


Olympiacos Piraeus dominated inside and shot efficiently from the outside in its 86-78 win over visiting Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, a win that clinched first place at the end of regular season for the Reds.
Olympiacos set the tone in the first half, going 12-of-15 on two-point shots, and outrebounding the visitors 25-12 in the first two quarters. It led the Reds to a 45-33 halftime lead, which they never relinquished mostly thanks to its long-range shooting after the break.
In the third and fourth quarters combined, Olympiacos was just 4-of-10 on two-point shots, but the hosts went 7-of-17 from long range, keeping the cushion safe and never allowing Baskonia closer than 4 points, before opening a 17-point fourth-quarter lead and closing out the game.
On top of all of that, Olympiacos's defense held Baskonia to just 51.4% shooting on two-pointers and 28.6% on three-pointers.
When all was said and done, Sasha Vezenkov had his eighth double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds, Kostas Papanikolaou and Kostas Sloukas combined for 31 points on 6-for-8 three-point shooting, and Thomas Walkup dished 7 assists while going scoreless on jus 2 shot attempts.
By getting key contributions from several different sources, Olympiacos led from start to finish en route to a rather comfortable win that secured it a regular-season best 24-10 record and entrance into the playoffs as the number one seed.