Euroleague, Milan beaten by Bayern, Ettore Messina: “Flat start to second half”
Euroleague, Milan beaten by Bayern
At the Sap Garden in Munich, Bayern sharply beat EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 87-70 in the game of the 25th day of the Euroleague. A balanced first quarter that the hosts closed ahead 17-16 after the opening 0-4 and a 5-0 counter-partial. Along the same lines the second quarter, at the long intermission it was 37-36.
In the third quarter the Bavarians take off with a 10-0 partial that brings them to +14. The last ten minutes starting on 68-55, the last quarter was without history with the Bavarians further stretching on Olimpia, even reaching +21. For the Bavarians 16 points each for Niels Giffey and Vladimir Lucic, for Ettore Messina’s Milan 17 points by Zach LeDay. Below are the words of coach Ettore Messina after the match.
“Congratulations to Bayern. They played much better than we did and with more strength than we did in the two quarters that mattered most, which was in the second half. We had a decent first half, because we controlled the pace of the game despite suffering on offensive rebounding. But in the second half we had a very flat start, we played too individually and very poor defensively to have a chance. Let’s think about the next”.
