Brescia passes in Milan and stretches on'Olimpia

Brescia wins 90 to 81 in Milan and brings its lead in the standings over Olimpia to 6 points. Not even time to sit in the stands that Germani pushes over the accelerator pedal along the axis composed by Bilan, precious in the pitturato, and Della Valle, who take the offensive reins of the biancoblu. Ellis, a metronome in the control booth, tries to split the opponent’s defense through shrewd and sharp choices, serving Leday and Nebo, who, under the levers, affect although Ndour and the collective frappong the body and struggle to rebound. Milan, however, finds important answers from the bench with Brooks and Ricci digging a six-point furrow, forcing coach Matteo Cotelli to pause the clock. Upon returning to the parquet Burnell, with seconds left before the first buzzer, shortened the gap to five points late via a triple.

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The second quarter is opened by a back-and-forth between Ellis and Cournooh, who is adept at making a steal. Olimpia, however, soon begins to express its flow of offensive play, strengthened by a deep roster, net of absences, physical and talented, buoyed by Brooks’ points and oiled automatisms, it touches the fourteen-point lead, while Germani runs aground in offensive production. Coach Matteo Cotelli breaks the delay and spends a timeout. At the resumption of hostilities, Brescia resumes putting points on the scoreboard, but suffers from the Red Shoes’ flurries, which suffer from the Meneghine physicality when approaching the iron. Bilan and Della Valle, the most continuous in terms of scoring, bring back the discrepancy, with Rivers’ complicity, to seven lengths, restoring oxygen to the Brescia team.

The third half of the game was a great success.

The third fraction of the game is sparigliata by a triple by Rivers, good at catching the big target at the culmination of a perfect choral action. Bilan, in the basket, puts more meat on the fire, as does Della Valle from the lunette. However, EA7 keeps itself at arm’s length with Leday’s initiatives, but Germani compacts and, still in a moment of difficulty, finds unity of purpose and cohesion, reducing, on several occasions, the gap to one point, reopening the challenge and showing character and perseverance. Rivers in tap in accomplishes the overtake and coach Giuseppe Poeta stops the clock. Shields, from three points, sows new blood for his teammates, but Germani remains applied and on the ball. Della Valle and Bilan, thanks also to an excellent defensive performance, which led Milan to take complicated conclusions, give Germani the lead, in anticipation of an emotionally charged final quarter.

The final ten minutes are played.

The last ten minutes are a seesaw of hot moments, within which every possession weighs like a boulder and can make the difference in the economy of the final result. Massinburg tries to mark the way and put the arrow, but Guduric and Leday are always ready to prevent Germani from taking off. The Blue-Whites, however, square off and turn up the volume on defense. Shields gives the new lead to the hosts, who are not backing down one step, for the timeout of coach Matteo Cotelli, strongly intent on playing their respective cards to the end. Della Valle decided to step up to the plate, loading his teammates on his shoulders and sealing the victory by means of two terrifying bombs.