In the first match of the Final Four held at the Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, the Greek representative Olympiakos and the French team Monaco faced each other.
Starting the match well and leading the first quarter 20-14, Monaco went to the locker room with a 41-29 advantage.
Starting the second half with aggressive defense, Olympiakos took the lead 43-41 with a 14-0 run. Giving their opponent only two points in this quarter, the Greek team went ahead 56-43 in the last quarter. Dominating the game against his opponent, who reduced the gap to single digits again in the last quarter, Olympiakos won the hall 76-62 and got the final ticket.
Olimpiakos will face the winner of the Barcelona-Real Madrid match in the final match to be played on Sunday, May 21.
In the Greek representative, Sasha Vezenkov played with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, Kostas Papanikolaou 15 points and 8 rebounds. In Monaco, Mike James finished with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, Elie Okobo 17 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
Olympiakos chasing 4th title
Olympiacos, which finished the regular season as the leader of the THY Europa League and reached the final by beating Monaco, will be on the court for the 4th championship in its history on Sunday.
The Greek representative, who eliminated Fenerbahçe Beko in the play-off stage, had his name written on the top in 1997, 2012 and 2013 in the number one cup of European basketball at the club level.