Barcelona vs Olympiacos Preview: In the Euro League Playoffs quarterfinal match, Barcelona and Olympiacos Piraeus will square off against each other for the final game at the Palau Blaugrana.
After a huge loss of 92-58 at road in the recent encounter, Barcelona get levelled up by 2-2 in this five-game series. In this game 5, Barcelona has the advantage of home court to secure the next round of this tournament.
Olympiacos Piraeus, on the other hand, hasn’t played better in the initial three games but their recent performance boosts them to fight for game 5 and secure this series.
Barcelona vs Olympiacos Game Info
- Date: Thursday 9th May 2024
- Time: 12:30 AM IST
- How to Watch Live: Ten Sports, FanCode
- Venue: Spain
- Arena: Palau Blaugrana
BAR vs OLY Possible Starting Five
Barcelona (BAR) Possible Starting 5: Jan Vesely, Nikola Kalinic, Tomas Satoransky, Nicolas Laprovittola, Jabari Parker
Olympiacos Piraeus (OLY) Possible Starting 5: Thomas Walkup, Isaiah Canaan, Moustapha Fall, Alec Peters, Luke Sikma
BAR vs OLY Match Preview
Barcelona Team Updates (2-2):
- Barca has an outstanding home record of 15-2 this season, which will give them confidence to move on in the competition. In the previous three seasons, Barcelona made it to the final four.
- Barcelona suffered a 34-point loss to Olympiacos in Game 4 of the Euro league season, their worst defeat in four years.
- After winning the first quarter (23–21), they got off to a strong start, but their shooting percentage dropped. Their leading scorer, Jabari Parker, finished with 10 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.
- One advantage for Barcelona is that a visiting team has never won the game five of the Euro League playoffs.
Olympiacos Piraeus Team Updates (2-2):
- Olympiacos struggled against Barcelona in the regular season, losing both at home and away. However, in the playoffs, they have caught up with them, with one home game and one away.
- Olympiakos shot 58 percent from two and 50 percent from three in Game 4, adding 33 points to Barcelona in the final three quarters.
- In game four, Shaquielle McKissic was the man of the match, scoring 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists.
- Giannoulis Larentzakis injured his ankle in game four but has been included in the team for this trip. In this series, the Olympiacos have an average of 79.5 points and shoot 50% from the field.
BAR vs OLY Injury Updates
- Barcelona (BAR): No Injuries
- Olympiacos Piraeus (OLY): Giannoulis Larentzakis (questionable), Michalis Lountzis (questionable)
Barcelona vs Olympiacos Winning Prediction
- In their most recent back to Barcelona, Olympiacos have been successful as they came back huge 34-point trail victory in the fourth game. The Olympiacos had also made the last four in the previous two seasons, and they were finalists last year.
- But Barcelona lost only two regular-season Euro league games in front of their home crowd. Expect them to recover from Game 4 and clinch the game 5 and advanced to this tournament.
BAR vs OLY Last 10 H2H Match-up
- Barcelona (BAR): 5 games won
- Olympiacos Piraeus (OLY): 5 games won
BAR vs OLY Team Squads
Barcelona (BAR): Nicolas Laprovittola, Tomas Satoransky, Rokas Jokubaitis, Dario Brizuela, Oscar Da Silva, Jabari Parker, Willy Hernangomez, Jan Vesely, Kasparas Jakucionis, Dayan Nessah, Elhadji Dame-Sarr, Ricky Rubio, Oriol Pauli, Joel Parra, Alex Abrines, Nikola Kalinic, James Nnaji
Olympiacos Piraeus (OLY): Isaiah Canaan, Nigel Williams-Goss, Thomas Walkup, Kostas Papanikolaou, Shaquielle Mckissic, Alec Peters, Moustapha Fall, Filip Petrusev, Luke Sikma, Veniamin Abosi, Georgios Tanoulis, Anastasios Rozakeas, Naz Mitrou-Long, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Michalis Lountzis, Ignas Brazdeikis, Moses Wright, Nikola Milutinov
BAR vs OLY Dream11 Team
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