Armani Milano – Bayern Munich 84-77: One step closer to scoring

On a very difficult and special day for the organization of Armani Milano, Ettore Messina’s team clinched victory over Bayern Munich (84-77) at the Mediolanum Forum and made an important step to take 3rd place in the EuroLeague ranking to back up. With a great performance from Savon Shields in the second half, the hosts overcame the German barrier, while Bayern Munich are still a must in the remaining games until the regular-season final.

The race

The criticality of the game affected the speed at which both teams “ran” the games. From the first minutes they acted very carefully in front of the field, but did not avoid some easy mistakes. Of course, the bottom line was that nobody felt safe, although Bayern Munich kept a small lead (15-19 in 10′).

Vladimir Lucic was the one who caused the most damage to the Italian defense, the one who created the +10 (21-31 in 17′) for Andrea Trinkieri’s team. However, the visitors’ coach had every reason to be upset as the difference fell by the break (33:36 in 20′). As for Armani Milano? -3 was a small loss, especially considering he had 3/12 threes by the finale of part one.

After the break, the hosts gradually took control, largely because their defense made the difference – as they did at Anantolou Efes a week ago. Bayern Munich was now the one to worry about what they were (not) doing behind the 6m75 as their percentages kept dropping. Somehow Armani Milano built the +8 (59-51 in 32′) which gave him a clear lead to win at the Mediolanum Forum.

Whatever the guests tried in the final minutes of the game, it didn’t work. Quite simply because the Italians were constantly out of the line of fire, taking advantage of the wear and tear of Bayern Munich and with personal phases from Savon Shields secured victory thanks to +9 (80-71) with 1’10” at the end. , which was not contested until the final.

THE REFEREES: Boltauser, Ballack, Difala

THE TEN MINUTES: 15-19, 33-36, 56-50, 84-77.

ARMANI MILAN (Messina): Meli 11 (13 rebounds, 6 assists), Rodriguez 9 (2/4 3 points), Tarzuski 6, Ritchie 2, Hall 11 (3 rebounds), Delaney 3, Daniels 6 (2), Shields 22 ( 5/9 two points, 2/3 three points, 6/6 shots), Hines 8 (4 rebounds, 2 assists), Bentil, Datome 6 (2).

BAVARIA MONKAH (Trinkieri): Thomas 4 (0/3 three points), Jaramaz 14 (2), Lucic 26 (4/7 two points, 4/7 three points, 6/8 shots), George 3 (1), Obst, Djedovic (0/2 3-pointers), chipser, Rubit 5 (1/5 shots, 3/3 shots, 4 rebounds), Cisco 5 (1 3-pointers, 6 assists, 2 steals), Hilliard 11 (2), shilling 2, Radosevic 7 (1) .

Armani Milano team statistics: 18/32 two points, 8/21 three points, 24/31 shots, 36 rebounds (24 defense + 12 offense), 13 assists, 4 steals, 11 errors, 2 blocks.

The team statistics of FC Bayern Munich: 14/26 two points, 11/30 three points, 16/22 shots, 28 rebounds (18 defensive + 10 offensive), 11 assists, 5 steals, 10 errors, 1 block.

The next games of the two teams: In the 33rd game, Armani hosts Milano Monaco (31/3, 9:45 p.m.), while Bayern Munich plays at home with Red Star.