Latvian basketball player Rolands Šmits scored two points in the 20th round of the ULEB Euroleague on Tuesday, at the Barcelona home with the result 73:75, he acknowledged the superiority of the Italian club AX Armani Exchange Olimpia in Milan.
In the last minute of the regular time, Kail Kuric and Nikola Mirotich reduced the opponents’ lead to one point with two long shots, allowing Mirotich to do it 5.6 seconds before the final whistle (73:74). After the ball was lifted in from the left, Nikolo Mellli was on his own in the home side’s penalty area and should have scored after 80 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Nikola Laprovitola did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch.
Schmidt played 14 minutes and 29 seconds on Tuesday, making his only two-point throw in the basket without hitting a single “third”. He also won one rebound, made one mistake, blocked one throw, violated the rules once, provoked one note and scored two efficiency points.
The team with 22 points was the most successful in the Barcelona team, Mirotičs scored 18 points, but Brendon Davis and Roks Jokubaitis scored 11 points. Serhio Rodriguez scored 18 points for the Milan and Malcolm Deleiini for 15.
The match was judged by Latvian basketball referee Oleg Latišev, giving technical notes to the coaches of both teams in the second quarter.
“Barcelona” with 15 victories in 19 games takes the first place in the tournament table, while the Milan club with 11 victories in 17 matches is in the fifth position.
Meanwhile, Jānis Strēlnieks scored one point, while Kaunas “Žalgiris” lost to the Munich “Bayern” team with the result 65:74.
The shooter took his only free throw in 22 minutes and 52 seconds, missed the only two-point shot and all three long shots, scored two rebounds, scored two assists, intercepted two balls, made one mistake, broke twice and provoked one remark.
Joshua Nebo scored 14 points and nine rebounds for the Kaunas team, and Ogen Jaramaz scored 16 points for the Munich team.
The Žalgiris team, with three victories in 17 games in the tournament table, still ranks last, 18th, while Bayern is in 11th place with eight successes in 18 battles.
On Tuesday, Istanbul’s “Fenerbahce Beko” won the Piraeus “Olympiakos” at home with a result of 94:80.
In the Ranks of Fenerbahce, Melih Mahmutolu scored 17 points, Achilles Polonara added 15 points and seven rebounds to Duchon Pierre. Kosts Sluks scored 14 points and seven assists, and Tyler Dorsii had 14 points.
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