Olympiacos Beats Barcelona 105–100 in Overtime
Vezenkov scores 25 and Olympiacos scores 11 straight in overtime
Olympiacos of Piraeus beat Barcelona 105–100 in overtime at the Palau Blaugrana.
Olympiacos led 57–47 at halftime after Sasha Vezenkov made a three-pointer at the buzzer, and 81–68 with eight and a half minutes left. Barcelona won the fourth quarter 26–15. Justin Robinson made two three-pointers in the last minute, the second in the final seconds, to tie the score at 92–92.
Tyrese Martin scored first in overtime with a three-pointer for Barcelona. Olympiacos then scored the next 11 points, six of them from Mbaye Ndiaye, on a three-pointer, a free throw and a two-point basket, and five from Jean Montero.
Vezenkov scored 25 points and made all 10 of his free throws. Ndiaye had 17 points, seven rebounds and three blocks off the bench, and Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 17. Robinson and Martin each scored 17 for Barcelona.
It was the second overtime win in Spain this week for Olympiacos, the reigning EuroLeague champion, after it beat Valencia 102–97 earlier in the week. Olympiacos is 5–1, and Barcelona is 3–3.
Olympiacos of Piraeus beat Barcelona 105–100 in overtime at the Palau Blaugrana. The crowd was 5,394.
Barcelona led by as many as eight in the first quarter, at 30–22, and by 30–26 at the end of it. Olympiacos won the second quarter 31–17 and led 57–47 at halftime after Sasha Vezenkov made a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Barcelona cut the lead to two in the third quarter, at 62–60. Olympiacos scored the next 12 points to lead 74–60, and it was 77–66 after three quarters and 81–68 with eight and a half minutes left.
Barcelona won the fourth quarter 26–15. Justin Robinson's three-pointer with under a minute left cut the lead to 90–88. Vezenkov made two free throws, and Robinson made another three in the final seconds to tie the score at 92–92.
Tyrese Martin scored first in overtime with a three-pointer for Barcelona, and Olympiacos scored the next 11 points: six from Mbaye Ndiaye, on a three-pointer, a free throw and a two-point basket, and five from Jean Montero, on a three-pointer and a two-point basket. Barcelona did not score again until 36 seconds were left. Olympiacos won the overtime 13–8.
Vezenkov scored 25 points, making 6 of 7 two-point shots and all 10 of his free throws, and had six rebounds. Ndiaye had 17 points, seven rebounds and three blocks off the bench, and missed none of his four two-point shots. Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 17 and made 3 of 4 three-point shots. Olympiacos made 20 of 25 free throws to Barcelona's 6 of 11.
Robinson and Martin each scored 17 for Barcelona, and Robinson made 4 of 6 three-point shots. Dario Brizuela scored 13, and Josh Nebo had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Barcelona made 16 of 41 three-point shots, had 26 assists and took 20 offensive rebounds to nine for Olympiacos.
It was the second overtime win in Spain this week for Olympiacos, the reigning EuroLeague champion, after it beat Valencia 102–97 earlier in the week. Olympiacos is 5–1, level on record with Panathinaikos and Fenerbahçe, and Barcelona is 3–3. Barcelona plays Joventut in Badalona next.