With Mustafa Fal returning and Sasha Vezenkov – Moses Wright scoring in bursts, Olympiacos beat Aris 102-72 in their best game of the year.
Back to factory settings for Olympiakos, who were 100% dominant against Aris and prevailed 102-72 at SEF on Sunday evening (13/10) in matchday 2 of the Stoiximan GBL.
Mustafa Fal’s return to action helped the red and whites, who were on a roll this morning and comfortably got away with victory, ahead of the opening week of the EuroLeague season, where they face Armani (15/10, 21 :15, inside) and Ephesus (18/10, 20:30, outside).
Sasha Vezhenkov was great again and in 20 minutes he played he recorded 22 points (7/7 2-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers, 5/5 shots), 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals for 31 points in game. classification. Exuberant in scoring and Moses Wright with 23 points, 7 rebounds. Evan Fournier was also very positive, offering 11 points (3/5 three-pointers) and 7 assists. Filip Petrusev did not compete, so that he was not suffering after the virus he had last week.
From the perspective of Mars, Landers had a good presence Noley with 21 points (9/13 2 points, 1/4 3 points) and David DeJulius with 17 points (7/9 two-way, 1/1 three-pointer), 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, but also 4 errors.
The fight
Olympiacos started the match with Walkup, Fourrier, Papanikolaou, Vezenkov and Fal. The presence of the French center in the front five “fixed” the whole situation for the red and whites, who led 19-5 after 5’10” of the game and closed the period at +17 (32-15, 10 ‘) Vezenkov already had 10 points in that period and Fournier had scored 6 goals for his team.
Despite the changes and extensive rotation, the hosts continued to run with broken brakes and went to the locker room with a difference of 26 points (57-31, 20 ‘), offering a very nice sight and punishing all mistakes Aris (24 points). from 13 guest mistakes).
Fournier made a three-pointer at the beginning of the third period and increased the difference to 29 points (60-31). After 2’30, Yiannis Kastritis took Mantzoukas off the floor and immediately after sent him to the locker room, but without raising the tone. Until 25’30”, the guests managed to reduce the distance a little (64-47), but that’s when Vezenkov took action, which rose to 22 points by the 30th minute (74-69).
There was no change in the situation even in the final period, with Giorgos Bartzokas also giving minutes to players who are much further back in the rotation.
THE JUDGES: Tsimbouris, Zakestidis, Aggelis
THE DRINKS: 32-15, 57-31, 74-49, 102-72
Olympic (Bartzokas): Walkup (2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 errors), Wright 23 (8/10 two-pointers, 1/1 three-pointer, 4/6 shots, 7 rebounds), Mitrou-Long 9 (1), Larentzakis 6 (0/4 3-pointers, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers), Vildosa 2, Fal 9 (3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks), Vezhenkov 22 (7/7 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers , 5/5 shots, 5 rebounds ), Papanikolaou 6 (1/2 threes, 3 rebounds, 3 assists), Dorsey 10 (2/5 threes, 3 rebounds), Peters 4 (3 assists, 4 steals), Fournier 11 ( 3/5 threes, 7 assists)
MARS (Kastritis): Banks 4 (5 turnovers), Noley 21 (9/13 2-way, 1/4 3-way, 3 assists, 3 turnovers), Alkins, Toliopoulos 6 (2/6 3-way, 3 turnovers) , DeJulius 17 (7/9 two-pointers, 1/1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 4 errors), Hatzidakis 6 (1), Giuzelis 3 (1), Bohorides 1 (3 errors), Roberts 4 (5 rebounds), Hodge 4, Manzoukas 6 (2/5 3-pointers, 2 rebounds, 2 steals)
Free Olympiakos team statistics,: 26/34 2-pointers, 9/26 3-pointers, 21/24 shots, 34 rebounds (20 defensive – 14 offensive), 27 assists, 14 turnovers, 10 steals, 2 blocks
Mars team statistics: 22/36 2 pointers, 8/25 3-pointers, 4/7 shots, 24 rebounds (11 defensive – 13 offensive), 14 assists, 20 turnovers, 8 steals, 1 block
The next games of both teams: In the 3rd match day of the Stoiximan GBL, Olympiacos will play in the closed match of Giannis Borousis against Karditsa (21/10, 17:15), and Aris will welcome Prometheus to Alexandreio (19/10, 17:00).