Milan collapses in the distance against Partizan, Ettore Messina’s admission

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Milan collapses at a distance against Partizan, Ettore Messina's admission

At the’Unipol Forum in Assago, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano is sharply beaten 90-70 by Partizan Belgrade on the 22nd day of the Euroleague, stopping its run after three consecutive victories.

È Ettore Messina’s Olimpia got off to a better start, eventually leading 15-7 in its own favor, but the first quarter ends 17-17. In the second it goes on with a lead now of the’one and now of the’other team and at the’long interval it comes to 40-37 for the team of Ettore Messina.

There’è still balance until midway through the third quarter, when the Serbs post a 7-0 partial run and face the last ten minutes ahead 64-58. The’last quarter è a Partizan domination and Milan scores only 12 points against the guests’ 26, including a final partial of 10-0.

For Milan 16 points each by Shavon Shields and Nikola Mirotic, for Zeljko Obradovic’s team 26 by Sterling Brown, 24 (plus; 9 assists) by Carlik Jones and 22 by Tyrique Jones. These are the lapidary words of Messina: "Zero energy in the second half. They deserved to win, we will look back at the game to try to understand where we went wrong".

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