It ends 92-86 without Tonut, Flaccadori and Mannion granted to the national team: best scorer LeDay with 22 points
Milan, without Tonut, Flaccadori and Mannion granted to the national team, falls to Tel Aviv 92-86. It is the first time that Olimpia has returned to Israel since the spring of 2023, before the local teams were forced for security reasons to carry out international activity on a neutral pitch. Hapoel’s great defense in the fourth period makes the difference. An excellent Bryant was decisive, finishing with 25 points and 8 assists. Fifteenth knockout in 29 games for EA7, the second in a row, which further complicates the race for the play-in. It is the seventeenth victory for Itoudis’ men, the first after 5 consecutive defeats. 22 points from LeDay are not enough.
balance
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The start of the match smiled on Hapoel, who with their transition and aggressive defense put Milan in difficulty. EA7 attacks in a cumbersome way and loses too many balls (6 in the 20th minute). Poeta’s men pay for the physicality of an excellent Oturu (10 points in the 20th minute) and the talent of Micic and Bryant (12 points each at the end of the first half). After finishing the first quarter at -10 and reaching -15 in the second, Olimpia wakes up. He grows in defense and benefits from Dunston’s movements and a fantastic LeDay (16 points, 6/7 from the field) in attack and places a 10-0 break, which reopens the games. A triple from Shields at the end gives EA7 a -2 at the end of the first half (49-47).
hapoel control
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In the second half Itoudis’ men regain control of the match. Olimpia misses some open shots and pays dearly for some errors during defensive switches. Micic, Blakeney and Odiase score and give the Israelis +10 again. The last period is the decisive one, Milan stops the circulation of the ball too much and suffers the movements without the ball of a very inspired Bryant, even reaching -13 at the beginning of the quarter. Despite a couple of jolts from Bolmaro, EA7 did not find offensive continuity, suffering the growth of the defense of the home team, who controlled the match and interrupted the streak of 5 defeats in a row in the Euroleague. Blakeney’s liberos take care of closing the discussion.
Hapoel: Bryant 25, Micic 18, Oturu 16
Milan: LeDay 22, Nebo 18, Brooks 14
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