• Classification. Seventh day

Toko Shengelia finished the third quarter of the game with four points. And when at that point the Georgian crop is so modest, Baskonia's luck tends to be negative. The success of the Barça team is usually proportional to the production of its franchise player, something that Ettore Messina knew better than anyone. So he ordered his Milan to drown Shengelia, a mission that his boys followed perfectly, extending their defensive effectiveness to the whole court and propitiating a new victory that keeps the Italians at the head of the Euroleague. [Narration and statistics (81-74)]

It was a bad night for Baskonia, always uncomfortable in the Mediolanum, with no resources to escape the web designed by Messina. He survived for a long time thanks to his success in the triple, but as soon as the external pitches stopped entering he constantly lived in tow of an opponent that ended up surpassing him in all facets. It was a choral victory of Milan, with moments of brilliance for Micov, Sergio Rodríguez, Roll and Della Valle, who finished the execution of the Spanish team.

Perhaps the most gray of the great names of Milan was Luis Scola, who faced an emotional game, because for the first time he faced the club of which he is an absolute legend, surely the best player in his history. The duel of Buesa will arrive and in it the convenient tribute and recognition to the Argentine interior.

Henry's injury

This Thursday he had at least the privilege of scoring the first basket of the match, in an initial 7-0 run of Milan that was answered in the same way by Baskonia. It was a fairly even first quarter that ended up taking the Barça team thanks to seven consecutive points in the final stretch, completing at the beginning of the second quarter for a 0-11 run (14-23).

He enjoyed the Baskonia on the parquet until just after Henry injured himself only the ankle. Vildoza, who did not have his best night, had to accumulate too many minutes and abstain in defense so as not to commit fouls, which took advantage of Milan to recover initiative under the leadership of Micov. He amassed a 14-2 run and took advantage from 33-32 until the end of the game.

Merciless Roller

The Barça team, which until then had scored six triples of 12, entered a drought phase that led him to miss six consecutive three pitches. The Milanista impericia in the third quarter prevented the party from being then seen for sentencing, with Baskonia (with Henry already back to the floor) holding the match until the first basket of the last quarter, which left him only one point away from the draw ( 56-55).

It was then, just when Baskonia was about to make a peak, when Milan applied the roller mercilessly. Sergio Rodríguez and Della Valle assumed command of operations for a 17-0 run (for 73-55) that left Baskonia completely sunk, with no reaction capacity to neutralize that maximum difference of 18 points and had to settle for makeup marker.

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