Basketball, Euroleague: Olympiacos Piraeus-AX Armani Exchange Milano LIVE live

Friends of Eurosport, a greeting from Daniele Fantini and welcome back to our appointment with the LIVE-Blogging of Olympiacos Piraeus-AX Armani Exchange Milanrace valid for the 27th round of the Euroleague.

The LIVE-Blogging of the match

Third period

38-41 al 28′ – Mitoglou’s basket against Fall. Delaney’s foul on Vezenkov: 1/2 to free. Olympiacos still in contact with Fall’s attack rebound lay-up.

35-39 al 26′ – Nice basket by McKissic in an average pull-up. TV-timeout after two shooting errors by Daniels and a crazy conclusion by McKissic who finds only the scoreboard: Milan on +6 in the middle of the third quarter. On the return, Vezenkov’s basket on the counterattack after a recovery by McKissic on Melli.

31-39 al 24′ – Lunetta also for Milan, Walkup foul on Melli in attack rebound: 2/2. Then a nice basket by Hines in transition on an assist from Melli himself. Still free for Dorsey after a foul by Hines: 2/2. Hines responds with a free-kick from the middle corner on Delaney’s assist.

29-33 al 22′ – Olympiacos collide with Vezenkov from a turnover of Hines. Milan responds with the first triple of the match, signed by Hall. Lost to Dorsey, punished by Hall’s second consecutive bomb. Hall himself spends a foul on a shot by Dorsey from the arc: 2/3 to free.

25-27 START THIRD FOURTH – Both teams keep the starting quintets. The first possession is managed by Milan.

Second period

MILAN STATISTICS – Olimpia shoots 12/22 from two (55%) but has not yet scored from the arc (0/5), has gone very little to the line (3/3) and already has 9 turnovers. Devon Hall and Malcolm Delaney are the top scorers with 6 points, followed by Melli (5), Grant, Rodriguez, Mitoglou, Hines and Bentil (2).

OLYMPIACOS STATS – The Reds shoot 4/13 from twos (31%) and 2/11 from threes (19%), but collect a very conspicuous haul in the line (11/15) despite the 10 turnovers. Shaq McKissic lit the spark off the bench with 7 points, followed by Sloukas and Fall (6), Vezenkov (3), Walkup (2) and Larentzakis (1).

25-27 END SECOND FOURTH – Tarczewski sends Fall to the line: 1/2. Milan returns to score on the counterattack with Delaney, launched by Chacho. Still free for Olympiacos for a foul by Tarczewski on Larentzakis: another 1/2. Grant fails to finish in Milan’s last attack and Walkup misses the shot of desperation from midfield. Olimpia in the locker room leading 27-25, but was also +12 (9-21) at the start of the second period. Milan suffered a counter-partial of 16-6 in a long moment of total offensive tarnish, while Olympiacos were able to make good use of the many free throws they gained in a match that always remains blocked, physical, defensive and very tactical.

23-25 al 18′ – TV-timeout with Milan at +7 but down after the good start of the second period in which it had also touched +12. Upon returning, Sloukas’s free-throw from Delaney’s foul: 2/2 on the foul line. Olympiacos patches up with an impromptu triple from McKissic. Olimpia still frozen in attack, badly lost by Delaney.

18-25 al 16′ – Wonderful ball from Chacho for an easy lay-up from Hines. Olymp replies with a triple from Vezenkov from the corner in transition from a turnover by Rodriguez himself.

15-23 al 14′ – And-one by McKissic, who takes Datome from the side (free scored). Ugly lost by Mitoglou. Two consecutive fouls by Daniels (he already has three) and McKissic still in the line: 1/2. Another bad loss, this one from Hall. Mitoglou’s foul on Sloukas: 2/2 on the line. Milan is unlocked with a Delaney floater.

9-21 al 12′ – Milan opens the fourth with the return of Dinos Mitoglou on the parquet after three months. Immediately bezel for the Chacho: 2/2. Then Hall’s splendid basket unscrewed from the middle corner. Sloukas runner from loose ball on Mitoglou block, Olympiacos unlocks after a very long time. And then comes Mitoglou’s first basket in penetration!

First period

7-15 END OF THE FIRST FOURTH – Grant’s recovery and counterattack basket. Milan still runs with Chacho: long rebound and assist for Bentil’s dunk that forces Bartzokas to time out with his Olympiacos at -8. Upon returning, a series of bad attacks for both. The first quarter ends with Olympiacos held at only 7 points (2/8 from two, 0/6 from three and 5 turnovers).

7-11 all’8′ – Milan becomes heavier by inserting Tarczewski for Hines. And-one by Melli in transition on an assist from Rodriguez, just entered (free scored). Bonus spent by Milan with two consecutive fouls by Datome and Grant. Then another whistle against Tarczewski rebounding on Fall: 1/2 to free.

6-8 al 6′ – Super-staid pace and dominant defenses in this first half of the first quarter. TV time-out at 5 ‘on the score of 4-6. Upon returning, Fall’s crazy nailed against Melli. Hall replica with a nice cut on the bottom line.

4-6 al 4′ – Fall supports in the post-low against Melli. Bezel for Walkup after a foul by Melli on Hall’s turnover: 2/2. Milan hangs up with Hall in a pull-up from the media, counter-overtaking with Delaney from the middle corner.

0-2 al 2′ – Immediately a great action on the Hines-Melli axis for Milan. Then total domination of both defenses.

0-0 START OF THE RACE – The first possession is played by Olympiacos.

The starting five chosen by coach Georgios Bartzokas for his Olympiacos Piraeus: Thomas Walkup, Tyler Dorsey, Kostas Papanikolaou, Sasha Vezenko and Moustapha Fall.

The starting five chosen by coach Ettore Messina for his AX Armani Exchange Milano: Malcolm Delaney, Devon Hall, Troy Daniels, Nicolò Melli and Kyle Hines. The five holders seen in the three Italian Cup matches in Pesaro are therefore confirmed.

I’m 22 the precedents between Olimpia Milano and Olympiacos Piraeus in the modern Euroleague era. The Greek team is in the lead 15-7but above all it is 3-1 since coach Ettore Messina sits on the Armani bench.

Olympiacos have a prohibitive home record: 10-1, with the only defeat in January against the Red Star. And he has already given a heavy lesson in Milan in the first leg match at the Forum. of Assagoeds violated the parquet IR with the score of 93-72 thanks to an extraordinary ballistic evening. Only in the first half they scored 60 points with 12/16 from the arc!

But Olympiacos are also enjoying a good moment after the period of decline suffered in January, with a series of four consecutive knockouts cost the third place in the ranking. The Reds are in the open streak for 6 games between Euroleague, league and Greek Cup. Just like Milan, too Olympiacos won the National Cup Sunday, beating the eternal rivals of Panathinaikos Opap Athens.