A friendly win against Rethymno

Olympiacos played without his international players (Printezis, Papanikolaou, Mantzaris, Timma, Strelnieks and Milutinov), however, this did not stop him from comfortably besting Rethymno (99-66), in a friendly game that was held today (05/09) at the SEF.

Our team set the tempo from the start. Good defense and good perimeter percentages allowed for a +16 margin (24-8) in the first five minutes of the game. And it didn’t stop there… Having Zach LeDay leading the offense, the ‘reds’ closed the first half at +21 (39-18), while the margin was even up to +28 (50-22, at 15’). Nevertheless, the players of David Blatt did not relax and saw to maintain a steady distance (27p., 58-31).

The ‘reds’ upped the tempo even more in the second half… With Vassilis Spanoulis as the driving force and offensive pluralism as its weapon, Olympiacos closed the 3rd quarter leading 77-46, while a three by LeDay at 31’ sent the margin to +34 (80-46). Many and different line ups tried by David Blatt (Toliopoulos, Arsenopoulos, Pokusevski, Tsoumanis and Bogris were on the floor during the last 5 minutes) did not have an impact on the tempo and the team reached the final 99-66 with characteristic ease.

The quarters: 39-18, 58-31, 77-46, 99-66.

Οlympiacos (Blatt): Goss 14 (2 3p., 7 reb., 9 as., 1 st.), Τοliopoulos 8 (2 3p., 5 as., 2 st.), Τoupane 12 (2 3p., 6 reb., 1 as., 1 st.), Spanoulis 12 (3 3p., 4 reb., 8 as.), Vezenkov 18 (3 3p., 6 reb., 1 st.), Τsoumanis, Αrsenopoulos, Pokusevski, Bogris 5 (5reb, 4 as., 1 st.), LeDay 30 (2 3p., 7 reb, 3 as., 3 st., 2 bl.).

Rethymno (Μykoniatis): Christodoulou 4, Τ. Daniels 12(1), Bracy 9(1), Ε. Daniels 9(1), Guyton 12(2), Razis 2, Sigkounas 3, Glyniadakis 2, Kourepis 6.