Shengelia and Fall catapult the Baskonia

• Euroleague Classification
• Statistics. 82-66 in the Buesa

He debuted the Kirolbet Baskonia at home in this Euroleague, after a journey of three duels at home, and he did it with special screen printing on his shirt: "Baskonia Character". A call to the most passionate attributes, to the most primary, who did not need to resort to Velimir Perasovic's team to give himself a solid and convincing victory (82-66).

Shengelia's 25 points and Fall's 16 rebounds were enough as a catapult against an Olympiacos that deepened its game crisis and results in Buesa. Without a twilight Spanoulis to hold on to, the Greek team suffered another bad night, thanks to its insufficient defense and its overwhelming inferiority in the rebound: 26 Greek catches by 49 Vitorians, almost double.

This is not the great Olympiacos of five years ago, but only a notable team, as there are half a dozen long in the Euroleague, which goes through the strangest season in its history. The civil war in Greek basketball ended the administrative decline of Piraeus, who compete in the second category of their country with an alternative squad.

That causes Spanoulis, Printezis and company to compete only one day per week. As if that were not enough, a few weeks ago he had to face the relief on the bench of David Blatt, who in summer announced that he has multiple sclerosis. It was not clear if that was the reason for the termination by mutual agreement or disagreements that dragged technician and owners since last season precipitated goodbye.

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The case is that Olympiacos sails in the anxiety, in a tremendously affordable Euroleague start in which it has only achieved one victory (against Valencia) in four games. He was, in short, an auspicious opponent for the premiere of Baskonia in Buesa in the continental competition. Shengelia and Stauskas tried to put ground in the middle from the beginning, but Olympiacos started responding with solvency, thanks above all to Milutinov's superiority over Eric in the painting and to the dynamism of Cherry and Paul.

The match changed when Youssoupha Fall came into play, a 2.21-meter, 24-year-old tower that Baskonia expects greatly in the coming years. He has significant technical deficiencies and severe difficulties to score from the line of personnel and in general facing the basket, but his game on the hoop is torture for rivals. Six points and seven rebounds of the Senegalese in a handful of minutes served for Baskonia to take his lead to 11 points (32-23) midway through the second quarter.

Defensive laziness

Three consecutive three-pointers of Cherry, Spanoulis and Paul limited damage to Olympiacos just before the break, but the scent of the game did not invite the optimism of the Greeks. In case they were not clear, Shengelia took the reins to establish a maximum difference of 16 points, which was also the final score, at the beginning of the last set (65-49). The defensive laziness of those of Kezmura was alarming and only the local empire from the triple prevented that it ended in massacre.

Rubit, whose box office in Piraeus is threatened by the dynamics of the team, led a last Greek attempt at resurrection, but barely found company to undertake the company. The Barca advantage did not come down from the decade and Olympiacos surrendered completely, scoring only five points in the final five minutes and certifying a happy night at Buesa.

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