First despite the defeat
Olympiacos winning streak in friendly pre-season games was interrupted by Maccabi. After seven consecutive victories, the team under Giorgos Bartzokas was defeated by the Israelis 74-92, in the last day of the “Domreiter” tournament that was held in Nurnberg.
The “reds” that took the first place of the tournament, appeared rather tired and stressed, especially in the second half of the game and in the fourth quarter in particular.
Maccabi that was trailing in the first half, made its comeback taking advantage of the mistakes made by the Olympiacos players and led for the first time 48-47. Until the end of the third quarter the lead was changing hands constantly. In the beginning of the fourth quarter, Maccabi took advantage of an anti-sporting foul (by Perperoglou who tried to stop the Israeli fast break following a foul on Antic that was never called) and a technical foul (protest by Bartzokas) and running an 8-0 streak led 60-69. The ‘reds” lost their cool at that moment and this led to the difference getting wider.
ΤHE QUARTERS: 27-20, 43-37, 60-61, 74-92
ΟLYMPIACOS (Bartzokas): Hines 6, Antic 5(1), Spanoulis 17(3), Perperoglou 5, Dorsey 6, Sloukas 6, Μavroeidis 8, Gecevicius 3(1), Printezis 11(2), Papanikolaou 5, Mantzaris 1, Κatsivelis 1
MACCABI T.A. (Blatt): James 7, Hickman 19(1), Roth 6(1), Pnini 7(1), Caner-Medley 8, Logan 15(3), Shermadini 14, Ater 2, Itay , Landesberg 14