Euroleague: Milan feat, Barcelona beaten
Euroleague: Milan feat, Barcelona beaten
At the Mediolanum Forum feat dell’Emporio EA7 Armani, which in the game of the twenty-third day of the regular season of the Euroleague beats 74-70 Barcelona, which è second in the standings along with Virtus Bologna but that è the second consecutive defeat.
Balanced first quarter until from 12-12 Olimpia closed the period with an 11-0 partial for 23-12. The hosts also dominated in the second quarter pushing even to +20, the first half ended 47-28 for Ettore Messina’s team.
In the third quarter the Catalans lethargically restart and we get to the last ten minutes on 57-49 for Milan. The’last period è by heartbreak: Milan è on 67-53 with 4’50” to the siren but it comes to the last seconds point to point, decisive two free throws by Shavon Shields with 5 seconds to go.
Shields ended the match with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, for the Spaniards Jan Vesely’s 28 points were useless. Today’s other results: Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Munich 78-80, Baskonia Vitoria-Valencia 62-77, Partizan Belgrade-Zalgiris Kaunas 81-72.
