In Milan to ideally close its obligations in the Euroleague for 2024, Olympiacos!
The “red and white” face tonight (9:30 p.m., Novasports Prime, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) Armani Milan in the “Forum” for the 18th matchdayaiming for the victory that will keep them at the top of the standings!
In third place with a record 11-6 Piraeus have the same number of wins as Paris (due to their postponed game against Fenerbahce), Monaco and Bayern Munich, while tonight they will look for their fourth away win in this year’s Euroleague, having celebrated against Panathinaikos AKTOR, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Monaco, while they were defeated in the stadiums of Efes, Bayern, Fenerbahce, Partizan and Red Star.
In the previous “double” week, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team initially prevailed 87-77 Virtus Bologna in SEF, while two days later he showed a bad competitive image in the Faleri field against Urago Albabut finally he managed to save the… kazoo and get the victory with 90-85, having Fournier (23p), Fall (18p) and Vezenkov (17p) as the leaders.
Last Sunday (22/12) Olympiakos faced a highly competitive team Maroussi and relied on its offense to cruise to a 106-94 victory and improve its record to 10-1 in the Stoiximan GBL, led by Peters (21pts).
As far as the competitions are concerned, coach Bartzokas will not have him at his disposal Nikola Milutinovwho was admitted to the hospital with gastroenteritis and did not travel to Milan, while the Giannoulis Larentzakiswho is suffering from a bruise on his neck. In addition, out of action remain the Wright (will miss the rest of the season) and Evans (expected to return in January). On the other hand, Mr Nathan Mensah he will be in the starting lineup for the first time and it is possible that we will see him for the first time with the red and whites, without Milutinov.
“It’s difficult because Armani had been on a big run before the last two defeats and came into the equation for qualification very deservedly. In the match we saw against Trapani she was very good, scored a lot of points and played good defense. You have to go and fight, give every ounce of your strength and it takes a lot of concentration to beat away matches in the EuroLeague, just like at home, as it proved in the last two games.”said the coach of Olympiakos ahead of the match.
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OR Armani Milan is in 11th place in the standings with a 9-8 record and last week saw its 6-game winning streak come to an end with a heavy 103-74 loss at OAKA to Panathinaikos, while two days later it also lost to Bayern Munich in headquarters, with the marginal 79-78.
At home, they have 6 wins and 3 losses so far in the Euroleague, while last Sunday they comfortably beat Trapani 105-90, rising to 7-5 in the Italian league, but remaining low (8th place). In its matches, Ettore Messina continues not to count on the services of the 27-year-old center, Josh Nimbo.
“We are facing one of the most consistent teams in the EuroLeague, a very aggressive team defensively, who will use their quality in passing the ball so that they have free players in attack.
We’re really aiming to play a good game, get back to our plan and give a game where our fans will be proud of it because they’ve stuck with us, especially lately.”said Armani’s coach, Ettore Messina.
In the match between the two teams for the first round, Olympiacos won comfortably 89-68 in the SEF, with McKissick and Vezenkov leading the way, who each scored 22 points. On the other hand, for Armani, LeDay stood out with 16. During last season, the Italians had won 65-53 in Milan, before losing 79-74 in Piraeus.
Tomislav Hordov (Croatia), Uros Nikolic (Serbia) and Arturas Sukis (Lithuania) will be referees for tonight’s match.
Source: Sport Fm
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