Milan (Olimpia Milano – Vanoli Cremona 91-74) – Fourth success in a row in the championship for Milan who clearly beat Cremona 91-74 in the first two postponements of the 13th round of Serie A basketball. Peppe Poeta’s team, which closes the discussion at the beginning of the fourth period (+24 at 74-50, ed.) makes up for Dubai’s slip in the Euroleague before Christmas and joins Venezia and Tortona in third place in the standings, thanks to 22 points from Shavon Shields and five players in double figures. Fifth consecutive knockout instead for Vanoli who still remains in the running for a place in the Final Eight of the Italian Cup in Turin. At the Allianz Cloud Olimpia already made a breakthrough in the first quarter with a 17-0 which was worth 27-10 with the plays of Ellis, Ricci, Nebo and Shields. In the second period, however, Cremona reacts, recovering to -12 at the break (43-31) and then at the beginning of the third quarter they push themselves to -4 at 48-44 with triples from Ndiaye and Burns. There Milan has the strength to respond with 5 points in a row from Ellis and a triple from Ricci, and then spreads up to +24 at the start of the last period at 74-50. In the last 10′ Vanoli goes back to -14 again but the game never reopens.
Olimpia Milan – Vanoli Cremona
Partial: 27-12/16-19/29-19/19-24
Olimpia Milan: Maninon 10, Ellis 12, Ceccato, Booker, Brooks 6, Leday 16, Ricci 5, Guuric 5, Shieds 22, Nebo 13, Totè 2. Coach Poems
Vanoli Cremona: Anigbogu 8, Willis 11, Jones 6, Casarin 10, Grant 8, Galli 0, Veronesi 4, Burns 5, Durham 10, Ndiaye 12. Coach Brotto
Referees: Lanzarini, Bongiorni, Cassina
