Euroleague: grand finale for Milan, Bayern beaten. Real Madrid wins in fourth overtime

Euroleague, Italy beats Germany again: grand final in Milan with Bayern

After that of Virtus Bologna over’Alba Berlin second victory today of an Italian team over a German one: EA7 Emporio Armani Milano beat Bayern Munich 76-62 at the Mediolanum Forum.

Olimpia dominated the first quarter reaching even a +9 lead and closing it ahead 19-12. More’balanced the second quarter but Ettore Messina’s team, after being remounted up to +1 re-along to +11 and arrived at the long interval ahead 34-27.

In the third quarter the Bavarians reached a tie with 20 seconds to go before the buzzer but a triple at the end of the period by Devon Hall kept Milan ahead 50-47 before the last ten minutes. After being taken back again at the start of the last quarter Olimpia took the lead with an 11-0 run and then another 9-2 run and the game practically ended there. Hall finished with 19 points, for the Bavarians 16 by Serge Ibaka.

Among today’s other games, the one between defending champion Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes Istanbul, champions in 2021 and 2022 but currently in crisis, stands out. The Spaniards prevailed in the fourth overtime 130-126 after regulation time had ended on’81-81 and after the Turks, who are on their sixth consecutive sconftta, had come back from 102-93 down in the second suplementary.

For the madridists 40 points and 8 assists by Dzanan Musa and 31 points and 12 rebounds by Mario Hezonja, for Efes 32 points and 9 assists by Shane Larkin. These are the other results today: Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria 89-85, Valencia-Panathinaikos Athens 81-82.