Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina is not completely satisfied

The difference was made by a resounding Shields

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The LBA Finals began with an outside victory by Olimpia Milano, which was good at imposing itself, after an overtime, on the fiery court of Virtus Bologna. Shields è was the hero in the red and white. Author of 25 points, he dragged his teammates to success with plays of a true star.

"Obviously, è it was a good win for us, but it remains a win within a series that can become very long. We had a more-than-good defense for all 45 minutes, on the other hand, in offense we can and must do better", the words of coach Messina, not completely satisfied with his team’s performance.

The Olimpia coach goes into detail: "We moved the ball very little around of course the amazing second half of Shavon Shields. The start on offense had been mediocre. Perhaps unconsciously coming from a very good series we thought we could replicate that offensive fluidity even against Virtus level defense. Instead it è not so; and we started by losing too many balls. In the second half è it was better, but they will make the necessary adjustments and so we will have to do much better than that.

The focus now shifts to the second act of the series, scheduled for Saturday night (8:30 p.m.), again on the court of Virtus Bologna. The Black Vs are obliged to bring home success to get back into a series that could end quickly (best-of-five series).