Partizan and Maccabi managed to make a break at the start of the Euroleague playoffs, but the hosts of the final four, Žalgiris and Turkish Fenerbahçe, were far from that.
More precisely, Barcelona and Olympiakos did not allow them to do so.
Tonight, Barca won 91:69 in "Blaugrana", Olympiakos in Piraeus (79:68), they took a 1:0 lead in the quarter-final series and took the first step towards the final tournament.
"I am satisfied with how my players made decisions, this is a playoff game, and we played well and did not allow the rival to come back. However, I expect the reaction of Žalgiris," said Barça coach Sarunas Jasikevičius.
His team was led to victory by the phenomenal Turkish center Sertaç Sanli, who scored 17 points and had five rebounds.
He was followed by Nikola Mirotic with 15 points in 18 minutes, Rokas Jokubaitis added 12 points, and Kyle Curic and Alex Abrines added 10 each.
On the other side, better than the others were Ignas Brazdeikis (14) and Dovidas Giedraitis (10).
When it comes to the match in Piraeus, the heroes of Olympiakos were Saša Vezenkov with 19 and Aizea Kenan with 18 points, while Shakil McKissick scored 11 points.
In the Fenerbahce team, Jonathan Motley was the most effective with 15 points.
The Euroleague continues tomorrow (Thursday) with other matches between Monaco and Maccabi (20.15:20.45 p.m.) and Real Madrid and Partizan (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.).
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