Olympiacos – Real Madrid 79-69: McKishik and Vezenkov “killed” the “Queen” at the SEF

He beat her 79–69 at the SEF for the sixth Euroleague race and got a great result of psychology, after two streak losses in the event. Although he had to overturn the score in the fourth period, Olympiacos came to the end in a comfortable win over Real Madrid in Euroleague, with Sasha Vezenkov and Sakil McKishik being the top for George Bartzokas’ team. The Piraeus team thus ascended to 3–3 in the event and “captured” the madrilenes, leaving behind the defeat of Panathinaikos in the Basket League. The game Olympiacos started the game loudly and with Fournier quickly achieving five points, he took the lead at the beginning of the match. Real Madrid reacted quickly but found baskets in the transition, overturned the situation. At the same time, the Piraeus team stayed at 1/6 three points after the team’s first goal of the French superstar, resulting in the quarter being completed with a score of 21-17 in favor of the “Queen”. In the second quarter, Real Madrid continued to have the lead, since despite Vezenkov’s 11 points, Olympiacos found no other solutions to the attack. Hezonia and Ediayeu achieved important baskets contrary to the guests, bringing Mateo’s team even to +7. However, Peters’ entry brought an outbreak of the Pirates in the finale of the race, where with a 9-0 streak Olympiacos took the lead with 36-34 at the end of the first half. In the second part, Real Madrid got better into the court and with a streak of its own was found again at +7. Hezonia began to be a problem for Olympiacos’ defense, while Kabacho reached 10 assists in the third quarter, helping his team maintain the lead in the score. Walkap and Vezenkov, however, gave important solutions to the Pirates in the attack and they collected the difference in -3, for the 56-59 of 30′′. Olympiacos continued at the same pace and in the fourth quarter, with Peters and McKishik putting “fire” on the SEF. Continuous baskets of the two players, brought Olympiacos in front of the score and gave him the lead in the final straight of the match.