THE Armani Milan made the surprise of the competition and put a brake on the formed one Monaco beating her 98-80 in the Principality for the 30th matchday of the Euroleague. Ettore Messina’s side made it 13 wins and are again in contention for tenth place, while the losers missed the chance to move up to second by taking advantage of Barcelona’s defeat by Fenerbahce.
Great performance by Nikola Mirotic with 21 points, followed by Maodo Lo with 15 for the winners. THE Alpha Dialo had 17 points for Monaco, while o Mike James was held to 10 on 1/9 shooting and 4 turnovers.
The match
Milan showed from the beginning determined to fight for the advantage (0-6), but Monaco with … exclusive scorer Lloyd quickly equalized (10-10) and with the awakening of the award-winning James overtook, 20-17. The visitors, however, closed the quarter with an impressive 10-0 run to take a seven-point lead, 20-27. The Italian team not only continued to control the situation, but with the trio of Meli, Lo and Tonut closed the half with an impressive +14, 44-58, while the hosts had a non-existent defense.
Messina’s team continued to hold the reins of the game reaching +19 (50-69), until the defense of the home team tightened and Diallo and Walker reduced the difference to single digits at the end of the third period, 67- 76, but also at six at the beginning of the fourth, 70-76. The visitors, however, had the answers with Mirotic and stepped on the gas to reach +15 (70-85) and clean up the match.
Ten minutes: 20-27, 44-58, 67-76, 80-98
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Source: Sport Fm
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