Il PalaLido returns to being tinged with red and white, even if it still has to get used to the move given that there are only around 3.500 fans crowding the stands of theAllianz Cloud. The team, however, doesn’t have to get used to it, as it transfers all the grit and character of its latest outings to the city.Armani also liquidate the Real Madrid, does so by winning 89-82, reaching the Spanish in the standings with 9 wins in 16 games. The new facility finally lights up Marko Guduric who played his best game of the season: 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in a full-court game, complete with a game-clinching bomb with 1′ left. This is because Armoni Brooks now it is no longer news and plays automatically closing with 3/5 from 3, while the happy notes come from Brown who returns to the parquet and plays a solid performance (8 points in 12′ with 1/2 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers and 2 assists). Real Madrid’s side is the usual campazzo drives everyone crazy with 25 points, while the blue Procida he plays only the second match in Euroleague and for just over 3′. There was a lot of talent on the pitch, but also in the stands for the first match of the new PalaLido there was a parterre de roi with the return to Milan of Ettore Messina for the first time not only in the role of manager, but also of the GM of Real, Sergio Rodriguez, unforgettable in Milan, as well as the president of the Euroleague They leave Bodiroga.
The match starts with Real relying practically only on LylesThe American scored all the first 9 points for the Blancos (5-9 in the 3rd minute), then doubled the lead when he scored from the free throw line to make it 9-17, while Milan was not very fluid in attack. They thought about it Ellis e Brooks to awaken Armani from its torpor with two triples (15-17), then with the third consecutive one LeDay to give the first advantage on 18-17. At the end of the first period the Milanese close ahead 23-21 because the three-point shooting party also joins in Guduric. Brown makes his debut for the umpteenth time and does so with the basket of 28-21 in the 12th minute, then it is the American point guard who makes the difference with another 6 points that also bring about the +10 on 37-27 in the 15th minute. The red and whites also reach 48-34 overflowing in attack with great alternative solutions and Ellis who becomes the protagonist. In the second half he is LeDay who takes Armani by the hand maintaining the advantage at 57-44 after 3′, but Real step by step erodes all the home advantage and reaches 62-58 at 28′. Olimpia is good at not derailing and restarts with Or e Guduric (66-58 at 29′), then also with Brooks right at the beginning of the fourth quarter (69-62). The ancient glories of the PalaLido make the score fly Guduric with two consecutive triples (79-68 at 35′). A sensational dunk by Brooks on the counterattack he makes Lido explode to 84-72. campazzo he’s the last one to give up, he makes two triples for 84-80, but it’s still Guduric to close the matter. And tomorrow there is the Fenerbahce.
ARMANI MILANO-REAL MADRID 89–82 (23-21; 50-39; 66-60)