Tyler DORSEY started, as in the last Eurobasket with the Greek national team, punishing Real Madrid with a basket after another to score 16 points in a first season that shook the calm of the Movistar Arena, eager to receive with open arms his team and his new coach, after two consecutive losses, the first in the Super Cup against Valencia, and the last one in Euro.
They awakened despite all the whites, which matched the physical deployment of the Greeks thanks, among others, the Argentine Gabriel Deck and his effort in painting. It was then that the match, second day of the Euroleague 2025/26, went to rest with the reduced Helena advantage of 12 to six points.
The whites returned with energy from the changing rooms and, after several minutes of success in the shot of Mario Hezonja, always elegant back to the hoop, a triple by Alberto Abalde in the Ecuador of the third quarter provided the first advantage of the match for the premises.
It was ephemeral, then, Olympiacos resumed the leadership thanks to the superiority in the rebound, especially in the rival basket, and began the last quarter with a five -point income, almost identical to that obtained in the intermediate.
Madrid knew how to react, and with a defined defense, led by German David Kramer, an inseparable shadow of Evan Fournier, he went around the game to get the first victory of the season in Europe (89-77).
The Scariolo will return to Movistar Arena this Sunday (12.30) to receive in the league debut to the Gran Canaria. Four days later, whites will repeat locia on Goya Street to receive, this time in Europe, the French Asvel.
