Back to winning ways for Armani Milano. His team Messina beat Lyon, beating them 75-66 Villerban which experienced consecutive defeats in the Euroleague.
With this victory, the Italians raised their record to 10-9 and entered the top ten, while the French dropped to 8-11 and… are moving away.
Great protagonists are Leday, Mirotic with 17 and 16 points, respectively, while the top scorer of the match was De Colo with 22, with Malenton to have 18. Of course, the two mentioned above had 13 mistakes together in addition to the… 40 points they scored.
The game was a derby throughout its duration, with the end of the first period finding the two teams in balance (19-19). Armani, with a short run, found itself at +6 (28-34), with Villerban immediately collecting it in the basket (32-34) and the half-time coming out with a small lead (32-36) for the guests.
The second half found Milan again at +6, but a 10-2 run put the French in front of the score (42-40). The two teams went hand in hand, with Villeurbanne again pulling away by five points (49-44) and Messina’s team pulling it back (51-51).
In the fourth and final period, the Italians had a plurality in scoring. They tightened up their defence, kept Villeurbanne to a low score and managed to leave Lyon with a pink card, reacting after 3 straight defeats.
The quarters: 19-19, 13-17, 19-15, 15-24.
Here are the match stats.
Source: Sport Fm
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