The final ticket for the Final Four will be taken as Barcelona and Olympiacos go head to head to conclude a series which had been very tightly contested until Game 4, when the Reds handed out Barca's heaviest-ever road defeat to tie the series and seize the momentum.
Game Notes: Barcelona vs. Olympiacos
2023-24
3 Mins read
That 92-58 Olympiacos victory saw a sparkling performance from Shaquielle McKissic with 21 points on 8-for-11 field goal shooting, while Nikola Milutinov dominated the paint to the tune of 11 rebounds in his first full performance since returning from injury.
Two more Olympiacos big men, Moustapha Fall and Filip Petrusev, also had a strong influence on Game 4, combining for 22 points and 10 boards. Barca will look for its own centers, Jan Vesely and Willy Hernangomez, to bounce back after the Spanish team was outrebounded 47-31 on Thursday.
- Out of the 39 games that Olympiacos and Barcelona have played this century, 12 have been either at the Final Four or in the EuroLeague Playoffs. This will be their first time meeting in a Game 5.
- The Reds bashed Barcelona 92-58 in Game 4, handing the visitors their worst-ever road loss in a EuroLeague game. Shaq McKissic paced Olympiacos with 21 points.
- In Game 3, Barcelona pulled out an 80-82 overtime with Jabari Parker making 2 free throws with 0.5 seconds to go. Jan Vesely scored 16 points in the victory.
- In Game 2, Barcelona beat Olympiacos 77-69 with Jabari Parker scoring his EuroLeague personal-best 24 points.
- In Game 1, Olympiacos held on for a 75-77 win at Palau Blaugrana with Nigel Williams-Goss scoring 15 points.
- Olympiacos won its first EuroLeague crown by beating Barcelona 73-58 in the 1997 championship game in Rome led by Final Four MVP David Rivers's 26 points.
- Barcelona bested Olympiacos in the 2010 EuroLeague championship game in Paris 86-68 thanks to 21 points from Final Four MVP Juan Carlos Navarro.
- Olympiacos edged Barcelona 68-64 in the 2012 Final Four Semifinals on the way to winning the EuroLeague in Istanbul.
- Olympiacos beat Barcelona 3-1 in the 2015 EuroLeague Playoffs.
- Barcelona and Olympiacos have played in the third-place game twice, first in 2009 when Barcelona won 95-79, and also at the 2022 Final Four when Barcelona prevailed over Olympiacos 84-74.
- Barcelona swept Olympiacos during the regular season, including an 86-78 home win in early January with Jabari Parker scoring 21 points.
- Olympiacos coach Georgios Bartzokas was Barcelona's head coach during the 2016-17 season; he led the club to a 12-18 regular-season record. No player from that season remains on the Barcelona roster.
- Olympiacos forward Kostas Papanikolaou played for Barcelona during the 2013-14 season. He helped the team win the Spanish League championship.
- Olympiacos guard Thomas Walkup was a teammate of Barcelona guard Rokas Jokubaitis at Zalgiris Kaunas for three seasons, from 2018 to 2021.
- Olympiacos's Ignas Brazdeikis was a teammate of Jokubaitis on the Lithuanian national team at the 2023 Basketball World Cup.
- Olympiacos center Nikola Milutinov has been a teammate of Barcelona's Nikola Kalinic on the Serbian national team.
- Milutinov earned MVP of the Round honors after he led Olympiacos to a 60-69 victory in Barcelona with 18 points plus 14 rebounds, including 7 offensive boards, for a PIR of 36 in December 2018.
- Olympiacos forward Luke Sikma and Barcelona's Oscar da Silva were teammates at ALBA Berlin during the 2021-22 season.
- Sikma posted his career high with 7 offensive rebounds playing for ALBA against Barcelona in October 2021.
- Barcelona guard Nicolas Laprovittola set his career-high with 3 steals in a road loss against Olympiacos in April 2022.
- Barcelona point guard Tomas Satoransky collected a career-high 4 steals in a season-opening loss against Olympiacos in October 2022.
- Olympiacos guard Shaquielle McKissic swiped a career-high 5 steals in the third-place game at the 2022 Final Four.
- Barcelona forward Nikola Kalinic scored a career-high 25 points and had a career-best PIR of 27 while playing for Crvena Zvezda Belgrade against Olympiacos in December 2021.
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Shaquielle McKissic: 'All the odds were against us'
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Georgios Bartzokas: 'This is a group of champions'
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Nikola Milutinov: 'We had to play above our limits'
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Rubio full-court pass for Parker's dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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McKissic gets back-door slam! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Petrusev rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Laprovittola saves the day! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev stops Hernangomez! Motorola Magic Moment
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Alex Abrines, Barcelona: 'We did a much better job tonight'
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Roger Grimau, Barcelona: 'Really happy with our game today'
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A Shaq attack! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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PLAYOFF DUNKERS: Jan Vesely vs. Shaquielle McKissic
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FC Barcelona-Olympiacos Piraeus | Playoffs Game 1 | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Bartzokas: 'Let's think that we start from 0-0'
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Isaiah Canaan: 'We're not finished'
