So far this season, Olympiacos Piraeus has largely launched its challenge for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title through the league’s most potent offense, surpassing 80 points on 15 occasions and topping the league in points, assists, two-point shooting accuracy and Performance Index Rating.
But in Friday’s Round 20 showdown against Real Madrid at a sold-out Peace and Friendship Stadium, Georgios Bartzokas’s players thrilled their fans by winning 73-60 to create a four-way tie at the top of the standings. Perhaps one of the things that will have pleased Coach Bartzokas most is the way that his team earned the win the old-school way: through hard-fought defense.