Euroleague, Milan overflowing with Maccabi, Ettore Messina praises defense

Euroleague, Milan overflowing with Maccabi, Ettore Messina praises defense

On a neutral court at the’Alexandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade, the’EA7 Emporio Armani Milano overcame Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 107-74 in the game of the 20th day of the Euroleague, the second consecutive victory for Ettore Messina’s team.

Olimpia remained down by one point only at the’beginning of the first quarter, for the rest of the match è they were ahead: 20-14 after the first ten minutes, 45-37 at the’long halftime, 78-54 at the end of the third quarter, then reaching the maximum lead of +38, 102-64, while the final è of +33.

For Milan, 18 points from Shavon Shields, 17 each for Zach LeDay and Nikola Mirotic, for the Israelis, who shot 1 of 21 from three against 12 of 29 for the Italian champions. 16 points by Roma Sorkin. These are the words of Ettore Messina at the end of the match.

“I want to congratulate the team. È everything seemed easy, but it è wasnè t becauseè to control the game from the beginning we played a’very good defense, alternating man and zone, and a’very good ball circulation. The key è was controlling rebounds, after conceding six to them on offense in the first minutes of the game, then we continued to work unselfishly on offense. Down by 20, Maccabi lost confidence and then we controlled”.

“For us è an’important win and we always try to improve. I think we are doing that compared to October and November, our goal è to keep improving and see what happens. LeDay; È one of the key players for us, one of our leaders. He is playing well, participating a lot not only on the court, but talking a lot and bringing enthusiasm and energy. We are very fortunate to have been able to bring him back to us this’year”.