Poor Real Madrid pays a heavy price for mistakes against Olympiacos

Without Sergio Rodríguez, Nigel Williams-Goss and Alberto Abalde, with different problems and with the recovering Gabriel Deck, Spanish team tried to prolong their great game moment in Piraeus but he was crushed by the weight of his mistake, contributing to a very poor 60 drop of 3/25 (12 percent) in the triples, averaging 84.4 points per game, especially abroad.

With a few dunks from Walter Tavares and a good first defensive attitude, Real Madrid seemed to have a promising stage at Pabellón de la Paz y la Amistad. defenses They were victorious in the attacks and moved from the first tie to a few minutes of Hellenic domination. Thanks to the success of guys like Thomas Walkup, who was the game’s top scorer with 18 points.

It was difficult for Whites to produce offensively. The local team’s aftershock closed all routes and their five defeats were penalized by Olympiacos, who came in command with seven points left in four after the only trio of madridistas in the first half with the signature of Mario Hezonja (19 -15, min 10).

Little success on either team

With little success from the periphery on either side, the score progressed slowly with minimal wins for Georgios Bartzokas’ men, until the end of the first quarter and the second until the Croatian striker dunked a counterattack and put his team ahead after a partial chain of 0-8. between the beginning of the quarter.

After the break, it took almost three minutes for Olympiacos to open their score. Real Madrid displayed the best defense in the competition, but neither one nor the other managed to escape because their shooters could not find the formula to hurt their opponent.. Chus Mateo’s men remained in the game thanks to their strength in the rear, despite missing eight of their first nine trios.

Kostas Sloukas’ trio and Shaquielle Mckissic’s 2+1 move gave the Athenians air in the middle of the second act. The American striker kept the hosts on top, taking advantage of the trade-off, seven losses and poor success from all positions throughout the match after the first twenty minutes when Real Madrid paid for a bump at the end of the second act. first part (10/22 on two-shots and 1/9 on threes).

A final hit from the perimeter from the walkup gave Olympiacos the biggest difference at halftime up to that point (36-28). Chus Mateo asked his team to be more aggressive at halftime to make up for turnovers and a bad offensive afternoon. In the resume, everything continued with the same parameters, It comes in between five and ten points for the Greeks and Real Madrid are suffering in their search for a player with clear ideas on offense.

No criteria attack

Vezenkov kept the competition leader at bay as he failed to connect several sensible attacks. Olympiacos, who at least stayed on the scoreboard, was not inspired by the inspiration of his most successful man, Walkup.

Isaiah Canaan set the visitors’ alarm off with a three-pointer and saw themselves trailing 52-40, forcing Chus Mateo to stop the match. Despite carrying his bench, he saw how the time passed and everything remained the same, and continued on his way without finding a solution to the boredom of his team.

Real Madrid, ten behind after Hezonja’s recent success and much more to improve, has reached the final ten minutes. Missing three more times in a row from the 6.75 line did not bode well. because the end was approaching and the Greeks were on their way with a dozen points as trophy.

Baskets came with a dropper. In the first three minutes of the last quarter, the partial score was 2-2, and with four minutes to go, Chus Mateo’s men were up fifteen points after their star Sloukas’ mid-range shot and a few free throws from Vezenkov (65-40).

The game is over there. Real Madrid interrupted their streak of five consecutive wins in January against an Olympiacos who had risen to the top of the even table. four teams tied with a record of 13-7.