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Photo: Vainius Sodeika
Photo Vainius Sodeika
Milan Armani Exchange (19-10), which started impressively in Moscow, were already leading with a 20-point lead after the first half, from which they survived the rest of the match.
Man of the match
Ettore Messina’s students with Kevin Punter, who played a career match, at the helm 84:76 (30:10, 17:24, 23:21, 14:21) beat CSKA (18-10) and climbed to second place in the standings, gaining a mutual advantage over the Moscow team.
CSKA won the first mutual match by 91:87, but did so during extra time, so they did not gain the advantage. It is true that the Moscow team has played one game less.
Dimitrio Itoudis’ army tried to recover already in the second quarter, at the end of which they came close by five points – 34:39, but then Punter threw eight unanswered points and the Milan club went ahead again with a resounding advantage – 47: 3. 4.
In the fourth quarter, CSKA narrowed the gap to 70:76, but Punter’s two more triples allowed Armani Exchange to maintain control at 82:73.
Furious Punter scored 32 points in 30 minutes (4/7 doubles, 5/9 trit., 9/9 penalty).
The duo of Tornike Shengelia and Mike James allowed CSKA to hang on to the game.
Kartvelas scored 20 points (5/6 doubles, 3/4 trit., 1/2 penalty), grabbed 10 and took 4 balls and posted a profit of 33 points.
James has 21 points (4/4 doubles, 3/12 trit., 4/4 penalties), 5 assists and 24 utility points.
Kyle Hines, who has represented CSKA for the last seven seasons, scored 7 points (3/6 doubles, 1/1 penalty) in 32 minutes in the game back to Moscow, bounced 6 balls, made 5 assists, blocked 3 shots and scored 14 assists.
Before the start of the duel, the president of CSKA, Andrejus Vatutin, presented a gift to the former team leader: a matrix with the image of a player.
Zach LeDay, who did not play for a month due to injury, returned to Milan’s lineup, scoring 12 points (5/9 double, 0/1 trit, 2/4 penalty) in 23 minutes and bouncing 2 balls.
CSKA: Mike James 21 (4/4 diat., 3/12 trit., 5 res., 2 bl.), Tornikė Šengelija 20 (10 reb.), Will Clyburn 10 (3/10 dvit., 1/5 trit ..), Daniel Hackettas 8 (2/7 dvit.).
Mani Armani Exchange “: Kevinas Punteris 32 (4/7 dvit., 5/9 trit., 9/9 baud., 28 naud.), Shavonas Shieldsas 14 (4/8 dvit., 2/3 trit.), Zachas LeDay 12 (5/9 dvit.), Kyle’as Hinesas (6 atk. Kam., 5 rez. Lost, 3 blok.), Sergio Rodriguezas (1/5 trit., 6 rez. Lost) – po 7 .
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