Armani-Olympiakos: In Milan, for the second “double”

In the Italian north with an opponent Armani Milan finds him Olympic the first duty of her first EuroLeague doubleheader season.

The “red and white”, oppose (21:45, News Bulletin 247, sportfm.gr and Novasports4) with the team of… old friends Kyle Hines and Milan Tomic, in the 3rd match of the competition and they want to return to positive results, after the home defeat by Barcelona. At the same time, his players Giorgos Bartzokas, will seek their second away win in as many games this year, after that of the premiere against Panathinaikos at OAKA. In a very difficult period for them, due to the strain that exists from consecutive games and absences due to injuries.

The positive thing for the doubles of Greece is that in tonight’s match they will have reinforcements. THE Luke Sikma he traveled normally with the squad arriving last night in Milan on a charter flight as he got over the calf hematoma and trained normally yesterday. The same thing happened with him Nigel Williams-Goss, who suffered from a biceps spasm, but is much better. The participation of the American playmaker will be decided shortly before the jamball. Absent, is o Shaquille McKissickwho still needs 2-3 weeks to return from his injury.

Armani, who have only played once in the competition due to the postponement of last week’s match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, are looking for their first win tonight. In the opener, they lost 85-82 in overtime to Fenerbahce in Istanbul. Ettore Messina will not have the injured available to him tonight Mount Law, Billy Barron and Devon Hall. This year’s line-up naturally relies on its biggest summer addition, Nikola Mirotic, while Alex Poithres has added more quality and dynamism to the front line. Pangos and Tonut are the players who stand out in the region, while Meli, Shields, Voigtman and Hines want significant attention.

Referees of today’s match are Matej Bolthauser (Slovenia), Leandro Lothano (Argentina) and Carlo Cortes (Spain).

Tradition

Tonight is the 28th meeting between the two teams at Euroleague and Champions Cup level, since 1996. Olympiacos leads with 18-9 in victories, while in the games that have been played on Italian soil, the “red and white” have won six times and Armani seven times.

*With tonight’s participation, o Kyle Hines reaches 393 in the EuroLeague and passes Paulius Iankounas, who stopped at 392, for first place all-time.