Armani defeated Alba Berlin 84-76 in Milan in a postponed match of the 18th game of the Euroleague and with a 12-6 record remained in the top five, leaving the Germans low at 6-12.
The match was a derby in the first half, the Italians had a small lead in the third period, but in the fourth period they escaped with double-digit differences with three different series and reached the final dominance.
Leading the winners were Datome with 15, Hines with 12 and Meli, Ritchie with 10 points. For the “albatross”, Lo stood out with 13 and Zusman with 10 points.
Alba imposed their rhythm at the beginning of the match and found the solutions in the Italian defense, when they finished at +2 in the first period.
In the second period, the Italian runner-up improved her defense and found the solutions in the pick and roll, with Datome, Hines equalized and finished the half at -2.
In the third period, Armani continued at the same pace and managed to gain a small lead with Datome, Hines continuing and now having the support of Meli, Ritchie, reaching +1 at the end of the thirty minutes.
In the fourth period, the players of Ettore Messina started to find the solutions from the periphery and with various series they reached +8 in 34 ‘and were not particularly threatened until the end of the match.
THE TEN MINUTES: 22-24, 38-40, 60-59, 84-76.
ARMANI MILAN (Messina): Honey 10 (9 rebounds), Grand 7 (1), Rodriguez 9 (2/5 three points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists), Tarzuski 8, Ritchie 10 (2/2 two points, 2/2 three points, 3 rebounds), Hall 4 (1/6 shots), Delaney 4, Daniels 3 (1), Hines 12 (4/4 two points, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds), Bentley 2, Datome 15 (3/3 two points, 3/8 three points).
BERLIN ALBA (Gonthaleth): Lo 13 (2), Da Silva 8 (4 rebounds), Smith 5 (1), Erickson 4 (0/4 three points), Snyder, Olindi 6 (6 rebounds), Koumanji 6, Sikma 9 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Blatt 9 (3/6 three points), Zusman 10 (2), Lammers 6.
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