Olympiakos registered a prestigious victory over Barcelona

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Yorgos Barzoukas (Itzik Blanitsky)

Yorgos Barzoukas (Itzik Blanitsky)

A double Euroleague week began today (Tuesday) with the opening of the 27th cycle and the first to celebrate is also the first in the factory, Olympiakos who beat Barcelona 70:77 at home and opened a gap at the top of the table at the expense of the Catalans. The defense made the difference for the Greeks in the Hall of Peace and Brotherhood (in which, by the way, Maccabi Volleyball will play next week in the Challenge Cup), when at the end of the day, Yorgos Barzoukas’ team had a balance of 8:19.

Nikola Mirotic, the big star of the disappointed Charas, led the loser from Spain with 19 points and 7 rebounds, Yanolis Larentzakis (4/5 from beyond the arc, 14 points) and Shaquille Makisic with 16 points led the winner. Later, Zalgiris Kovna won 63:66 against the weakest team in the factory, Alba Berlin.

The Lithuanians, who, like Maccabi, are still strong in the fight for the top eight had a bad offensive night, but even that was enough for them against the weak Germans who remained in last place in the factory. Isaiah Taylor led the Greens with 14 points, Tamir Blatt scored 3 points, gave 2 assists and pulled down 2 rebounds, Yuval Zusman who was in doubt not a participant in the match.

Real Madrid also lost today not only to Barcelona, ​​it happened at the home of the Blancos against Basconia after 85:81, when for the team from Madrid it was the eighth loss of the season in Europe compared to 18 victories. Matt Costello excelled with 20 points, 21 points and 8 rebounds by Dejanan Musa were not enough for the host. For Baskonia this was a very important victory in the positional battles for the playoffs and it has a positive balance of 12:15.

In other games, Milan won 84:88 in Spain against Valencia, which suffered a severe blow in its eighth-place aspirations. Partizan Belgrade continued its wonderful form, this time the Serbs beat Virtus Bologna 79:88 away, Yam Madar scored 11 points, gave one assist and also pulled down one rebound. At this point, Partizan had 15 wins against 12 losses and it continued to establish itself at the top of the Euroleague.

In a game that closed the packed game day of the top European factory, Bayern Munich beat Lyon-Villarban 72:76 at home in a battle between two disappointing and disappointed teams that will not be in the playoffs. Andreas Obst, the German guard, led the Bavarians with 15 points, Di Bost scored 18 for the guest from France.

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