He swept Armani in Milan, but Efes is worried about Larkin!

She got a great “double”, but she didn’t enjoy it as much as she would have liked Anatolou Efes! Tomislav Mijatovic’s team broke it up Armani with a score in Milan, but is concerned about the condition of Shane Larkin, who went off with a stretch in the third quarter.

OR Effects he showed early on that he wanted an… easy night against the once again disappointing Italians and he got it lead 11-23 in the first period. The gap continued to rise and he overtook them 20 points before the break (25-46), with the Turkish club looking unstoppable.

Armani, however, did not go down without a fight. The hosts did amazing third periodtaking advantage of the shock of Efes from Larkin’s injury, ran individual scores 34-20 and got back into the game (59-66). However, the visitors rallied early in the fourth quarter, again running away with a double-digit lead and coasting to a comfortable victory.

Somehow, the Effects went up to 3-2 and picked up a second straight pink card after beating him Olympiakou. On the other hand, Armani showed a poor competitive face again and recorded a third consecutive defeat after those against the “red and whites” and the Zalgiris.

The leader of the match was Elijah Bryant with 19 points and 5 assists, while 17 points and 7 assists were scored by Darius Thompson and 11 points each by Jordan Nuora, Ercan Osmani and Rolands Schmitz. For Armani, shocking with 29 points was Nikola Miroticwhile Zach LeDay had 16 and Armoni Brooks had 12.

In the next matchday, Armani Milano will play against Baskonia in Vitoria (29/10 at 21:30), while Anatolou Efes will welcome Barcelona (29/10 at 19:30)

The quarters: 11-23, 25-46, 59-66, 84-96

Detailed match statistics here

Bu posizionda sakatl?k yasayan Shane Larkin, soyunma odas?na gitti.pic.twitter.com/jgz51gCUEA

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