Speeding at 113...
Olympiacos was unstoppable against Kavala and turned the game to a mere practice session where the ‘reds’ retained focus and concentrations from the first to the last minute.
The players under Giorgos Bartzokas came on the floor very high spirited and showed the same kind of determination both in offense and in defense from the beginning.
There can be no serious analysis about a game where the difference even reached 58 points.
In this one team’s play, none of the players used by Bartzokas was filling in as an extra and that has been the great asset for the top leading team of the League.
The quarters: 34-14, 67-26, 91-39, 113-62
Οlympiacos (Bartzokas): Hines 2, Law 12, Spanoulis 5(1), Perperoglou 12(1), Sloukas 6, Μavroeidis 7, Powell 11, Gecevicius 17(2), Printezis 14(1), Papanikolaou 18(2), Mantzaris, Κatsivelis 9(1).
Κavala (Galanis): Panos 3, Manolopoulos 13(3), Stylianou, Stefanidis 5(1), Grandy 10(1), Velissariou 3, Mitrovic 8, Gagaloudis 9 (1), Krcevski 4, Koleman 7, Iliev.
GIORGOS BARTZOKAS: Congratulations to our team because those who played had a serious attitude. It’s a part of our prepping in view of Thursday’s game. A possible victory leads us to TOP16, which is our primary European goal. Our preparation has two more practices. We wish to thank the 500 fans been here tonight. We did our best to give them a good time. I have called for the fans to be here on Thursday. I’m happy with the guys that played tonight and had a team and personal motive and they should always give 100% because they are Olympiacos members.
We said in the locker rooms that it’s very important to maintain creativity and we are happy with the 36 assists we have passed. At some point the game opened up, but creativity is important. You should know that the best player for Olympiacos in the Euroleague is the top passer”.
ΚOSTAS SLOUKAS: “We should have remained focused from the start. We did that. We gave Kavala no room. We were coming from a big victory against Caja Laboral. I wish Kavala they hang on”.
DIMITRIS GALANIS: “We came here aiming to a strong practice session and a positive image. We knew we were facing a team with a very good psychology. We weren’t what we should have been. We should change our daily routine. We are getting better, but time is of the essence. You can make all kinds of mistakes, apart from those that can kill you. We play a very important game for us next week. Olympiacos is an example not only for basketball, but for Greek society as whole. I don’t want to talk about what has happened in the past. The Balkan League has both positive and negative aspects. We have to manage the situation properly”.