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@rapolaszinevicius

Жыл бұрын

2022 KMT 3rd place game Rytas - Šiauliai

@gurovag

Жыл бұрын

USA vs Greece 2006 japan

@showdown1324

Жыл бұрын

Great video guys, thanks! Is it possible to not "spoil" the game before you guys start watching or would that not fit with concept of the video series? I never heard of this final or have seen it, so having all the possible drama, twists and tension out at minute 1:33 was a little bit frustrating. In my opinion walking us through the game in "real time" seems more exciting and keeps newer basketball fans more engaged. Rest of the video was still very entertaining and you guys got the usual thumbs up of course.

@avitalha

Жыл бұрын

Maccabi's biggest win against Bologna in Tel Aviv in the finals

@Sarraqin

Жыл бұрын

A game that not a lot of people will remember, but is definitely worth re-watching is the 2007 EL semifinal between Panathinaikos and Tau Ceramica. Massive defensive masterclass by Zeljko against a very talented offensive team that included Scola, Prigioni, Rakocevic, Planinic and Splitter.

after 11 years, i ' m still crying at the last shot. The greatest Euroleague miracle ever.

@user-dd5cm4ue1l

Жыл бұрын

ΡεΕεεεεεεεεεε τ

The story of Printezis is even more interesting. Having no secured time during the star packed era of Oly that won nothing, he signed for Malaga. When he had the terrible injury and was released, he signed for the Greek playoffs for Olympiakos (during their last high spending year, imagine the guards were Papaloukas Spanoulis Teodosic Halperin) just to get back to shape and close the year and did not impress. During that summer when the team was dismantled (and the owners considered leaving) the story is that he just walked in the Aggelopoulos brothers office and told them just say a number and i will sign. Printezis was an Olympiakos fan as a kid and a member of the men’s team since he was 15 but until that summer he was an ok role player for a good team and not even the star of a lesser team. Story also goes that during that summer he did extra practices with his trainer all summer long in his island of Syros. He came back a different player but even after that shot nobody could expect he would evolve into a EuroLeague legend. It looks like this EuroLeague completely liberated him.

@bbekiaris

Жыл бұрын

The only thing I want to add here is that Duda wasn't a fan either. It wasn't a coach's decision to add him to the team. The remaining year and the summer was working extra hours.

@DimShamrock

Жыл бұрын

Tell the story of the CSKA-Panathinaikos Semifinal too. There was literally a top 10 of "Referee Mistakes" in that match at one point. I don't know if it still exists. They robbed us badly in that game. Kirilenko was on fire, but CSKA had HEAVY influence on the refs that season. Which made that ending, a bit enjoyable.

@bbekiaris

Жыл бұрын

@@DimShamrock Yeah. Too bad that Panathinaikos didn't make it to the final. Oly winning the championship against CSKA is a really good story but winning a championship against Pana would be better.

@DimShamrock

Жыл бұрын

@@bbekiaris There is no way of knowing that Billy. 😉

@bbekiaris

Жыл бұрын

@@DimShamrock Indeed there is no Way. Let's say that it is how i wanted to be 😂😂😂😂

Team of destiny guys... 🚩🚩

@anonymos59

2 ай бұрын

❤

This video gives me goosebumps every f@cking time as an olumpiakos fan🔴⚪

Olympiacos - Real 100-88 during 2013 at O2 Arena London city, the 1st quarter ended 10-27 so basically Olympiacos had a run up score 90 - 61 in 3 quarters !!! Not to mention the massive block of Papanikolaou and Hines on ''soft butter'' Mirotic Back to back champs !!!!!!!!!!!!

@anonymos59

2 ай бұрын

Agreed On first half Real players were confident and arrogant that they will have an easy game. On the second half OLY and Spanoulis crashed them Also Spanoulis made 5 threes on second half and won the final four MVP award Best final

Iconic match,totally agree,it was the best final in eurolegue history.

I remember watching this match with my father and we both blacked out celebrating after the shot we didn't even get to see the CSKA inbound 😂running up and down the house

This game teaches that if one has the right mentality, if one is confident, doesnt quit and fight, everything is possible. I started playing competitive basketball after this final. Thank you Giorgo, thank you Vasili, thank you Kosta and thank you Duda. I shed a tear everytime of the thousands of times i have watched this. That is the best and most influencial day of my life.

@vaggelisbasoukas7928

Жыл бұрын

THIS GAME WAS FIXED AF

@angelijazz7243

Жыл бұрын

​@@vaggelisbasoukas7928 Χαχαχ..ρε'συ φίλε όντως το πιστεύεις?Τι AF.. Δες πως μπαίνει και βγαίνει η μπάλα στις ελεύθερες βολές του Σισκάουσκας. 50 φορές να τις ξαναεκτελέσει με παρόμοια καμπύλη,τις 49 τουλάχιστον η μία θα μπει μέσα. Προφανώς και θέλει να τις βάλει. Δες πως το νικητήριο σουτ μπαίνει κυριολεκτικά στο 0,αν η μπάλα αντίστοιχα δεν έμπαινε μέσα στο σουτ του Πρίντεζη τι θα γινόταν..? Δε γνωρίζεις ούτε από μπάσκετ ούτε από στησίματα. Η ΤΣΣΚΑ πλήρωσε το γεγονός της υπέρμετρης σιγουριάς ότι το ματς είναι τελειωμένο στο -19 και χαλάρωσε πνευματικά.Οταν συνειδητοποίησε στα τελευταία λεπτά πως υπάρχει μια μικρή πιθανότητα να το χάσει ήταν αργά να μπορέσει να επανέλθει πνευματικά,και παίκτες με θολή συγκέντρωση τους κέρδισε ο φόβος.Υπερταλαντουχο ρόστερ αλλά δεν είχε εναν παίκτη ηγέτη τύπου Kill Bill ή 3d για να την πάρει από το χέρι στα κρίσιμα λεπτά να την ηρεμήσει.Ο Τεόντοσιτς ποτέ δεν ηγέτης,άλλο αν τον βάφτισαν. Και φυσικά και ο Ολυμπιακός είχε και όλη τη τύχη με το μέρος του προς το τέλος. Αντίστοιχες αφύσικες ανατροπές για τους ίδιους ακριβώς λόγους έχει κάνει και η Εθνική στο παρελθόν

@minassigalas2268

Жыл бұрын

@@vaggelisbasoukas7928 yes, CSKA the richest club in Euroleague fixed the final. Just accept that it was the biggest comeback in European Basketball and let aside the conspiracy theories.

@user-sj2nf7ju7t

8 ай бұрын

@@minassigalas2268conspiracy?? Ok I am pretty sure you haven’t seen the semi finals with Panathinaikos .

@sotiriskordas1072

Ай бұрын

​@@user-sj2nf7ju7tyou are talking about a different game that CSKA was helped be the refs and actually claim that this is proof opympiacos won unfairly a fixed game? Man the contradiction here is so blatant I am impressed how you don't see it. So they wanted to help CSKA go to the final but that was because it was fixed for Olympiacos? Are you serious?

Really good concept guys! As a Greek I especially enjoyed it! Loved the analysis and the background stories and rumours!

Nice video guys! About the Printezis signature shot: Its absolutely not inefficient if done correctly! You release the ball much faster than a "normal" hook shot or a layup and this gives you a big advantage on the defender. But the important part about Printezis is that he developed it ambidextrously! Meaning he could execute it with both hands, equally well. Thats why he was almost unguardable in the post in his prime years. He could turn from any angle and shoot faster than anyone could react

The Team of Destiny...🇬🇷🏆

Every time i watch a video about this final i get goosebumps

Olympiacos vs Panathinaikos 2016 Greek Championship finals game 4 was also quite insane, would love to see it in a future video!

I remember that on 53-34 I stopped watching because I was in another country and with time zone it was already late, so I turned off the TV. I even wrote on Facebook '' If there will be a turn over of the game, wake me up'' and I went to sleep.The next morning I went online to check the final score and I was shocked by the fact and the way we won, that I started crying in my office. It felt like I betrayed my team and it was an awful feeling. I was happy and sad at the same time. Not to mention the comments that I got for my post. ''Wake up'', ''I hope that you didn't go to sleep finally'' and so on. From that point , I never did that again. It proved that the mentality of Duda, made that team a ''Refuse to lose'' one....The next year we won the Euroleague again with Bartzokas, but the team was the creation of Ivkovic.

One of the best finals ever. Another great game is the Greece vs USA in 2006 World Basketball Semifinal. Great moments.

man.. i remember watching this game with my father on his laptops, i have been between 6-7 years old back then and was crying when olympiacos was down by like 19 and we both didn't believe that we'll have any chance to win that game, so i went to my bedroom trying to sleep, after a few minutes i went back to my father to see the score and my father said "STAY SON, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING" we watched the final minutes full of adrenaline and after the player of CSKA missed both free throws at the score of 61-60, we both were holding our breath and after printenzis made that last shot and it went in, we screamed the hell out of ourselves and i was cheering on the floor😂 nostalgia!!

This is an amazing video concept. Just loved it!!

Nice video guys! I wanted to add something to your conversation. First of all Acie Law was guarding Gordon because in the previous game against Barcelona , he sprained his ankle, you can see after Printezis shot he is standing on one feet. Teodosic didn't want to shoot the last free throws because in the previous game against panathinaikos lost two free throws in the last seconds of the game and finally, In Greece it is said that Duda asked the players to foul anyone but no Siska in the last possession of CSKA.. Greetings from Greece ✌️

The best Euroleague match that I ever seen and especially as Olympiacos fan… good job guys

great mic possitioning donatas xD. Nice idea guys, keep up the good work! Also next years final vs Real Madrid was a great comeback!! + the semis vs CSSKA 2017 with another milos bad game

Printezis hit that iconic shot against a (good) coach, that used to forbid him taking a shot this way, when he was at OLY!! xD Papanikolaou aged 19 at that time, could have been chosen easily as the MVP of the tournament. For many OLY fans, this game healed and old wound from the final against Badalona, back in the 90's.There are only a handful of coaches in the History of the game, that could have done what Duda (RIP) did and said in that timeout, at the end of the 3rd period. Thank you guys, great video!! * down -19 in a final and you bring in a team that averages 20 years old, taking away from them any pressure by asking them calmly just to play their way/game and setting only 1 simple goal: Try and bring down the scoring difference close to -10 until the end of the quarter. This could have easily turn from tragedy to comedy, under any other situation. Printezis said in an interview that the final play, was the first play they learned at the begining of the season, a flex play for a fast attack between him and Spanoulis.

The best, most unbelievable, most innovative, most incredible, most unpredictable, game, I ever saw. The one in a million games...! Period.

I was 7 and at that time it was hard for me to stay awake these hours but as an Olympiacos fan I tried to stay awake and watch the game. I remember falling asleep by the end of the 3rd quarter. When I woke up I just assumed that we've lost and that we were humiliated, but I didn't care so I wore my Olympiacos scarf and went to school wearing it. The best moment of my life was when my best friend (who's a Panathinaikos fan) sang the Olympiacos anthem as we had bet the previous day and that's how I learned that we were European champions. Oh maaan the chiiiilss. I can't thank these players, the owners enough for those moments. Let's get the 4th one this year!!! 🔴⚪️

Teodosic ditch Olympiakos for CSKA only because he thought he had bigger chances of winning Euroleague just to lose in the finals against Olympiakos lol

@panoskakkavas4022

2 ай бұрын

4 φορές στη σειρά κιόλας .

I accidentally broke my bathroom door during celebrations, seconds after the final shot. This team made a lot of grown men cry that day. Goosebumps to this day.

Ποιητικό τέλος πραγματικά δεν υπάρχει άλλη εξήγηση

@foivoslegrand5445

Жыл бұрын

Θαυμάσιο σχόλιο !

i remember crying as a 9 years old boy in minus 19 and after the threes of Sloukas and Mantzaris to scream that we will beat them even though they had and the help of the refs.Finally,Printezis with this shot made me jumping of joy and singing olympiakos anthem for hours.This year will be again Champions.Bet it

As an Oly fan, this day will forever be engraived in my mind. Do more of these retro sit-downs! :)

You should definitely do the games Partizan-Huventud(1992 Euroleague final), Partizan-Cibona(2010 ABA league final) and Jugoslavia-Argentina(2002 World Cup final)

great video guys i can tell that you like olympiacos and i really appreciate that because there aren't any channels talking about basketball and olympiacos like you guys do! greetings from greece!

This should be a regular concept,trip down the memory lane with great commentary

Next up: 2013, Olympiacos- Efes, playoffs, do or die game 5 in Greece. Olympiacos down by 15... The turnaround which finally lead to the back to back titles of Olympiacos. Even the final this year is amazing considering Olympiacos beat Real 100-88 been down 17 points (10-27) at the end of the first period.

Greece 9 Euroleague titles, 1 Champions League and 3 Intercontinental cups, plus the national team 1 Eurobasket gold in 2005, bronze in 2009 and silver in the WC of 2006 defeating team USA of Lebron. The biggest European powerhouse in basketball for the past 25 years if you add the achievements of Giannis in the NBA and Spanoulis&Diamantidis&Papaloukas in the Euroleague. Greece for its small size and mediocre economy has MAD success in the sporting world! 161 medals at the Olympics in 15 different sports. A country of 10 million.

Thank you guysfor this great video. And thankyou for the trivia. Especially on 21:28 I would add only,and you know if very well, that this was a "signature move" by Printezis. It was stupid by the coach to try to cut it out of player's game

The best player in this match was by far Papanikolaou. He was the guy that changed the narrative. Of course he couldn't do that without the rest of the guys...ending to Spanoulis (the terror of European basketball) to give the pass (as he knew that everyone would expect him to take the shot) to Printezis!

I was working at night that day and couldn't watch the match. When somebody came to the place i worked and told me that we won, i was in complete disbelief! CSKA was a juggernut that year and later, when i saw how we beat them, i was immediately convinced that it was destiny. Fate gave us what it deprived us in 1994 against Badalona, when we were by far the best team in the final...

Still gives me goosebumps.. I was at that final four. Great atmosphere and even better games. It felt good that passion and heart beat money in that final

This is an amazing idea and project, hope to see more basketnews retro

Fun Fact, CSSKA never managed to beat Olympiakos in final four after this game. Got bounced 3 consecutive times in final four.

Greece vs France 2005 Eurobasket semifinal was the only other game i can remember that had more dramatic finish than this one.

@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas

8 ай бұрын

How about Greece vs US 2006 ?

Unforgettable.

What a memory you brought back guys, I was in tears and voiceless for hours after that game! ❤️🤍

Very nice concept guys!! Generally, very good and objective videos. All the respects have to go to Duda , one of the greatest Head coaches (RIP).

I remember very well, before that serious injury he had in Malaga, Printezis would dunk nonstop, he had big hops, and would always show it. After the injury, it took some time for him to recover, he became a very technical player, and developed a great hook shot and many other great attributes.

Congratulations to the channel real good job! Loved the stories from behind the scenes!

Olympiacos has played some of the most iconic games in history of the Euroleague... The most recent in my opinion was the 5th game of playoffs 2022 against Monaco... It was a crazy offensive game.... We had to score 100 points to win the game... And additionally the atmosphere in stadium.... 20,000 people in a stadium which officially had 13,000seats.... It was like playing in hell (as Kevin Durant said)....

For the older Olympiacos fans... the 2012 🏆 trophy win was the compensation of destiny, for the 1994 🏆 trophy loss.

@Manouil_III

Жыл бұрын

Now I notice that, *'FIBA - The Basketball Channel'* have removed, for some reason, the 1994 final from channel's related playlist of finals 🤔, shame...

@user-ix9hz1hz7f

Жыл бұрын

Bro the 94 final destroyed our chilhood years

@panos.fasoulas

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ix9hz1hz7f yeah I think it was a Thursday. 2 days ago we have beaten the first ever rivalry in Europe against pao . I will never forget zarko loosing the free throws and Thompson hitting the 3 pointer. I was 9 and it was the first time I cried for my favourite team. The Olympiakos Basketball Team. The Team of Fuckin Destiny!!

@truthhearer6323

Жыл бұрын

You got your payback for 1994 in game 3 vs CSKA in 1995 :)))))

Bravo guys!!!!🔥🔥🔥

Great video, thank you! I remember I felt completely hopeless during the game, CSKA was so much better and the difference in size and talent was huge. However those young guys Sloukas and Mantzaris with their defence caused confusion in CSKA leading them to many turnovers and bad decisions. Some big 3s mainly from Papanikolaou and the last minute of course, it's definitely the greatest story and upset in Euroleague. I remember watching this in my dorm room in London, alone. I was rewarded next year when the FF4 came to London and watched the B2B title in the stadium!

Big respect to Lithuanian fans. Best crowd in Europe for me wt respect and passion in the same time

Look at the size of those shorts. Glorious.

Really cool new format :) keep it up guys

I love this video! Would love to see you guys all watch some classic games!

One of the best moments of my life

amazing idea and project. And thank you for the game you choose as a olympiacos fan i love that game

great format. keep them coming.

Great idea for this section,guys!!!Also,the add of the sidestories from Donatas,was like salt in our food...Keep up,the nice work!!!We're all enjoying it!

Great content guys! It’s so much fun to relieve the memories with some nice commentary!

amazing video, great format, great people commenting, I am looking forward for other videos like this, please

Great concept guys loved it. Watching Cska vs Fener 2016 Euroleague final can be good idea. 20 point comeback, Bobby dixon, Hryapa last second shot vs. There is lots of drama

Αs Olympiakos fan my heart beat hard even now!!

@panoskakkavas4022

Жыл бұрын

ΘΡΥΛΕ ΟΛΕ , Σ'ΑΓΑΠΩΩΩΩ , ΦΕΡΤΕ ΜΑΣ ΤΟ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΟΟΟΟΟ !!!!

USA - GREECE 2006 WCSF. The GAME to remember for all greeks and european fans of basketball!!!)))))))))

I was watching this game as a soldier stationed in Cyprus( I am Greek). We were like 150-200 soldiers watching the game within the barracks and what happened after the final whistle ,well it wasn't really appropriate (as we were soldiers) :P . Thanks for the throwback , have a good day. Emmanouil

Εισαι στο μυαλο κατι μαγικο! Οπου πας εσυ θα μαι παντα εγω να σου τραγουδω!

Great content. Especially all the background information. Please more

I don’t watch Euro’s but your channel is informative and interesting

OLYMPIACOS 2012🇬🇷🏆Never forget this Final

Keep up the good work guys you are the best.

This loss is clearly on Kazlauskas. One of my favourite coaches, but you just cant loose control of your team like that.

This game is the basketball equivalent of Hitchcock's "Rear Window". I've watched it about 20 times and it still gets my heart racing every time

Spanoulis was playmaker with good decisions in 4th quarter

Great analysis and knowledge! Cheers! A great game was the euroleague final in 2002 KINDER BOLONIA - PANATHINAIKOS

@BasketNews on Ivkovic blasting at half time on Spanoulis. Duda later said during an interview that he blasted on the best player to force the wake up of the others and that he actually nodded to Spanoulis that he will do this and vasilis nodded back

2012 was also the last season we saw Printezis with not a single visible tattoo. He returned for 2012-2013 season with sleeves! :-P

I'm still crying watching these flashbacks. What a shot, what a final🥲 🔴⚪

I will never forget this match

Hi guys, I really enjoyed the video. I remember this game well. I had to watch the whole game in mute and silent because in the bedroom my wife was trying to put our 8 months old daughter to bed. Next day we went shopping for a new couch, it didn't survived the "petahtari" of big Giorgos Printezis. Thank you Duda for 1997 and 2011. May you rest in peace.

I remember as if it was yesterday; watching it with my dad in the living room. What a memory.

Till halftime pizza hadn't arrived so we were talking about leaving the house and go for a drink cause CSKA was trashing out team, fortunatelly things took a crazy turn. Kudos goes to Spanoulis for not pishing in the last second to become a hero, he opted for the most reasonable decision and that was to give the ball to Printezis, top players many times put their ego first.

The way duda and kill bill walk out of the bus to the arena in the start of the video gave me chills

Every single basketball fun of Olympiakos when he sees this match feels creepy

Goosebumps

What a game!!!

Please watch the semi finals of the next year between cska and olympiakos

CSKA - Fenerbahçe final in 2016 with the FB comeback and Khryapa's rebount at the last seconds of the game and CSKA winning in overtime.

next one we need Partizan 92' It was legendary

You should watch the 2002 final . Panathinaikos beating Kinder Bologna at their homecourt and that Bodiroga performance was actually insane

Šiška Ryti imetė 1 iš 3 pusfinalyje prieš JAV 2000m.

What an awesome channel

The most crazy game in the basketball history !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy I discovered this channel. We don't get much Euroleague coverage in the US and its BS. Imagine if Germany or Spain didn't cover Ligue 1 or the Premier League? What if France ignored their Rugby fans and never showed Gallagher Premiership, Rugby Championship nor Super League highlights? This is how US basketball fans, and young ambitious players, get isolated from some of the greatest players in the world. Thanks a bunch for what you do! 🤘🏼

@BasketNews_com

Жыл бұрын

Happy you found us! That's one of the ideas of this project - to get fans from all around the world more familiarized with both the EuroLeague & national team basketball. 🙏

I would really love to see a review of that year's semifinal between Pao and Cska. Great game and many things to discuss!

Teodosic in crucial moments of all his Final 4 matches, even the one he won in 2016 was always horrendous. His performance against Oly in the 2013 rematch was even worst then in 2014 against Maccabi more of the same, then 2015 against Oly..more of the same.

What most people don't know, is that Printezis is actually left handed. Not even Duda knew about this and found out at some point when he noticed that he was writing with his left hand, even though he shot the ball with his right lol.

Ολυμπιακος η καλύτερη ομάδα

I was there in the final, with nastas the vazelos from kanalaki.

I was 8 year old and i did not remember nothing . But i have saw it game 100 time and i continue watching it

even though it hurts (OLY fan) we need to remember this great Zalgiris team of Kazlaouskas (Edney , Boui, if i remember correctly). One among few dominating teams (Stombergas personal favourite player)

A personal recommendation would be to watch the Greek League finals 2016 games 2 & 4, more preferable game 4. You’ll definitely enjoy it.