Everything to decide. He Barça has lost against Olympiakos In the fourth game of the Euroleague play-offs (92-58), they have not been able to close the series and it will be the Palau Blaugrana who determines the team that will advance to the Final Four in Berlin in the fifth matchup. Despite a good start by Roger Grimau’s men in the first quarter, the Greeks broke the duel in the second quarter and dominated the rest. Thus, next Wednesday the 8th the culé temple will pass sentence to try to be among the four best teams in Europe.
Good first quarter for Barça
With the Pavilion of Peace and Friendship filled to capacity and with a very noisy atmosphere from the Greek fans, the fourth match of the series between Olympiakos y FC Barcelona It started very disputed, with an exchange of blows between both teams. While Moustapha Fall has been the local reference under the basket, the azulgranas have shown a team game and this has allowed them to dominate the first quarter, although the first 10 minutes have ended with only a +2 in favor of Roger Grimau’s men (21 -2. 3).
Olympiacos dominates the second
The second period has been completely different. The culé attack has not had the success of the beginning and Olympiacos has taken advantage of that to start with a partial 15-0 and take the first big gains of the duel. The scoring percentage of the Greeks has been very high and the scoreboard has suffered a setback with respect to the initial equality. Thus, Barça went to the locker room with a –16 on the electronic after a very painful second quarter (53-37).
Nothing changes
In the resumption, the script has remained the same. The difference has not been shortened practically at all during the period, and despite some Barça sparks with a partial 0-8, Olympiacos has reacted again to further increase its advantage in the light and leave the confrontation at the end of the period seen for sentencing. third quarter (72-47). The last chapter has been a pure process, where the locals have continued with their effectiveness in a match determined to increase the lead (92-58). He Palau Blaugrana will decide next Wednesday.
MATCH SHEET
Olympiakos, 92
Barça, 58
Olympiakos: Thomas Walkup (0), Isaiah Canaan (11), Kostas Papanikolaou (9), Alec Peters (4), Moustapha Fall (12) Long (2), Filip Petrusev (10), Nikola Milutinov (8), Shaquielle McKissic (21), Moses Wright (-)
Barça: Ricky Rubio (3), Nico Laprovittola (5), Nikola Kalinic (2), Jabari Parker (10), Jan Vesely (9) -starting five- Alex Abrines (3), Oscar da Silva (4), Willy Hernangómez (5 ), Rokas Jokubaitis (2), Tomas Satoransky (6), Darío Brizuela (3), James Nnaji (6)
Partials: 21-23, 32-14 // 19-10, 20-11
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Sasa Pukl, Tomislav Hordov