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The Milan Armani Exchange team (11-7) achieved their eleventh victory in the Euroleague and caught up with Kaunas Žalgiris.
Man of the match
Ettore Messina’s students at home 95:80 (21:20, 33:16, 22:24, 19:20) defeated Valencia (10-9).
These matches became historic for Lithuanian referees. For the first time in the history of the Euroleague, the match was judged by 2 Lithuanian referees: Gytis Vilius and Artūras Šukys.
The match started point by point and after the first half the Italians had a slight advantage (21:20), but in the second quarter the locals gave an impressive 16: 2 streak and took a 15-point lead after a long shot from Sergio Rodríguez (37:22).
Soon the Milan team accelerated again 13: 4 and after the launch of Zach LeDay, the advantage increased to 20 points (56:36).
In the decisive quarter, Jaume Ponsarnau’s students tried to catch hold of the hosts, started the stage 9: 0 and reduced the difference to a single sign (69:76) after the free throws of Klemen Prepeličius.
But that was all the guests could do. The Armani Exchange responded 12: 4 and after Kevin Punter’s two-point match, the result was clear (88:73).
Luigi Datome organized a powerful performance in this match, who scored 27 points in 26 minutes (4/7 dvit., 6/8 trit., 1/1 penalty), bounced 6 and took 1 ball, committed 3 fouls, committed a error and collected 26 utility scores.
“Armani Exchange”: Luigi Datome 27 (6/8 trit., 6 atk. Kam.), Malcolmas Delaney 17 (4/6 trit.), Zachas LeDay 15, Kevinas Punteris 14 (2/6 trit.).
Valencia: Derrick Williams 17 (5/6 doubles, 5 par.), Nikola Kaliničius 15, Klemen Prepeličius 12, Louis Labeyrie 7 (7 par.
Match summary:
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