A defeat in Istanbul

Olympiacos lost 89-87 to Galatasaray in Istanbul for the 6th day of the Euroleague. The Greek Champs lost for a second time in a row and they now hold a 3-3 record.

The game began in a great way for our team that was leading 2-11 and 6-20 after six minutes in the game. From that point on however, all went wrong. The Turks with a 19-0 streak turned the game around, led 38-34 at half-time and the Piraeus team started trailing. In the third quarter, Galata was leading even by +14 (51-37), but the players under Giannis Sfairopoulos closed in 58-54. But then, the Turkish team with continuous threes led 66-57.

Olympiacos once again attacked back, had even a one point game, but lost at the end 89-87.

THE POINTS
The quarters: 14-20, 38-34, 63-57, 89-87.
Galatasaray (Ataman): Smith 2, Micov 5 (1), Tyus 10, Thompson 6, Schilb, Pleis 2, Daye 16 (2), Guler 7 (1), Diebler 17 (5/5 3p.), Dentmon 22 (4), Koksal 2.
Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Green 2, Birch 16 (11reb.), Young, Papapetrou, Spanoulis 14 (3 3p., 8 as.), Agravanis, Μilutinov 2, Printezis 17 (1), Papanikolaou 2, Mantzaris 19 (5), Hackett, Lojeski 15 (3).

THE QUOTES
GIANNIS SFAIROPOULOS: "It was a very interesting game, we began well, with focus, we played good defense and were leading early on. However, we lost our concentration and nothing worked properly, on either end of the floor. We allowed too many easy points in the first half. We had a bad start in the second half, but we gradually took the game where we wanted it to go, we came back and had a chance at winning. The game was decided by details at the end. For example, an easy and crucial lay-up by Micov when we at the same time missed some open threes and free throws. That kind of details decided the game. Congratulations to Galata, we have move on".