Olimpia took the first punch but this time was unable to absorb it. Olympiacos’ three-point shooting in the first half was amazing, the defense too passive and the game was controlled by the league-leading Olympiacos since the very first possessions. Olimpia responded when it was too late with a barrage of three-pointers, steals and good defensive possessions, it was even capable to shrink the margin from 18 to five points down in the fourth quarter but it was not enough to pose a serious threat to the home team. The final score was 87-80. Andrew Goudelock led all the scorers with 20 points braking loose in the fourth period when he finally made three consecutive threes after a three-point play on his way to a 14-point fourth quarter outburst that came too late. Kaleb Tarczewski, 12 points and six rebounds, was the most consistent throughout the game playing with more responisibility than ever becaus of Arturas Gudaitis’ absence. Olimpia missed too many open shots (it was 1 for 9 from three in the first half), for a while missed event too many fouls shots and unforced turnovers plagued its game. Mindaugas Kuzminskas in his debut was a little rusty, missed foul shots and was a little tentative but that was expected, generally speaking he was active, drawed six fouls and played his classic all-around game. “This game was not good. So far we have been able to play up to anybody level in this EuroLeague but tonight we didn’t believe enough. We started the game too soft defensively, made easy mistakes offensively, missed foul shots. When you play on this court, in order to compete, you have to play a different type of game. We missed some players that we need to recover, somebody is working to regain his shape and our moment is not good”, Coach Pianigiani said after the game.