At 7-0, the winning streak of Olympiakos in the Euroleague ended, as Armani said “stop” to the “red and whites” in Milan. The team from Piraeus was defeated 83-62 for the 26th game, by the senior Italians, after it was far from its good self, in defense and attack, while committing 19 errors.
With this defeat, the “red and whites” fell to second place in the standings (18-8), where they have roommates with Barcelona, while Real Madrid passed first, with 18-7. Armani Milano improved its record to 10-15.
Billy Baron proved to be the executioner of Olympiakos, with 18 points (4/6 three-pointers) and 5 assists. Only Sasha Vezenkov (10 points) and Tomas Walkap (10 points) were in double figures from Olympiakos.
The Olympiakos players competed in black jerseys as a sign of mourning for the victims of the deadly train accident in Tempi. A minute’s silence was observed before the jambol of the match in memory of the dead.
The quarters: 20-17, 35-32, 61-46, 83-62.
Team compositions:
Armani Milano (Etore Messina): Davies 8, Luguago-Cambaro 9 (1), Mitrou-Long 3 (1), Tonut 7 (1), Meli 10 (1), Baron 18 (4), Napier 9 (1), Ritchie 8 (2), Hines 6, Voigtman 5 (1)
Olympiakos (Giorgos Bartzokas): Walkap 10 (1), Keinan 2, Lountzis, Larentzakis 6 (2), Fall 4, Sloukas 8, Vezenkov 10 (2), Papanikolaou 8 (1), Boloboi, Peters 5 (1), Black 4, McKissick 5 (1)