The Barcelona at home with the result 73:75 (14:14, 14:20, 26:13, 19:28) 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.
In the “Barcelona” team with 22 points the most successful was Kurics, 18 points were scored by Mirotičs, but Brendon Davis and Roka Jokubaitis scored 11 points. Serhio Rodriguez scored 18 points and Malcolm Delanius took 15 votes.
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 wins in 19 games takes first place in the tournament table, while the Milan club with 11 wins in 17 matches is in fifth place.
Meanwhile, Jānis Strēlnieks scored one point, while Kaunas “Žalgiris” lost to the Munich “Bayern” team with the result 65:74 (15:16, 18:18, 21:27, 11:13).
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 wins in 17 games in the tournament table, is still in 18th place, 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 score of 94:80 (11:17, 25:22, 30:20, 28:21).
In the “Fenerbahce” ranks, Melih Mahmutolu scored 17 points, 15 points and seven rebounds were added by Achilles Polonar, and 14 points went to Dichon Pierre. Kosts Sluks scored 14 points and seven assists, and Tyler Dorsii had 14 points.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, only four of the nine games are played in the 20th round of the Euroleague.
Also this season, ten countries with 18 teams are represented in the Euroleague, which is the same as in the previous season. The teams will play in a two-lap tournament, with the top eight entering the playoffs. The Euroleague champion will be determined in Berlin, where the final four tournament will take place.
Last season, the champion was Istanbul’s “Anadolu Efes”, which defeated “Barcelona” in the final.
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