Olympiacos surprises Barça at the Palau

Olympiacos

surprised

at the

.

The Greek team exhibited a lethal aim in the triples in the initial moments and an always iron defense that the Catalans were not able to counteract.

were the key players for a visiting team that gave their best in the first and third

and that knew how to withstand the

to finally take the victory.

, also less lucid than usual, was largely the only Barça player who performed at his level.

The Barça signed a simply disastrous start.

He was tremendously flawed in attack and very lukewarm in defense.

Something that, together with an unusual success by Olympiacos, caused the locals to see a very tough 0-12 partial.

The Greeks' deadly marksmanship on 3-pointers would contribute to their being able to achieve a maximum advantage of 15 points, with

especially brilliant.

Meanwhile, Mirotic made an effort to try to counter them and show his face.

Something that would crystallize by slowing down the bleeding a bit (17-26 at the end of the first quarter).

The Catalans improved in the second period

.

In all aspects.

They were even able to get just two points away from Olympiacos.

In this case, thanks to the usual lethality of

in the triples, a Mirotic who continued by his privileges and the delivery of

.

On the part of the Greeks, meanwhile, the one who was more fit was a McKissik who managed to a large extent to get the visitors to endure the Barcelona arreón.

Martin, for his part, also continued to do his bit for this.

The 47-51 at halftime invited us to even think that the game could take a turn.

From 50-63 to 77-77

The Catalans, despite everything, relapsed into their worst vices after the break.

Oympiacos, supported above all by the talent of

, was able to build again an apparently more than comfortable maximum advantage (50-63) in the opening moments of the third quarter.

Very bad face in attack and defensive fragility that the visitors knew how to take advantage of to go to the last and final period with unbeatable feelings (63-72).

Those of

, meanwhile, found very few arguments to cling to.

But even so, they were reluctant to throw in the towel

In these, Barça managed to improve its image a bit in the last and final period.

He was even able to equalize the score for the first time (77-77) with just under five minutes to go.

Olympiakos, nevertheless, convinced to the end of their chances of a surprise at the Palau, found in the triple McKissik and thrust

best arguments to finish taking a well-

worked and deserved victory for Barca track ( 88-96).

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