The two men scored 12 of Olympiacos’s 22 points in the fourth quarter and 25 of their team’s 41 points in the second half.
Walkup and Petrusev stepped up for the Reds in second half to down Bayern
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Olympiacos Piraeus completed a perfect double-round week by edging past FC Bayern Munich 72-76 following a tough defensive battle at BMW Park on Thursday night. With the game turning into an exchange of blows from the off, both teams needed players to step up and make crucial plays in the second half.
Nick Weiler-Babb nailed a step-back triple to beat the halftime buzzer and Bayern took a 38-35 lead into the second half. Both defenses tightened up after the break and that’s when Olympiacos saw Thomas Walkup and Filip Petrusev come to the fore, with the two men combining smoothly in the paint to make the difference.
Walkup netted just 3 points before the break, while Petrusev scored just one basket. Yet, the former ended the game on a team-high 16 points and produced 8 assists, most of which turned into Petrusev baskets.
“I felt like there was lots of space,” Walkup said after the game. “I felt like I was playing at my pace. It feels really good when you score, you are making a play and everybody in your team is hyping you up saying ‘Good job’, ‘Keep being aggressive’, ‘That’s it’. When you feel good and you have your teammates’ support, that’s all you can ask for.”
Meanwhile, Petrusev scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, having gone 6-for-7 from inside the arc and a perfect 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. Walkup nailed a triple that was followed by a bucket to give Olympiacos a 47-48 lead late in the third quarter. Then, he dished an assist for Petrusev’s second basket of the night before scoring another one from inside to take his tally to 12 points and made it 50-52 with 39 seconds remaining. Yet, the highlight of the night came when he lobbed the ball for Petrusev, who beat the third-quarter buzzer with a volleyball move.
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The two men scored 12 of Olympiacos’s 22 points in the fourth quarter and 25 of their team’s 41 points in the second half, making the difference when it mattered most. Walkup was instrumental throughout the last 20 minutes, with his teammate, Ignas Brazdeikis, being full of praise for the Olympiacos guard after the game. “That’s what we need from [Walkup],” Brazdeikis noted. “To be aggressive like that in every game. He’s such a great leader on and off the court and I’m really happy that he led the way for us and he came out huge.”
Having won both its games this week, Olympiacos will travel to Spain, where it will face Valencia Basket next Thursday. This is expected to be another tight duel between two high-class defenses, but Walkup and Petrusev demonstrated on Thursday night that Olympiacos can produce different heroes in each game.