Armani Milano shocked Barcelona by leaving “Palau Blaugrana” with a big double!

It shocked her Barcelona forcing her to her first home defeat in this year’s EuroLeague Armani Milan!

Though she struggled without those most precious to her, Mirotic and Lothe Italians made the big surprise and celebrated a great victory with 90-86, being the first team to leave with a double from the “Palau Blaugrana” in this year’s competition!

So, Armani stepped up to the 5-9 “catching” Zalgiris and Red Star in the standings, while Barcelona fell to 10-4 and now tied for second place with Virtus Bologna, three wins clear of Real Madrid.

Leading the way for the victors, who finished the game with 11 accurate three-pointers and 20/38 two-pointers, were Hall (21p,), Shields (19p), Honey (16pts, 6 rebs, 3 assists) and Slacker (15p), while for the hosts they stood out Laprovitola (16pts, 5 assists) and Kalinic (17p).

The match

With Brithuela, Satoranski, Kalinic, D Silva and Hernagometh, Roger Grimau started the match, while Ettore Messina, who did not have Mirotic, Law and Pangos available, chose for his starting five Flakadori, Shields, Ritchie, Meli and Voigtman. The visitors started hot, with Meli, Voigtman and Shields scoring consecutive 3-pointers for 9-12, while the latter made it 10-17 to reach the 9 very early, with ? from far! In fact, the impressive Armani built a double-digit lead (10-21), with Barcelona needing to run a 7-2 run to finally reduce to 19-29 of the first period.

Led by Laprovitola, Barcelona cut to 24-31 at the start of the second quarter, but Shields was unstoppable, bringing the lead back to double digits (30-43) with another 3-pointer (30-43) and making it 17 (!), for 36 -51, before Ernagometh and Satoransky reduce (40-51) for Barcelona before the end of the first half.

Barcelona responded in the third period, cutting to 49-56 with Kalinic hitting a three-pointer and 54-59 with points from Laprovitola, Vesely, but Armani defended its lead and entered the “final stretch” ahead with 68-59.

The hosts mounted their last counterattack in the fourth period, closing to within 6 (64-70) on a 3-pointer by Brithuela and shots by Vesely, but the visitors continued to find the answers, with the excellent Devon Hall making it 66-75 with a 3-pointer , reaching 17 points! Shields with a big three-pointer made it 66-75 and in the final minutes Barcelona tried but ran out of time, finally knowing the defeat with 86-90.

The quarters: 19-29, 40-51, 59-68, 86-90

The match statistics