The 30-year-old shot 10-for-14 from the field en route to 28 points
Vezenkov strikes again as Olympiacos defeats Maccabi
Informes de partidos
3 Min lectura
Regular Season
Round 23 of 38
Regular Season
Olympiacos PiraeusOLY
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Maccabi Rapyd Tel AvivMTA
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Sasha Vezenkov was too much to handle for Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening. Riding an extraordinary momentum, the Olympiacos Piraeus forward pulled off another ultra-efficient outing as the hosts beat the Israeli side 100-93 at Peace and Friendship Stadium.
Vezenkov looked unstoppable from the off, dealing blow after blow to a bewildered Maccabi defense. After missing his first attempt from inside the arc, he went 2-for-3 on twos, 3-for-3 from deep and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line, ending the first quarter with 15 points.
Despite not going to the charity stripe again in the next three quarters, Vezenkov bagged 28 points, which he paired with 6 rebounds in yet another sublime performance.
“I’m feeling good,” he told EuroLeague TV. “I have confidence, but for me, the most important is the team to win. And, as I said many times, the most important thing is to keep working, keep believing in what you’re doing and we have to get along.”
Having grabbed a narrow 27-24 advantage heading into the second quarter, Olympiacos saw its second unit step up on both ends of the floor. Tyrique Jones, Tyson Ward and Evan Fournier took over by netting 4 each, as their team opened a 39-32 lead.
What followed was a 23-2 surge to end the second quarter, with Fournier taking his tally to 12 points as Olympiacos secured a 55-32 cushion at halftime.
“The way the team is playing right now is really good,” Fournier said. “We have a good team going and I think each and every one of us coming into the game, we are trying to have an impact on winning and that’s the most important thing.”
The Frenchman tied his career-high by recording 9 of his team’s 29 assists. For yet another game, Olympiacos shared the ball well, with 10 players getting at least 1 assist. Meanwhile, the hosts outrebounded Maccabi 40-25, with 18 offensive rebounds which led to 25 second-chance points.
The Reds reached the 100-point mark for the fourth game in a row across all competitions, with Vezenkov scoring at least 24 points in five consecutive EuroLeague games.
In that stretch, the Olympiacos forward has shot 29-for-39 from inside the arc and 16-for-25 from beyond the arc, constantly terrorizing opposing defenses. Simply put, he's inevitable.
“For one more game, we showed that our potential, our ceiling is too high, scoring 100 points again without having any crazy percentages,” head coach Georgios Bartzokas said in the post-game press conference.
Maccabi bounced back in the second half, outscoring Olympiacos 42-59, but the hosts were in control of the game throughout. Having grabbed its sixth win in seven games, the Reds have opened the double-round week as they hoped and will look to double their victories by beating Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Thursday.
However, it should be noted that Olympiacos hasn’t won at Efes since December 2017, meaning that the Turkish side will push for its eighth straight home win over the Reds.
To do so, they will need to succeed where many teams have fallen short lately: contain a red-hot Vezenkov who shows no sign of slowing down in 2026.
