Great match tonight at SEF (21:00) with Olympiakos looking for 5 out of 5 this year at its headquarters.
An endurance race requires mental and physical readiness. If you want to win, you must not break. In such a situation, Olympiacos will be in the big match with Fener…
Fener is at 2-4 but it is obvious that it is much better at this stage than its record shows. He lost three close matches that he could well have won. In both OAKA and Madrid, Sasa Djordjevic's team controlled the game but could not close it properly, losing in the details. On Tuesday, he gave an amazing battle against Barcelona in Turkey, "falling" from Mirotic's arrow on the exhale.
And yet… In this particular duel, it was seen how good the whole is. On a night when Henry-De Colo's backcourt was rather "dead", the home team stood on an equal footing with the possibly best team in the tournament, playing their own basketball. According to the unwritten laws of the sport it is rather certain that the results will come soon.
With Sale at the helm, Fener advocates completely different racing ideals compared to last year's version. Coach τoζεevi έχει has friends and sworn enemies, but in reality he is a capable coach and the timeless game of collaborations he advocates hides a mystagogy, having its roots in the old (but also so current) teachings of the sport. He is one of the most prominent representatives of this wider offensive platform (attack of collaborations). We saw a perfect depiction of her in the National Team of Serbia, in Bologna and of course in the City at the beginning of this season.
The main advantage in Fener's arsenal, always in relation to the competitive direction of Sale, is found in the existence of many, very capable creators in different positions of the roster. It has 7 players who "write more than 1.3 final passes per night:
Henry 4.2 final passes, De Colo 4.0, Veseli 2.2, Gooduritz 2.0, Booker 2.0, Sayok 1.8, Pierre 1.3
It has athletes who can create from any possible point on the field and in different situations. Her 2-2 collaborations, the strong connection with the weak side and the key introduction of the ball in the low post (through different introductory plays which prepare the ground, testing the opponent's defense and reactions) finding at a high level. Nevertheless, her attack has not achieved the desired result so far. The Turks have a significant tendency to make mistakes (it makes sense for a team that works such an attack model in its first months in this process) and shoot badly, which deprives them of the space advantage required to operate the system (and not only).
Match Combo with Fenerbahce at +7.5 and Under 160.5 at 2.06 at Stoiximan
Olympiakos' defense at the beginning of the season is excellent. But if we could find a black spot in the performance of the red and whites in the back, it would be their inability to lower the creative indicators of the opponent. So here falls the spotlight regarding the preparation of the Greek team for the match with Fener. Giorgos Bartzokas' players must take advantage of not moving in a week of double matches and capitalize on their greatest freshness on the floor. Defending away from the ball will be the key to Fener's attack. It is much more difficult to study and prepare a defensive plan against a team that plays like that (multi passing & cutting in basketball terminology) compared to a counterpart that involves an opponent full of scorers, but which is based on the personal phase. It takes absolute concentration and alertness for forty minutes.
Of course, Fener's big weapon is not the -trademark for Sale- co-operation attack but the defense. The Turks are very effective in the back as they have players with high IQ and quality depth to play with size in their various formations. The patience and experience of Kostas Sloukas can be the battle chariot of the hosts against one of the most effective defenses of the event this year.
Olympiakos comes from an not easy victory against Alba and knows very well that it will find in front of it a stubborn -from a marginal defeat at home- opponent, who will give everything for the double. He has to be very "natural" in the backcourt, securing his racket against the low post game of the Turks. Devin Booker is extremely dangerous in this part while Chalet cutters will move towards the painting by orbiting satellites around the creators of High Post, Veseli and Pierre.
The red and whites have the "tools" to keep Fener low in productive terms. But they will also need the energy needed to do so. It is something that will be seen from the beginning of the match and will translate into an advantage in the field of personal duels within the four lines. In short, it will not be easy for the Greek team to bend Fener's resistance if it does not deposit significantly more energy than it.
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