the Greeks reach the decisive games in the EL 1/4 finals – Basketball – Sportacentrs.com

• In the first quarter, Barcelona’s basketball players accumulated an advantage of as many as eight points (19:12), but by the end of the quarter, “Olympiacos” came within one accurate shot – 21:23.

• The basketball players led by Jorgos Bardzokas started the second quarter with 15 unanswered points, largely deciding the fate of the match. Barsa did not recover from the defeat and the Greeks continued to move away.

• In the second half, Piraeus won with 39:21, but in the whole match they were superior with a 34-point advantage – 92:58.

• Olympiacos won the second biggest Euroleague playoff win in the club’s history. In 2011, they managed to defeat Siena’s “Montepaschi” with an advantage of 48 points.

• Shaquille McKissick forged the important victory with 21 points and six rebounds, while Mustafa Fall, Aizeh Keinen, Nigel Williams-Goss and Filip Petrushev scored between ten and 12 points. Nikola Milutinov scored 8+11.

• Recovered from the flu, Oly team captain Kostas Papanikolaou returned to the ranks, who had nine points and six balls under the basket.

• In the Catalan club, only Jabari Parker, who had ten points, reached double figures in points scored.

• The decisive fifth match will take place on May 8 at the “Palau Blaugrana” arena in Barcelona. So far in the history of the Euroleague, no team has managed to win the decisive away game of the series in 18 attempts.

• “Panathinaikos” of Athens overcame a seven-point deficit at the end of the fourth quarter and saved itself in the match against “Maccabi” of Tel Aviv – 95:88 in the game and 2-2 in the series.

• Maccabi’s leader Wade Baldwin returned to the field after the injury sustained in the first match, but in the second quarter, the American defender apparently re-injured the injury and did not return to the court.

• Kendrick Nan scored 27 points in Panathinaikos’ victory. Kostas Slukas added 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists. French center Matias Lesor 17+7.

• Neither Lorenzo Braun 17+5+5 nor Tamir Blatt 14+5+7 saved Maccabi from losing.

• The decisive match will take place next Wednesday at the OAKA Arena in Athens.

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