Olympiacos were in a leading position in Istanbul from the first minute, they had an excellent image but in the last ten minutes… they committed basketball suicide, made many mistakes and finally lost 91-89 to Anatolou Efes, having 2 wins and 2 defeats in the first four games.
Giorgos Bartzokas’ team scored +12 at 10′, +3 at half-time and +5 at the end of the third quarter.
In the last minute and a half, Olympiacos threw up their hands and gouged out their eyes, as in three attacks they made easy mistakes and instead of taking the lead (87-86), Efes found a great basket with Bride and escaped to +3 ten seconds before the end. In the last attack, Fournier didn’t hit the target and the Turks reached the pink sheet with 91-89.
Larkin with 24 points and 4 assists was the leader of the winners. Fournier was Piraeus’ best with 20 points, followed by Makissik (17 points, 5 assists) and Vezenkov (16 points, 6 rebounds)
The ten minutes: 11-23, 41-44, 65-70, 91-89.