“Bended” Armani and Maccabi enters the play-in with a win

With a good mentality, she will enter the play-ins Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In a game without scoring interest, the “people’s team” prevailed 92-86 her Armani Milanwhich after the victory of Anadolu Efes, he was formally excluded from the top ten.

With a record 20-14 the Israelis finished in seventh place, while the Messina team completed its journey in this year’s event with 15-19.

Leading for Maccabi was Wade Baldwin with 18 points, while close to the double-double o Josh Nimbo with 14 p. and 9 rebounds.

From Armani, he stood out Maodo Lo with 13 p.

The match

A better start from Maccabi, who took the early lead (11-5) and with the pace of the match picking up, went to +10 (24-14), in the 6th minute. From that point on, it was Armani’s turn to respond, getting to the basket (25-23), with Sorkin making it 27-23 in the first period.

The entire second quarter was a derby, with the hosts maintaining their lead, until Shields equalized (41-41), at 17′. In the following minutes, Mirotic and Napier put the Italians ahead (49-52), with Baldwin making it 52-52 in the first half.

The two teams matched the score for most of the third quarter, with Mirotic keeping the match at one point (67-66), until the 26th minute. There, Maccabi countered with Rivero for +6 (72-66), which gave them the boost to close the period at +7 (77-70).

The “people’s team” continued just as well in the fourth quarter, with Sorkin and Blatt sending it to +10 (85-75), in the 34th minute. Armani then responded with a Napier lead, trailing (90-86) in the 38th minute, but that was all it took, with Maccabi taking the final 92-86 victory.

The quarters: 27-23, 52-52, 77-70, 92-86

See here the match statistics