responded with a Charles Jenkins jumper. Maik Zirbes became a weapon with free throws and then a score on the offensive glass to bring the hosts within 21-23. Dunston took charge with a pair of baskets inside sandwiched around a blocked shot on the defensive end. Sloukas hit a long jumper to put the Reds up 21-29 midway through the quarter. A Zvezda timeout did not change much. Dunston scored free throws and a layup before a Mantzaris triple capped a 0-13 charge. Marjanovic ended a lengthy Zvezda drought with a three-point play, but Dunston kept Olympiacos in charge with an offensive rebound and foul shot. Dangubic scored on the offensive glass to make it 26-37 at halftime.
Third quarter: Spanoulis, Dunston propel Olympiacos
After a scoreless minute and a half, Mitrovic stole the ball from Spanoulis and assisted to Lazic. Petway connected from downtown to extend the Olympiacos lead to 12. Marjanovic scored inside, but the Reds continued to up the ante with a three from Agravanis, 31-43. Missed free throws hindered Zvezda’s comeback hopes. Spanoulis buried a three to put Olympiacos up by 15. Williams tried to revive the hosts with a three-pointer and Marjanovic rejected Sloukas. Olympiacos continued attacking as Spanoulis fed Dunston in the paint for a wicked slam. Agravanis muscled his way inside to make it 34-50. Kalinic scored the only basket in the final minute to make it 36-50.
Fourth quarter: Furious Zvezda rally sets up close finish
Kalinic recorded a basket-plus-foul only to see Spanoulis sink a three at the other end. Marjanovic dunked with ease. Mantzaris nailed a long jumper to protect the lead. Williams sank a jumper and Kalinic put in his own missed free throw to bring Zvezda within 45-55. The stands were shaking again after Hunter fouled out with five minutes to go. Marjanovic split free throws before Spanoulis sank a mid-range jumper at the other end. Blazic added free throws and Kalinic fed Marjanovic for a slam to get within 50-57. The arena started to shake when Blazic nailed a three to bring Zvezda within 4 with 2:25 to go. Marjanovic sank 2 free throws to cap a 9-0 surge. Kalinic fouled Petway as the Olympiacos forward attempted a three. Petway made 2 of the ensuing free throws with 1:32 remaining in regulation. Blazic made it 57-59 with a scoop shot with 25 seconds left. Zvezda fouled Spanoulis, who made the free throws. Blazic threw up a wild three that missed and Spanoulis split free throws with 11.4 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
Friday, November 7, 2014
ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ - ΑΡΜΑΝΙ ΜΙΛΑΝΟ
Πάρτι στήθηκε στο ΟΑΚΑ, με τον Παναθηναϊκό να κατατροπώνει την Αρμάνι Μιλάνο με 90-63, συνεχίζοντας τις καταιγιστικές του εμφανίσεις. Εξαιρετικός στην επίθεση, με την μπάλα να γυρίζει ωραία και να βρίσκει τα ελεύθερα σουτ και τα drive, γεμάτος ενέργεια στην άμυνα που με δυναμικά heads out στα σκριν και τις γρήγορες περιστροφές, δεν άφησε πολλά περιθώρια στην πολύ κακή Αρμάνι. Χωρίς να θέλουμε να μειώσουμε την εμφάνιση του Παναθηναϊκού, κάθε άλλο, η άμυνα της Αρμάνι ήταν παιδική και αδυνατούσε να σταματήσει του πράσινους. Ο Μπατίστα, χάραμα ει δέστε και απόψε, δεν είχε αντίπαλο κάτω από το καλάθι και γενικά οι παίκτες του Παναθηναϊκού δεν δυσκολεύονταν ιδιαίτερα να σκοράρουν με οποιονδήποτε τρόπο.
Στα θετικά, ο αρκετά βελτιωμένος Ράιτ που φαίνεται να μπαίνει στο κλίμα της ομάδας και να ξεδιπλώνει σιγά σιγά και τις αρετές του. Αξιοσημείωτη και η επιστροφή του Μαυροκεφαλίδη που έρχεται να προστεθεί στην τριπλέτα των ψηλών και θα χρειαστεί στην πορεία της διοργάνωσης που έχει πολλά ματς ακόμα..
Ο Ιβάνοβιτς βλέποντας ότι η ομάδα του ξέφυγε και το σκορ και ουσιαστικά δεν επρόκειτο να απειληθεί , στο 4ο δεκάλεπτο εμπιστεύτηκε στο παρκέ τους νεότερους που βέβαια δεν έπεισαν 100%, αλλά είναι σημαντικό να παίρνουν λεπτά συμμετοχής. Για ακόμα μια φορά απογοήτευσε ο αγχωμένος Μποχωρίδης που δέχτηκε πίεση και έκανε και λάθος επιλογές (ήταν ο μόνος με αρνητικό Ranking).
Τι να πει κανείς για το Διαμαντίδη... Σε 25' χωρίς να υπερβάλει, οργάνωσε άριστα, μοίρασε 8 ασίστ με 1/1 τρίποντο και 3/3 βολές, μαζεύοντας και 7 ριμπάουντ. Όλοι οι παίκτες είχαν πολύ καλή απόδοση και με τέτοια εμφάνιση η νίκη ήρθε αβίαστα...
Official Euroleague Report
Panathinaikos cruises past EA7 Milan at home
Panathinaikos Athens solidified second place in Group B of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague with a 90-63 wire-to-wire victory at home over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. Esteban Batista led the way for the Greens with 15 points in pushing the team to a 3-1 record. A.J. Slaughter and Nikos Pappas both added 11 points and Dimitris Diamantidis chipped in six points, seven rebounds, eight assists and two steals. Milan dropped to 1-3 in the group despite Samardo Samuels scoring 18 points, Joe Ragland hitting for 13 and Marshon Brooks adding 11 points. Daniel Hackett scored eight of his nine points in the fourth quarter while Alessandro Gentile went scoreless – the duo having combined for 24.0 points per game coming into the contest.
1st quarter: Red shot start by Panathinaikos sparked by Giankovits, Diamantidis
Panathinaikos coach Dusko Ivanovic sent out the same starting five as last week in Diamantidis, Slaughter, Vlantimir Giankovits, Antonis Fotsis and Batista. Milan boss made one change with Linas Kleiza starting instead of Nicolo Melli alongside Ragland, Hackett, Gentile and Samuels. Giankovits started the game with a three-pointer and was matched by Ragland from the left corner. Diamantidis and Fotsis followed with three-balls and Slaughter nailed a long two before Batista put back his own miss to make it 13-5 early. Samuels moved down the baseline for a dunk and his second basket. Panathinaikos continued its superb start with Giankovits feeding Fotsis for a dunk and then dropping another three-pointer, missing the extra free throw which could have completed the four-point play, but giving the hosts their first double digit lead 18-7. Hackett temporarily stopped the bleeding with a free throw after a technical foul for flopping by Diamantidis. The Panathinaikos veteran came back and made two foul shots himself and then fed Julian Wright with a long pass for a layup and a 22-8 advantage. Samuels tried to keep Milan in the game with a putback basket and Ragland knocked down a three-pointer from the right wing to get the guests within 23-13 after one quarter.
2nd quarter: Batista scores 11 points in final six minutes of quarter
The second quarter started the same way – with a Panathinaikos three-pointer, this time by Janis Blums to push the margin to 26-13. Ragland got Milan on the board and Brooks’ two foul shots trimmed the gap to single digits at 26-17. After a Wright putback, Shawn James split two free throws and then Ragland hit a three-ball just about from Italy, getting the guests to within 28-21 and forcing coach Ivanovic to call a time-out. After the hosts could not convert on its first possession, David Moss drained a trey from the right corner as Milan was as close as 28-24. Milan went the next two minutes without a point and the gap was back out to 35-24 as Batista sandwiched two baskets around another Blums trey. Brooks’ offensive rebound and putback snapped the scoring drought but Batista dunked after a fine give-and-go with Diamantidis and then somehow got an acrobatic shot to fall and completed the three-point play for a 40-26. Batista’s next basket made it 42-28 before Samuels and James Gist swapped dunks at the end of the first half, which ended with Panathinaikos ahead 44-30.
3rd quarter: Slaughter, Pappas, Wright help hosts pull away
Milan gave up the ball to start the second half with Giankovits getting the steal and going up for a breakaway dunk. Slaughter added two free throws and Fotsis hit a nice layup for a 50-30 lead and a Milan timeout. Slaughter’s floater increased the cushion to 52-30 before Brooks finally got the guests on the board with a free throw after more than two minutes of action. Samuels followed with a basket but Slaughter answered with a three-ball and Diamantidis and Batista combined for three free throws and a 58-33 advantage. Milan did manage the next five points but Pappas came on for four straight free throws, Wright scored five points, Gist threw down an impressive rebound dunk and Pappas ended the third quarter with a driving layup for a 71-43 cushion.
4th quarter: Greens reserves don’t let up
Ragland started the fourth quarter and Hackett made two free throws to bring the guests within 71-47. Blums knocked down a jumper and Gist hit a hook to re-establish the 28-point lead. Loukas Mavrokefalidis came on for his season debut for the Greens and even knocked down a jumper to make it 77-49. With the game well decided, Hackett did his best to limit the damage with a breakaway layup, three-pointer and one free throw to bring it to 77-55. Slaugther however threw down a dunk and Mavrokefalidis converted a three-point and Milan would not get closer than 22 points the rest of the way on a Brooks three-pointer for 82-60.
Friday, November 7, 2014
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