He found her… bushy Armani Milan and smiled again after almost 1.5 months n Villerban!
Taking advantage of the many and important absences of the Milanese, Pierik Poupé’s team prevailed with relative comfort 81-77 of the Italians in the newly built “LDLC Arena” of Lyon for the 27th matchday of the Euroleague, with the French “unstuck” after a long time from the last place in the standings!
First scorer for the winners, who rose to 6-21, was Loverne with 17 points, with De Colo and Mike Scott to add 13 and 12 points respectively.
As for his team Ettore Messina, dropped to 11-16, effectively paying for the absences of Tonut, Napier, Mirotic, Baron and Flakadori. The one who stood out tonight for the Italians was Devon Hall with 19 points.
The following matchday, Villeurbanne travels to Athens for the game with Panathinaikos AKTOR at OAKA (03/08, 21:45) for the 28th matchday of the competition.
The match:
An excellent first quarter was performed by Villerban in Lyon’s newly built ‘LDLC Arena’, with the hosts entering with tremendous energy and concentration in defense and attack. Having shut down Armani Milano’s offensive “assets” and with versatility in the attack, the French closed the first period at +9 for 22-13.
With a basket by Mike Scott in the 12th minute, Pierik Poupe’s team kept the difference at the same level (24-16), showing that they were in full control of the pace. However, somewhere, there, an Italian outburst led by McGruder brought the difference to 2 (26-24) at 14′. Villerban responded with a 9-0 run of their own through Loverne and Caballero, blowing the lead at +11 (35-24)! In the last two minutes of the half, the visitors managed to close the gap thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Devon Hall, with both teams heading into the locker room with score 39-35.
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Villeurbanne’s start was strong at the beginning as well second half, where with Paris Lee’s three-pointer and Lovern’s shots, they escaped again with 9 points (44-35). Despite the fact that Armani found a rhythm in the attack, having many protagonists to put the ball in the opponent’s basket, the home team maintained the difference at high prices with relative ease, closing the third quarter at +6 for 62-56.
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A three-pointer by Maodo Lo early in the fourth and final period cut Ettore Messina’s team to within 62-59, showing that the match will become a derby and will be decided in the final. However, Villeurbanne were in no mood to get involved and with an improbable 14-0 run led by Mike Scott, they blew the lead at +17 (76-59) at 35′! And while everything seemed to be over, one Italian counterattack in the last minutes they brought the match to a razor’s edge, with Lo in the finale missing a three-pointer to equalize and then in “dead time” Ediage from the line of the shots formed the final 81-77.
The quarters: 22-13, 39-35, 62-56, 81-77
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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