Euroleague Basketball | Barça, which failed to attack Olympiacos, was left without the Final Four

Barça Grimau’s Final Four dream is over. Olympiacos stayed in the game for three quarters, and in the decisive minutes the Greek team handled the attack better. win (59-63) and leave Blaugrana without a place in the Final Four. A mistake in the top three (3 from 25) doomed the Blaugrana, who were just one breath away from the Final Four, which they failed for the first time in three years.

The match began with brutal tension for both teams, and due to nerves and tension, no one was able to score. in the first possessions. Laprovittola managed to open the scoring for the first time in the first few minutes of Barca’s impressive defense, which leveled the score against Olympiacos.

Bartzokas soon introduced Williams Goss to Valku.p, who failed to score against the Greeks in the first four minutes. It’s a shame Barça didn’t take advantage of their strikes.

. Already the first five minutes and the score is 2:0!

Laprovittola hit two straight threes to extend the lead (8-2). in an exceptional first quarter in the Blaugrana defense. Bartzokas stopped the match as Olympiacos failed to score, with only two points from Peters.

Grimau moves the bench

Ricky gave no rest to the Blaugrana attack, which continued to be very unsuccessful (2 of 9 in field goals), which he compensated for with three interceptions. Barça managed to end the first quarter with a 12-9 lead, highlighting a defense that dried up the Greeks, the biggest news despite the shooting errors.

Great start for Barça in the second quarter as they managed to score more smoothly and break the maximum to 9 (18-9). Ricky continued to intercept balls and maintained control (20-13). The referees let the game take its course and, given the intensity of the match, did not call a single foul in five minutes!

Lapro kept Barça under control with their actions (22-15), where every goal was a feat. The Argentine forced fouls and free throws, leading the team (25-17). Olympiacos found some air in Milutinov (25-21), and at the break Barça was in the lead (27-25), but Olympiacos was fully involved in the match.

A good start

Grimau’s team again entered the game with the same aggressive defense, although Olympiacos held the pulse with Canaan waking up in attack (31-28). Kalinic went to the bench with a devastating score of 0 out of 7 and Abrines came to strengthen Barça’s attack (38-33).

Ricky returned to the game, although it was not possible to get rid of Olympiacos, despite missing free throws (40-37). Jabari couldn’t see the basket, unfortunately for Barça (0 of 7 in three) and Papanikolaou managed to level the score from three-point range (40-40).. The duel ended in a draw after three quarters and everything is open for the last 10 heartbreaking minutes.

Willy again gave the advantage to Barca (45-42), and Bartzokas stopped the fight. Ricky’s hands reached all the balls in defenseand he managed to thwart the Greek attack again, unleashing Palau again.

end of heart attack

Kalinic committed his fourth foul, and Ricky returned to replace Laprovittola.. Olympiacos took the lead for the first time thanks to a triple goal by McKissic (47-49) five minutes before the end of the match. The Abrins responded both in defense and in attack, all in a handkerchief (49-49 m.37).

McKissic scored five straight points to make it a franchise match. for the Greeks (49-54), and the finishing touch was Papanikolaou’s triple (49-57), which left Barça “touched”. Barça tried in the last moments (54-57) but Lapro’s missed goal allowed Milutinov to score and finish the match.Final Four options for Barça (59-63).