Milan, 20 April 2021 – A magic at the end of Zach LeDay – perfectly assisted directly from the throw-in by Malcolm Delaney and forgotten by the opposing defense – gives a crazy Game 1 of the Euroleague playoffs all’Armani AX Milano who folded 79-78 the Bavaria Monaco, after chasing him for more than 38 ‘. Bringing home the success was in fact anything but simple for the men of Messina who in the first half suffered physicality under the boards of the Bavarians and argued with the shooting percentages (1/10 from three in the first 20 ‘for the red and white), even finishing at -19 under the blows of a Bayern dragged by an overflowing DJ Seeley (23 points with 5/5 of three) and was left without Weiler-Babb due to an ankle problem. In the second half, however, Milan’s change of pace arrived, inspired by a rise in the tone of the defense, led by the blocks of Kaleb Tarczewski, and by the baskets of Sergio Rodriguez (13 points all signed in the second half) and of the hero of the day Zach LeDay who resolved the dispute by replying to the free Gist who seemed to be able to give success to the guests. Game 2 will be played on Thursday, again at the Forum, which promises to be already very interesting and hard-fought.
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After a first quarter without jolts, the game gained momentum when he took the chair DJ Seeley who started a real bombing and, along with Johnson and Reynolds, he brought his own to +14 (18-32) at the peak of a break at 14-2. A very hard blow to digest for an Olimpia in great difficulty under the scoreboards (24-16 rebounding for Bayern at the end of the first half) and shooting (7/16 from two and even 1/10 from three). In fact, Punter’s flashes were not enough to turn the inertia of the match because the Bavarians soon resumed grinding the game and baskets reaching their peak at 21-40 before returning to the locker room at 27-44. Upon returning to the parquet, however, the music changed, because Milan tightened its defensive shirts starting with a 12-3 for -8 (39-47). The triples of Sisko and the “usual” Seeley temporarily blocked the bleeding inspiring first the new external +15 and then the +11 (53-64) with 10 ‘from the end. A deficit that did not scare Olimpia, which at the beginning of the fourth quarter clung to the blocks and the defense of Tarczewski and the triple of a Rodriguez tarantolato to give another shoulder to Bayern. The icing on the cake was the baskets of the equalizer at 74 with 1’16 from the end of LeDay and the next triple by Rodriguez (74-77). The Bavarian response was also of character, which led to the new counter-pass signed by Gist just over a second from the end. That was enough, however, to Zach LeDay to collect the lob on Delaney’s throw-in, mock the non-flawless marking of the far opponents and deposit to the basket of the final 79-78.
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