The 31st round of the Euroleague continues at this time with an intriguing meeting at Menora Mivtachim Hall, with Maccabi Tel Aviv hosting Armani Milano and hoping to register a victory that will be an important step for them in the battle for a place in the top eight.
As is well known, the Euroleague management announced earlier that it was ousting the Russian teams from the factory, thanks to which the Yellows are now ranked seventh in the Euroleague and with an excellent opportunity given to them to enter the top eight.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has entered a double game week, when on Thursday it will meet Real Madrid and these days may decide the entire European season for the Yellows. Avi Even’s team came into the game after recording 82: 113 over Hapoel Galil Elyon. Maccabi’s previous meeting against Milan ended in a 83:72 loss away.
On the other hand, the strong Milan, which is at the top of the Euroleague, came after a less good period for it. In the previous game in the factory it was stopped with a loss to Real Madrid and also in the last round of the domestic league it absorbed 82:74 brush, in what was its only loss in 21 rounds in the Italian league.
Maccabi Tel Aviv quintet: Scotty Wilbkin, Keenan Evans, Derrick Williams, James Nanley and Ante Žižić.
Milan Armenian Quintet: Trey Hall, Malcolm Delaney, Troy Daniels, Nico Mali and Kyle Haynes.
Only after a minute of play did the first points come from the hands of Derrick Williams. Zizic took advantage of a wonderful assist from Wilbkin and completed a 0: 4 run by the Yellows. Daniels stitched a great three and shrank to a point, Nanley returned to three in favor of the host. Haynes scored two easy points from the point and shrank to a point. Delaney gave Milan the lead, but Wilbkin with a wonderful three and rape with two points under the basket gave Maccabi a four-point lead. Williams stitched another wonderful three, completed a 2:10 run by the hosts and the advantage jumped already to seven. Nanley scored another three and it is already a 10 advantage for Maccabi. The Whites continued with tremendous ability, completed a 2:15 run and climbed to a 12-point lead.
Shabon opened the quarter with two easy points and interrupted the yellow run. Thomas scored two easy points at the end of a burst and raised the Whites to a 14-point lead, Bentil shrank to 11 with a great three. Reynolds continued with Maccabi’s tremendous performance with a huge dunk that raised it to its record advantage so far – 15 points.