Armani Milano suffocated Baskonia with its defense

He reacted after the defeat by Panathinaikos AKTOR n Armani Milan!

Putting in one of their best and most accomplished performances of the season, Ettore Messina’s side prevailed more easily than Baskonia’s 76-67 final at the Mediolanum Forum for Matchday 17 of the EuroLeague shows.

With a defense for…seminar, the Italians even got to +24 midway through the third period, before relaxing in the finale and allowing the Basques to cut into the final score.

The first scorer for the winners who climbed to 7-10 was Nicholas Meli with 21 points, while closely followed by Voigdman and Slacker with 19 and 14 points respectively.

For the Spaniards who fell to 9-8, stood out the Monk and Sedekerskis who had 14 and 12 points respectively.

The match:

With great mood and energy she entered the game Armani Milan, taking the reins of the match early on and the absolute control of the match. Playing defense for a seminar in the first five minutes of the first period, the Italians could and built with the… good evening double digit difference for 14-3 at 5′. With Flacantori and Voigdman still “hot” they managed to react to a small outbreak of Baskoniaclosing the first quarter at +8 for 20-12.

The scene was similar in the second period, with Ettore Messina’s team entering with the foot pressed on the gas and… disappearing into the horizon. With six collected points by Tonut, as well as consecutive three-pointers by Flacantori and Meli shortly after, Armani Milano jumped the gap at +18 (34-18) at 14′! The Basques were unable to find rhythm in attack and keep up with the Italians’ fast pace, with Sendekerskis the only one struggling from Ivanovic’s side. In the end, the gap remained at these levels, with Armani going in the locker room with a 46-31 advantage.

Not even in the third period did things and the image of the match change, as, as in the other two quarters, in this one as well, the guests entered in impressive style! It is characteristic that in the first five minutes they ran an individual score of 11-2, increasing the difference for the first time to +24 and 57-33! Costello and Moneke all they managed for Baskonia was to reduce to 60-48 in the quarter, keeping the team alive in the claim of the match.

Despite any efforts by the Spaniards to get back into the game in the fourth and final period, the gap never dropped below 10 points (only in the final), with Armani Milano managing the match superbly to take the win and the pink card with the final 76-67.

The quarters: 20-12, 46-31, 60-48, 76-67.

See here the statistics of the match.