Olimpia Milano, endless drama: Mathews says Asvel

Game approached in the worst possible way, with some forcing and some turnovers that cost a French 0-9. As the match progresses, theOlympia Milan it was unlocked thanks also to the plays of Luwawu-Cabarrot e Brandon Davies above all, undoubtedly the best players of the Milanese team on this occasion. Defeat that hurts badly, not so much from the point of view of the standings, given that the season is now compromised, but also and above all mentally, given that the Milanese team is tremendously struggling to turn their season around and manage the finals well race, with very few exceptions. The many missed free throws in the final testify to the psychological difficulty that the boys of coach Ettore Messina they are facing this season.

Olimpia Milan-Asvel | The match

The game opens with two free throws by Lighty on target and two turnovers byOlympia Milan. Yet Lighty scored, this time from three points, for the initial 0-5, followed by two points on the counterattack by Dee Bost. L’Olympia Milan unlocks from the bezel with Luwawu-Cabarrotfollowed by two more free to Of lap. Brandon Davies scores the Milan team’s first field goal. Nine scores the triple of 4-14. Luwawu-Cabarrot scores the -8 on the counterattack, followed by two points of Melli. Brandon Davies extends the Milanese partial with a three-point game for 11-14 with 2.43 to go. Luwawu-Cabarrot scores the tie from three points. Tonut the Milanese 17-16 scores from three points, followed by that of Kahudi. The first quarter ends on 17-19. Brandon Davies brings back theOlympia Milan 2 points down after a mini French partial. I say scores the triple for 24-29, followed by the placement as usual Kahudi (already at 10 points). Luwawu-Cabarrot he scores from three points and also arrives in double figures, also scoring another one in the following offensive action. The game proceeds in balance, with Hines that crushes the new Milanese -2. The second quarter ends with a triple of Of lap for the French 37-42.

Of lap opens the fourth with a basket from average, followed by the basket of Davies. Yet Of lap to punish theOlympiad for 39-46. Hall marks the new Milanese -3, followed by the dunk of Brandon Davies. Luwawu-Cabarrot score 49-48 for theOlympia Milan in the middle of the third quarter. Brandon Davies he scores his nineteenth point and brings his team to +3, to which he answers Tyus. Mathews try to keep in touchAsvel with a series of baskets in a row, with Hines which scores 57-54. The third quarter ends at 57-57 with a triple than usual Mathews. The fourth period opens with two consecutive baskets of Hineswhich carry theOlympia Milan on +5. L’Asvel with a partial of 7-0 he returns to +2. The match gets nervous and theOlympiad trivially loses two consecutive balls, but Devon Hall he scores the 66 basket from three points with 5 minutes to go. Exiting timeout Bost scores the triple of the new French +3. Ricci scores the -1 basket with 3 minutes to go, but Mathews scores another three-point field goal. Hall scores a very difficult basket, but Jonah Mathews continues his moment of basketball madness by scoring the triple to make it 70-75. L’Olympia Milan she misses many free throws in the final match, which costs her only -2 less than a minute from the end. Tyus marks, theOlympiad throw away a key possession, theAsvel vince al Forum per 73-79.

Olimpia Milan-Asvel (17-19, 37-42, 57-57, 73-79)

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Olimpia Milano calendar | The next appointments

L’Olympia Milan will return to the field on Sunday 22 January at 18.00 al PalaBigi against the Una Hotels Reggio Emilia in LBA. Subsequently, the‘EA7 Emporio Armani Milan will be staged in Euroleague Thursday 26 January, when away they will face the Monaco at 21.00. The reigning Italian champions will then face the Dolomites Energy Trentino in LBAwith a tap-off set for 4.15 pm on Sunday 29 January at Milan Forum.