Milan (Olimpia Milano Emporio Armani – Bertram Derthona 94-98) – Milan Fresh from the feat achieved this week in the Euroleague against Fenerbahçe, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan welcomes Bertram Derthona Tortona to the Unipol Forum with high morale. Olimpia is in fact going through a good period of form, unlike coach De Raffaele’s team, which always left the field defeated in the last three days of the championship. The start of the match, however, was entirely Piedmontese: the guests started strong and quickly moved up to +17 (26-9), while Messina gave Gillespie his debut in Serie A. Tortona is led by Gorham, Vital and Kuhse, against an EA7 in total confusion: Bertram dominates the entire opening quarter, closing it ahead 31-17. A similar script is also repeated in the second period, where it is always Derthona who plays the game: Brooks and Mannion are the only ones trying to shake up Milan, while Weems and Biligha also take the lead for the guests. Bertram also reached +25 (49-24), thanks above all to 14 points in 12 minutes from Gorham shooting 100%, and went into halftime leading 58-37. A heavenly first half for the Piedmontese, effective both in shooting and rebounding. Olimpia knows their backs are against the wall and so they return to the field with another malice: Mirotic warms his hand and Milan recovers ten points in the first three minutes, returning to -11 (58-47). A series of partials follows for the two teams, with the quarter ending with Tortona ahead 77-66. LeDay then brings EA7 back to under the double-digit deficit, in a final quarter in which free throws begin to weigh more and more: Milan appears at -1 (87-86) with less than three minutes to go. The ending is exciting and sees Bertram win 98-94. Derthona thus rises to 10 points in the standings, while Olimpia remains at 12, expected in the next round by Virtus Bologna.
Olimpia Milano Emporio Armani – Bertram Derthona 94-98 (17-31, 37-58, 66-77)
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan – Mannion 10 (0/2, 2/2, 4/4 tl), Shields 17 (4/5, 2/3, 3/3 tl), LeDay 15 (3/5, 0/3, 9/9 tl) , Mirotic 15 (5/8, 1/6, 2/2 tl), Ricci (0/1, 0/2 to 3); Dimitrijevic 3 (1/2, 0/5, 1/2 tl), Brooks 26 (5/6, 4/8, 4/5 tl), Gillespie 8 (4/5), Bortolani (0/1 to 3) , Diop. And Lonati, Caruso. Other. Messina.
Bertram Derthona Tortona – Kuhse 26 (6/7, 3/5, 5/5 tl), Strautins 6 (2/3, 0/5, 2/4 tl), Vital 11 (3/8, 1/3, 2/2 tl) , Kamagate 9 (3/6, 3/3 tl), Gorham 19 (2/2, 5/6 to 3); Biligha 4 (1/3, 2/2 tl), Baldasso 11 (1/1, 2/6, 3/5 tl), Weems 11 (2/3, 1/1, 4/5 tl), Zerini 1 ( 1/2 tl), Severini (0/2 to 3), Denegri (0/1 to 3). Me: Candi. Other. The Raphaels.
