Emporio Armani Milano maintains home advantage and is 1-0 in the series against Germani Brescia. Game 1 of the championship semi-final ends at 95-89 and the red shoes thank their big men: Voigtmann he is the star of the first half with 21 points, supported by an excellent Tonut, but in the end the heart ofNicolò Melli, with 13 points, all very important. Amedeo Della Valle’s 33 are not enough for the Leonessa.
Start of the match in which Tonut and Gabriel exchange courtesies from the arc, then Brescia tries again to push forward with three more points from the American for 13-16. Johannes Voigtmann enters the game, putting Olimpia back ahead with two triples, then a fade away and another triple to make it 34-29 in the first quarter.
Milan tries to extend it even further at the start, Nikola Mirotic’s three-point play means the 41-31 for a 7-2 partial at the start. Brescia responds with a wild Massinburg with two triples for -2, but doesn’t get much from them Bilan, which appears out of the game. The EA7 gets back to grinding again and is still the protagonist Voigtmann: another eight points with two triples, well supported by Tonut, and by riddling the Brescia zone we reach halftime at 61-49.
Milan seems to manage the match well, often holding a double-digit lead throughout the third set, before two triples from Della Valle put things back in balance a bit. 77-70 in the 30th minute.
However, Melli comes into play: triple and dunk to set up a 7-0 break that returns the +14, before two more triples by Della Valle that score the -8. However, Flaccadori closes the gap at 34‘. Brescia still believes in it, with a wild Della Valle and it reaches 91-87 with one minute to go. He still puts a piece on it Melli with his feet on the arc for +6, Germani’s hopes are extinguished with Flaccadori’s free throws.
