Vitorian triumph (88-73) against a rival where Mirotic’s success was insufficient
MADRID, 14 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Baskonia defeated EA7 Emporio Armani Milan this Thursday by a comfortable 88-73, with an outstanding performance by the American point guard Markus Howard, in a match corresponding to matchday 29 of the Regular Phase and which helped the Vitorians to prolong their good state of play. form in the Euroleague.
Again at the Fernando Buesa Arena, where Dusko Ivanovic’s pupils had only lost one of their previous six games between this competition and the Endesa League, this time it was a direct fight to settle in the play-in zone. And all this under the watchful eye of Frenchman Antoine Griezmann from a seat at the foot of the court.
The Atlético de Madrid footballer saw Baskonia lead with the initial 8-4, turned to 12-13 by the success of Nicolò Melli in the paint and a triple by Shabazz Napier. And then the locals responded, with a 7-0 run that was capped by a triple by Vanja Marinkovic.
Of course, Ettore Messina’s pupils regrouped quite quickly and thanks to Shavon Shields they closed the first period a single point down (19-18). Even though Maodo Lô opened the scoring in the second half, the Baskon team scored 12-0 in another devastating set.
Not in vain, Ivanovic’s men maintained this advantage and even increased it calmly until reaching the break (48-34) after Howard’s awakening facing the basket. The point guard from New Jersey had just scored 37 points against Barça, on matchday 24 of the Endesa League, and he wanted to repeat his role.
Upon returning from the locker room, the Milanese team got closer (48-42) thanks to the attacking contribution of Nikola Mirotic, but five consecutive points from Howard kept the distance. The combination of Matt Costello with Marinkovic around the light bulb was combined with Chima Moneke’s penetrations to the board, for local tranquility.
Two triples from Moneke himself made it 69-55 to end the third period, from which Baskonia came out very strengthened. This was demonstrated with a 10-1 partial at the beginning of the fourth episode, which could have gone up if a long triple from Tadas Sedekerskis had scored.
Mirotic, the most prominent Milan scorer along with Shields, prevented the Alavas from inflicting further punishment. Even so, Milan suffered its third consecutive loss as a visitor (two in the Euroleague and one in Serie A) and was left with a record of 12-17; Meanwhile, Ivanovic’s men stood with a record of 16-13 in full play-in.
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: BASKONIA, 88 – EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN, 73 (48-34, at halftime).
–EQUIPMENT.
BASCONY: Miller-McIntyre (6), Howard (26), Marinkovic (13), Sedekerskis (9) and Kotsar (6) — starting quintet–; Ten (-), Moneke (19), Theodore (-), Costello (9) and Rogkavopoulos ().
EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN: Napier (12), Hall (9), Shields (17), Melli (5) and Mirotic (21) –starting quintet–; Caruso (2), Flaccadori (-), Hines (-), Lô (2), Voigtmann (4) and Tonut (1).
–PARTIALS: 19-18, 29-16, 21-21 and 19-18.
–REFEREES: Boltauzer, Difallah and Peerandi. No eliminated.
–PAVILLION: Fernando Buesa Arena, 8,090 spectators.
2024-03-14 21:18:43
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