Milano ( Olimpia Milano – Anadolou Efes 87-74) –EA7 Emporio Armani comes back from -14 in the first half and defeats Anadolu Efes Istanbul 87-74 with a spectacular recovery. The record returns to positive (11-10) with an attachment to tenth place and the play-in zone. Armoni Brooks once again lights the way with 31 points, a new career high in Europe. Olimpia re-emerges from a dull first half by playing a second half with extreme energy, defends, turns the game around, first with a 12-0 that erases the initial problems and launches an impressive sprint, 87-74 over Efes. Armoni Brooks – career record of 31 points, seven more triples tonight – split a game that Leandro Bolmaro upon returning and Marko Guduric had kept in the balance. Down by eleven at halftime, Olimpia showed up with a different quintet, Bolmaro as the nominal playmaker and Nebo as the centre, to increase the pressure on the ball. The first possession allowed Zach LeDay to hit a three-pointer and from that moment on, Milan’s defense took control of the game.
Olimpia Milano – Anadolu Efes
Partial: 16-27/22-22/24-8/25-17
Olimpia Milan: Brown, Booker 4, Brooks 31, LeDay 15, Shields 2; Mannion 2, Bolmaro 10, Ricci, Guduric 13, Nebo 8, Flaccadori. N.e.: Dunston. All.: Poeta.
Anadolu Efes: Lee 19, Weiler-Bab 12, Dessert 6, Osman 8, Yilmaz 3; Loyd 3, Slits, Dozier 10, Swider 5, Jones 8. Neither: Mutif, Beaubois. All.: Laso.
