Panathinaikos Athens tied the finals series with Olympiacos Piraeus at 1-1 after winning Game 2 67-65 on Wednesday night. After racking up 14 consecutive victories over the course of 563 days and across different competitions, both domestic and international, the Reds got a taste of their own medicine.
Olympiacos Piraeus suffered a setback in the Greek League Finals' Game 2 vs. Panathinaikos Athens as their leader, Sasha Vezenkov, was forced to leave the court in the third quarter due to an apparent right knee injury. Vezenkov was visibly in pain and received assistance to the locker room.
The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) announced the winners of the third edition of its annual Players' Choice Awards. Winners in each category are players who received the biggest majority of votes, voted exclusively by the EuroLeague players. In the latest and last installment, the MVP, Best Defender, and Best Young Player have been revealed.
Panathinaikos Athens tied the finals series with Olympiacos Piraeus at 1-1 after winning Game 2 67-65 on Wednesday night. After racking up 14 consecutive victories over the course of 563 days and across different competitions, both domestic and international, the Reds got a taste of their own medicine.
Olympiacos Piraeus suffered a setback in the Greek League Finals' Game 2 vs. Panathinaikos Athens as their leader, Sasha Vezenkov, was forced to leave the court in the third quarter due to an apparent right knee injury. Vezenkov was visibly in pain and received assistance to the locker room.
The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) announced the winners of the third edition of its annual Players' Choice Awards. Winners in each category are players who received the biggest majority of votes, voted exclusively by the EuroLeague players. In the latest and last installment, the MVP, Best Defender, and Best Young Player have been revealed.
Olympiacos Piraeus had a dominant regular season, they also had arguably the best player in the EuroLeague. However, it didn't end up in an international trophy after Real Madrid pulled off a comeback in the final. Although Sasha Vezenkov was initially sad with the ending, he now admits that the entire Olympiacos season in the EuroLeague should be celebrated.
The 2023 EuroLeague Final Four championship game had all the drama one can imagine, with Real Madrid rallying late to edge Olympiacos Piraeus 79-78 on Sunday in Kaunas. The game hero was Sergio Llull, whose only basket of the night – a high-arching mid-range jumper over Moustapha Fall with 3.1 seconds left – secured the title after Real had trailed for the previous 16 minutes.
Olympiacos forward and EuroLeague MVP, Sasha Vezenkov, and his teammates returned to Greece after a heartbreaking championship game in Kaunas, where Real Madrid veteran Sergio Llull hit a dagger to shatter Piraeus' title hopes.
After Isaiah Canaan made an open jumper with 2:16 to go, it seemed that Olympiacos Piraeus would hold off any Real Madrid's attempt to sway the game. However, in the last 136 seconds of the EuroLeague final in Kaunas, all the hard work and success in the last 10 months evaporated.
As Olympiacos Piraeus prepare for another clash with Real Madrid in a EuroLeague title game, the spotlights will target one specific player that has been making heads turn over the past weeks.
After suffering from Vasilije Micic's buzzer-beater last year, it seemed Olympiacos Piraeus could throw away another shot at the championship game this season. The regular season winners started the game slowly, and even the easiest layups didn't turn into points.
Not too long ago, he mostly watched the best basketball players from the sidelines in the biggest EuroLeague arenas, trying to solve the puzzle of his career. But after three years, he is greeted by a Euroleague legend, the league's top players, and all the spotlight is on him.
The Final Four of Kaunas tipped off with the inaugural press conference, where Sasha Vezenkov was named EuroLeague season MVP. The forward of Olympiacos Piraeus received the award from the hands of his family. In particular, his mother, his sister, and his father took the stage with him and in an emotional moment announced that he won the accolade.
A do-it-all forward who hit the ground running on opening night and didn't stop until his team was in the Final Four, Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus has been chosen by fans, media, team captains and head coaches as the MVP of the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
The championship title is encoded in every basketball player's ultimate goal projection. However, reaching the title at the highest level is not an easy task. Five players will meet in the Final Four in Kaunas, whose anticipation for the trophy has lasted almost a decade. Among them are the brightest stars of the EuroLeague.
Sasha Vezenkov has come a long way to get where he is right now. The undisputed favorite for the EuroLeague MVP award hadn't always been his team's most valuable player, even in some of his best seasons.
The votes have been counted, and the identities of the five players who make up the 2022-23 All-EuroLeague First Team can be revealed! Members of the media, Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches and team captains, and fans all voted to choose the best players for the 2022-23 season.
Olympiacos Piraeus star forward Sasha Vezenkov is seriously considering the possibility of making a leap to the NBA environment this upcoming off-season and signing with the Sacramento Kings, according to an NBA insider Marc Stein. Per the same report, Stein notes one source believes a deal between the two sides is "trending toward inevitable."
Sasha Vezenkov has cemented his place in history among the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's scoring greats by capturing the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy for the 2022-23 season. The Olympiacos Piraeus forward averaged 17.24 points over 38 games this season in leading the Reds to the Final Four.
When the time comes to bring out the best you have, some players rise up to the occasion while others fold. Even though the reasons are different in each case, there's no denying that some players did not live up to the expectations. Before noting the worst performers, let's focus on the players who exceeded the initial prognosis and were among the best in all of the playoffs.
Olympiacos Piraeus forward Sasha Vezenkov played a crucial Game 5 against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in the Peace and Friendship Stadium. Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown came to the game to see the potential addition to his team live. In the middle of the match, the specialist talked with the Greek media during halftime.
While Game 3 against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul was already underway in Istanbul, Olympiacos Piraeus and especially Sasha Vezenkov were being discussed for completely different reasons in the United States. Sacramento Kings GM Monty McNair gave a press conference to mark the Bulgarian forward as the NBA's top player for 2023 and one of the questions he received was about the 28-year-old.
