With no brakes!
Nothing brings down the team of Giorgos Bartzokas. Olympiacos won in Munich as well (105-103) reaching an 8-0 Euroleague record and continuing undefeated in all participating competitions.
The game went where Spanoulis and his company wanted it to go from the beginning. The ‘reds’ were absolutely prepared for the fast tempo of the game and with Spanoulis and Dunston having a great night the Back2Back European Champions were leading 28-22 at the end of the first quarter.
Petway, Sloukas and Perperoglou took over in the second quarter and continued in exactly the same fashion. The players of Giorgos Bartzokas offered a substantial show time and half time closed 59-50 in favor of the Back2Back European Champions.
The ‘reds’ were excellent from behind the 6,75 arc in the second half as well. Sloukas and Mantzaris also offered solutions. Kavvadas gave exactly what Giorgos Bartzokas had asked of him each time he stepped on the floor, that is quality minutes, and Olympiacos was maintaining the lead coming to 80-77.
Olympiacos dominated the last quarter as well. Despite the absences the ‘reds’ were not bent by fatigue. Olympiacos continued with the foot on the accelerator and under the leadership of Vassilis Spanoulis and Stratos Perperoglou reached a 103-105 victory.
Τhe quarters: 22-28, 50-59, 77-80, 103-105
Bayern Munich (Pesic): Troutman 6, Hamann, Schaffartzik 21 (5), Thompson 7, Staiger 9 (3), Benzing 5 (1), Delaney 22 (3), Savovic 11, Taylor 6 (1), Bryant 16 (2).
Οlympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 7 (1 3p., 3bl.), Law 8, Dunston 13 (7reb), Spanoulis 24 (4 3p., 7as.), Perperoglou 25 (3 3p., 4 reb), Sloukas 11 (3 3p., 8as.), Agravanis, Mantzaris 6 (2), Kavvadas 6 (3reb), Lojeski 5 (1).
SVETISLAV PESIC: «First of all congratulations to the coach for a great game. It was a professional victory. Olympiacos has been playing excellent basketball for a long time now. I think that tonight everyone should be happy, Olympiacos more than the others for having won, but we as well for not losing hope, we have to fight the next two games to qualify for the TOP-16. It was a very important game for us tonight; the fans saw one of the best teams in Europe, the officially best team of Europe. The fans witnessed our effort, it was tough, but we fought. We had the last shot and the chance to win, but we didn’t make it. Congratulations to my players, they showed character and I’m happy for the way they fought. We won the second half, we fought we great energy, but we lost the game. We did not find solutions against Perperoglou who played the “4” position, he’s a very experienced international player and for me he was the one that made the difference tonight and gave his team the victory. This game is over and we are focusing on the next two ones. But first of all we are focusing on the Bundesliga”.
GIORGOS BARTZOKAS: “A fantastic game in a fantastic atmosphere. We really enjoyed it very much. We had to play really seriously, for the club, for the Euroleague and for our fans. We want to be serious to the end and we are going to do the same to the end of the Regular Season. We have had problems with our big players, since Printezis, Simmons and Begic were out. We had to try more to cover for them and we did it. Congratulations to the players. We made a good effort and we want to continue this way”.