He cut off the hopes of first place in Barcelona the Armani!
The already eliminated Milan team prevailed 84-76 of the “blaugrana”, who retreated to 22-11while this also means that the Olympic can finish in… worst second!
On the other hand, Messina’s total rose to 15-18by Napier to be the leader with 18 points.
For the Catalans, the first scorer was Kuric with 17 points.
The match
It was a derby from the start, as the two teams kept pace (12-11), until the 5th minute. Barcelona then escaped +7 (12-19), with Armani reducing with Hines (18-21), at the end of the first period.
Strong start from the Italians in the second quarter, with Baron and Meli sending them to +4 (30-26), at 16′. The “blaugrana” reacted and equalized (34-34), but Napier’s three-pointer at the end, sent Armani to the locker room with +3 (39-36).
With the “hot” Napier, the Milan team went to +8 (49-41) in the first four minutes of the second half. Higgins temporarily gathered the difference (49-45), but Armani responded immediately and taking control closed the third period at +10 (58-48).
Barron and Ritchie sent the hosts to +15 (69-54) at the start of the fourth quarter and with Napier entering the… equation, they even escaped to +16 (77-61) in the 36th minute. In the final minutes, Armani held on and took the final victory 84-76.
The quarters: 18-21, 39-36, 58-48, 84-76
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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