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Milan Armani Exchange became the second team to reach the top four of the Euroleague final.
Man of the match | |
EFF fifteen |
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Sergio Rodriguez |
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Points |
13 |
Precision |
4-8 |
Bounces |
two |
Effective transfers |
4 |
In the first half of the match, Etorres Messina’s team sent their opponents plummeting and weathered the storm after a long break in the second quarter-final match on their own ground. 80:69 (26:12, 21:17, 18:24, 15:16) defeated the Bayern basketball players in Munich and went ahead 2-0 in a series of up to 3 wins.
The Italians won the first duel between the decisive colon of Zach LeDay with a 79:78 siren.
The third and possibly last game of the series will be played on Wednesday in Munich at 9:45 p.m.
One step away from the final to four is Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes, who defeated Real Madrid for the second time (91:68).
A minute before the end of the third quarter, the Munich team was left without their strategist Andrea Trichieri, who did not control his emotions after the rival contact against Wade Baldwin and was sanctioned with a second technical foul.
The Bayern manager won the first technical penalty in the first half.
During the 2020-2021 Euroleague season, Trinchieri committed 13 technical fouls.
The game was better started by the hosts, who accelerated 21: 5 in the first half and gained a 16-point lead after Shavon Shields’ colon with a foul (26:10).
In the second quarter, the Italians maintained the initiative and took the lead with 18 points (47:29).
After hearing the alarm bells, the guests mobilized, ran 12-0 and after James Gisto’s colon with a foul he approached 6 points (55:49), but the Milan basketball players, who played with more success at the end of the third quarter, they recovered 15 points (65:50) after Sergio Rodríguez’s triple.
The situation eased somewhat with Wade Baldwin’s triple-long with a quarter siren and awarded the teams 12 points (53:65) before the deciding 10 minutes.
In the fourth half, the guests tried to save and after Paul Zipser’s three-point approach to 10 points in 4 minutes (76:66), Vladimir Lučičius added another long shot and Bayern returned to the game (69:77).
However, LeDay responded with a triple (80:69), the guests could not make accurate attacks and the Italians celebrated the victory.
Kevin Punter was the most productive player at Armani Exchange. The defender scored 20 points in 21 minutes (3/10 doubles, 2/3 trit, 8/8 penalty), caused 5 fouls and scored 13 utility points.
Bayern did not save Baldwin from defeat. The American scored 23 points (3/8 doubles, 3/9 trit., 7/9 penalties), 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 errors and 26 utility points in 38 minutes.
“We had a very good first part of the game, in the second half the rivals did everything possible to come back and the duel became very physical. We allowed them to score easy points in quick attacks, which we should not have allowed: after the victory, the Milan team boss spoke. coach Messina.
– At the end of the game we regain peace, we played several attacks very well. In the second half, both teams offered a lot of contact, but I’m happy because we stayed calm, we got the balls back and we got the victory ”.
“Armani Exchange”: Kevinas Punter 20 (3/10 dvit., 2/3 trit., 8/8 baud.), Sergio Rodrigueasz 13 (3/7 trit., 4 rez. Lost), Shavonas Shieldsas 12 (4 / 7 dvit.), Zachas LeDay 10 (2/2 trit., 7 atk. Kam.), Malcolmas Delaney 9.
Bayern: Wade Baldwin 23 (3/8 double, 3/9 trit., 8/9 penalty, 6 reboot, 6 res., 4, 26), Vladimir Lučičius (3/4 trit., 8th chamber), James Gist (4/8 doubles, seventh chamber) and Jalen Reynolds (4/12 doubles) after 11, Paul Zipser 7 (2/5 trit.).
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