Olympiacos is in excellent shape heading towards the EuroLeague regular season finale, which defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv in Sofia (89-85) on Thursday night (9/4) for the 37th round.
The Piraeus team (15-3 at home and 10-9 away) went 25-12 and felt right at home as they had thousands of Greeks on their side and it felt like they were playing at home.
Another great performance from Tyler Dorsey, good third quarter from Sasha Vezenkov, helped a lot by Corey Joseph, even more by Alec Peters, followed by Ward, Hall, Milutinov. Mustafa Fall returned to the Reds’ playing duties, who had an excellent performance and showed that he is ready to further strengthen the team.
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Jorgos Bartzokas’ team will lock up first place in the regular season for the third time in the last four years tonight if Panathinaikos wins in Valencia.
Hapoel (13-6 at home and 9-8 on the road) fell to 22-14 and was on fire for the result, but didn’t have what it took to get it and remain favorites for a top-four spot.
Antonio Blakeney, Elijah Bryant, Vasile Mickic tried, but overall the Israelis, who had three times as many assists as turnovers, never found a way to deal with the best team in the competition.
THE REFERRERS: Belosevic, Bisang, Konstantinovs
THE DETAILS: 18-22, 48-51, 67-73, 85-89
