Basketball, Euroleague: Panathinaikos Opap Athens-AX Armani Exchange Milano LIVE live

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The AX Armani Exchange Milano passes on Oaka’s parquet with the score of 76-75 thanks to a free throw by Kyle Hines two seconds from the siren and puts the eighth away win of the season in the safe. Olimpia thus strengthens their third place by improving their overall record a 18-8 (16-6 in case of cancellation of the results of the Russian teams). The next meeting will be Thursday 10 March, another fiery trip against Real Madrid.

Fourth period

75-76 FINAL RESULT – Foul by Melli on Macon, who places a 2/2 in the line signing the -2. Nedovic steals the ball from Rodriguez on the pressure across the board to equalize with 25 “from the end. Rodriguez misses a triple in step-back, but Hines grabs the rebound and is fouled 2” from the siren. Hines scores the first, misses the second and the rebound ends up in the hands of Pippo Ricci.

71-75 at 30 “from the end – Delaney’s tiraccio at the end of 24 “, but Papagiannis is unable to control the rebound. Time-out requested by coach Messina with 47” on the clock. Upon returning, Hall’s mistake from the bow.

71-75 al 39′ – Ball lost by Delaney. Recovery Melli. Then Delaney sends Hines to dunk and forces coach Priftis to time out with Pana at -7. On his return, he trebles from Nedovic’s tip.

68-73 al 38′ – Ricci scores in half-hook, breaking a difficult moment for Milan. An immediate triple from Nedovic answers. Milan extends with a lift of Hall for Melli. Bezel for Macon on a foul by Ricci: 2/2 in the bezel. Papagiannis returns for the finale. Lost ball by Melli on pressure, Macon’s goal from a medium-sized basket.

61-69 al 36′ – Upon returning from time-out, Nedovic’s goal from the media. Kavvadas continues to annoy the red and white defense with his plays of physical strength in the post-low: another lap in the line after a third foul by Hines and 1/2. Delaney misses from the arc and commits a serious foul (third) with an attack rebound with bonus already spent: Macon makes 1/2 for free.

57-69 al 34′ – Melli spends his third foul on offense. Still line for Pana with Kavvadas on a foul by Rodriguez: 2/2. Hines is back for Melli. Free also for the Chacho on a foul by Macon: 2/2. Excellent management of the ball for Olimpia and a nice basket by Hines, triggered by Rodriguez. Time-out asked by coach Priftis with Pana back at -12.

55-65 al 32′ – First possession for Pana: Kavvadas scores in a gancio from the low post. Error by Daniels and foul by Daniels himself (third) on Kaselakis: 2/2. Milan scores the first points of the fourth with a lift of the Chacho for Melli.

Third period

51-63 END OF THE THIRD QUARTER – After two errors in the shot of the Pana, Delaney’s basket in penetration with a foul by Evans (free scored). Another great defense of the red and white team, White’s air-ball. The third quarter ends with a triple missed by Rodriguez on the siren. Milan arrives at the last interval on +12, the maximum advantage reached in the evening, after winning the third period 23-15. The attack has improved a lot in the two central periods, with 49 points overall after just 14 of the opening ten minutes.

51-60 al 28′ – Rodriguez also enters. Nedovic’s floater after a Mitoglou error. Melli answers in pick’n’roll with the Chacho. Delaney’s recovery (offensive foul). Hall stretches with a nice post-low play, then it’s Chacho who step-back shoots a long-two in Papagiannis’s face. Time-out called by coach Priftis with his Pana slipping to -11. Upon returning, Papagiannis’ basket in attacking rebound from his own mistake.

47-54 al 26′ – Hines struggled for two consecutive actions to find light among Papagiannis’ tentacles. Sant-Roos takes Daniels in and scores in reverse on the bottom line. Mitoglou enters, immediately on target by leaning against the board.

45-52 al 24′ – Naive Daniels foul on an attempt from the Sant-Roos arc: 2/3 in the line. Daniels immediately redeems himself with a triple in the following action. Then Papagiannis nails on Macon’s assist, but Hines returns on Delaney’s big ball. Papagiannis again to assert his size in paint: basket and third foul by Melli (free scored). Olimpia extends with another Daniels bomb.

38-44 al 22′ – Milan opens the second half with a lucky shot by Melli in attacking rebound. Pana patches up with a White basket on the counterattack after a lost ball by Hall. Daniels unlocks after many mistakes with a jumper from the middle corner.

36-40 START THIRD FOURTH – The first possession is for Milan. Olimpia returns to the field with the same quintet that started the game.

Second period

MILAN STATISTICS – Olimpia shoots 9/17 from two (53%), 5/15 from three (33%) and 7/11 in the line (64%) with 4 turnovers but a 20-16 rebound advantage. Malcolm Delaney is top scorer with 12 points, followed by Ricci (8), Hall and Hines (6), Rodriguez (5 + 6 assists) and Grant (3).

PANATHINAIKOS STATISTICS – Pana shoots 8/17 from two (47%), 4/11 from three (36%) and 8/9 from the line (89%) with 6 turnovers. The top scorer is Okaro White with 9 points, followed by Nedovic (7 + 3 assists), Kaselakis and Sant-Roos (5), Papagiannis (4), Evans, Kavvadas and Macon (2).

36-40 END SECOND FOURTH – Olimpia mini-break with two consecutive counterattack baskets by Ricci and Hall. The Pana immediately stitches up with a triple from White. Time-out called by coach Messina to manage the final of the quarter. Upon returning, Chacho’s triple from Hall’s offensive rebound. The last action of the period ends with a ball recovered by Daniels. Milan at the long interval on +4 after winning the second period 26-17.

33-33 al 18′ – Hines leans on a great assist from Rodriguez. Pana responds with a triple frontal from White in Ricci’s face, but Ricci himself makes him taste the same coin on the flip in front. Time-out requested by coach Priftis with his Pana at +2. On the return, a tie with a place by Hines on another assist by Rodriguez.

30-26 al 16′ – Bezel for Tarczewski: 0/2, but Pippo Ricci remedies with a triple from the corner from an offensive rebound on another assist from Chacho. Second foul by Tarczewski on Macon: 2/2. The Olmpia stays in the wake with a floater from Delaney. Pana returns to the line after a foul by Ricci on Sant-Roos: 2/2.

26-21 al 14′ – Bezel for Sant-Roos on Mitoglou’s foul: 1/2. Kavvadas blocked a timid triple from Grant and a time-out requested by Panathinaikos after a foul by Tarczewski away from the ball. Upon returning, Delaney flies on the counterattack launched again by Chacho. Pana responds with a hook from Kavvadas and a dunk from Sant-Roos in the open field after a lost ball by Grant.

21-19 al 12′ – Evans opens the fourth by scoring from the average in the face of Hines, Delaney responds from the dribble from 5 meters and then scores a triple from the corner in transition on an assist from Chacho.

First period

19-14 END OF THE FIRST FOURTH – Rodriguez runner leaning against the scoreboard. Ball lost by Bochoridis and Hall’s tiraccio on the 24 “siren. Nedovic in the line for a foul by Grant: 2/2. The fourth ends with a mistake by Hall from nine meters on the siren. Milan reaches the first interval at -5 after ten very modest minutes in attack: 2/7 from twos, 1/6 from the arc and turnovers 2. The only positive data are the free throws: 7/9.

17-12 all’8′ – Kaselakis half-hook on Daniels head. Hall in the line for a Bochoridis foul: 0/2. Enter Rodriguez. Kaselakis triple from Papagiannis’ offensive rebound. Milan gets closer with a triple from the newly entered Grant.

12-9 al 6′ – Nedovic’s triple in transition after a lost ball by Hines. Milan shortens back to the line with Delaney, who is fouled by Macon getting up from the bow: 3/3. Second foul by Melli to rebound, Bentil enters. Nedovic burns Hall in the dribble and rests in a lay-up. Still line for Olimpia for a foul by Kaselakis on Hines: 2/2.

7-4 al 4′ – And-one by White with foul by Melli (free scored). Papagiannis crushes again after another Mitoglou mistake. Coach Messina already forced to call time-out after less than three minutes with Milan under 7-0 and stopped at 0/5 from the field. Upon returning, Olimpia found the first points in the line with Hall: 2/2. Then a mistake by Nedovic and another basket by Hall from the media.

2-0 al 2′ – Papagiannis dunks on the counterattack after a couple of Daniels’ shooting errors. Milan then misses another two consecutive shots with Hall.

0-0 START OF THE RACE – The first possession is managed by Panathinaikos.

The starting-five chosen by coach Ettore Messina for his AX Armani Exchange Milano: Malcolm Delaney, Devon Hall, Troy Daniels, Dinos Mitoglou, Nicolò Melli. Immediately space for the great ex, Dinos Mitoglou, and battery of longs with centimeters alongside Nik Melli to counter the 220 cm of Georgios Papagiannis.

The starting-five members of coach Dimitris Priftis for the Panathinaikos Opap Athens: Leonidas Kaselakis, Nemanja Nedovic, Daryl Macon, Okaro White, Georgios Papagiannis.

The balance in the era of the modern Euroleague is 14-7 in favor of Panathinaikos. Olimpia is ahead 3-2 in the era of coach Ettore Messina, but last season he cashed two burning defeats in comeback after having squandered a large margin built in the first half. The wounds are still fresh, a lesson from which to learn to face tonight’s game.

There are many former players in the match. On the one hand Ben Bentil e Dinos Mitogloureturned after a three-month stop in the Piraeus match, on the other Jeremy Evans and especially, Nemanja Nedovic, a player absent in the first leg match but a fundamental pivot of the Greens’ offensive system. Olimpia will not be available Gigi Datomestill stopped by inflammation problems in one knee.