L‘EA7 Emporio Armani Milanafter the clear home victory against Scafati, hosts the Germani Brescia, defeated in the advance round of the last round in Cremona, for a decisive challenge in the final ranking of the 2023-24 regular season. In the first leg match, played on Saturday 30 December 2023 during the 14th day, Germani won 72-64 with 13 points and 11 rebounds from the decisive Miro Bilan and 18 points from a fundamental Massinburg. Amedeo Della Valle is making his 300th appearance in Serie A, Miro Bilan is -9 points away from 1500 points scored in Serie A. Where to see it: Sunday 28 April 2024 at 6.15pm, DAZN and DMAX. Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Guido Giovannetti, Sergio Noce. As expected, on the pitch Devon Hallrecovered by coach Messina.
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1Q – Bilan starts well and defends well on Caruso and then scores from the post. Milan’s first lead with Melli’s triple left alone. Brescia defends well but chooses some shots too quickly. Caruso, challenged to shoot, scores his second triple of the season. Napier finds three free throws after a silly foul by Cournooh: 3/3 and lead 9-4. Effective Milan area, second triple by Melli and timeout called by the guests in the 4th minute. Della Valle’s raid for -6. Too much space for Shields, Milan’s fourth triple. Gabriel comes out of the blocks well on the throw-in and scores. Second foul by Caruso, free throws for Cournooh: 15-9 at 5′. The guests also showed effective spaces in the area, but after Gabriel’s error Tonut’s triple arrived. Milan is 5/5 from three points. Offensive rebound by Bilan who finds Massinburg’s cut. Great action by Bilan from the post for -5, Flaccadori’s stop and shot responds. Sixth triple for the home team with Ricci after some good ball circulation. Milan runs out of bonus, Bilan shortens to 23-17 in the 9th minute. Come and go Bilan for Akele all too simple, -4 guest. Hall finds three free throws on a foul by Massinburg: 2/3. Voigtmann suffers Bilan who finds two free throws. Flaccadori’s triple on the siren closes the quarter at 28-21. Olimpia is 7/7 from three points
2Q – First triple of the match for the guests against Massinburg, on the fifth attempt, Hall responds immediately. Burnell finds two free throws on an offensive rebound, already 12 free throws made by the guests. First error from Milan’s arc after 12 minutes. Nice Valentine counterattack for Shields, 33-26. Hines is too aggressive, three free throws for Massinburg: 3/3. Bad pass from Napier who launches the Cournooh counterattack. Timeout Milan at 35-33 after 14′. Milan comes out badly with two bad attacks, Massinburg misses an excellent shot to overtake. Valentine finds +4 in penetration. Now the attacks are more imprecise, the defenses work well. Cournooh, challenged to shoot, scores the triple for -1. Voigtmann lost under the basket who responds immediately. Ricci scores a great shot from the post. Della Valle’s pick and roll for Bilan is effective, 41-38 in the 18th minute, while Milan sees their three-point percentages drop. Game fragmented with two timeouts called almost consecutively. Della Valle in penetration scores the new -1. Voigtmann misses the triple with space, eighth triple in a row missed by the hosts, Massinburg’s shot at the end doesn’t go. 41-40 at halftime.
3Q – The second half begins with Milan’s eighth turnover. Away advantage on Gabriel’s place. Caruso scores the counter-overtaking by attacking at speed. Two passing violations in a row for the guests, Milan plays well in defense. Third foul by Petruccelli, free throws by Shields. On the other hand, Caruso’s fourth foul arrives on Bilan’s pick and roll which brings Brescia back to -2 in the 23rd minute. Triples from Napier and Petruccelli followed from the dribble. Another crossover and another triple from Napier who reaches double figures. Gabriel makes Melli jump and scores with his foot at the three-point line. Another triple from Napier to make it 54-50 in the 26th minute, the attacks heated up. Milano tries to extend with Tonut’s stop and shot. Textbook basket from Bilan’s post. But a great penetration from Shields responds. Too much space for Gabriel’s triple, 58-56 in the 28th minute. Massinburg scores the overtaking on the counterattack, Milan timeout. Milan comes out well with Hall closing the guest set. Great Milanese defense and easy counterattack for Hall himself. Shields scores the +5, but Burnell immediately scores from the post. The third quarter ends at 64-61.
4Q – Milan starts off strong, defending well and scoring two points with Hines. Another bad guest attack, immediately timeout called by Magro after just one minute. The guests were imprecise coming out of the timeout, Milan did not take advantage of it with two turnovers on wrong passes. Nice basket by Bilan for -3 in the 33rd minute. Now the defenses raise the intensity, the two teams struggle to build good shots. Brescia repeatedly misses the equalizer. Pick and roll Shields for Melli, 68-63 midway through the quarter. Melli himself suffers the foul in attack by Bilan. After a confusing action comes the triple of +8 from Shields who finds himself alone. Brescia unlocks with Bilan’s free throws. Another basket by Shields, this time approaching. Three free throws for Napier, Milan seems to have the game in hand. Skinny Timeout. The American point guard makes no mistakes, +11 Olimpia. Petruccelli scores the triple from the corner. Melli makes a mistake, Della Valle left alone reopens the match with a triple for -5. Messina timeout. Milano builds a good shot with Melli but doesn’t enter. Corunooh escapes in penetration but makes a mistake, offensive rebound but another mistake with Della Valle. Melli again with space, this time he scores 79-71 with 1’44” to play. Slim timeout, Brescia builds a good shot but Bilan makes a mistake. Tap in by Melli who seems to close the match 1′ from the end even if the technician arrives for Shields. Gabriel scores -4 with 21” seconds to play, then free passes for Napier who doesn’t make a mistake. It ends 83-77 for Olimpia.
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– Previous. There are 46 between the two teams, with Olimpia ahead 34-12 in the overall balance and 19-3 in the matches played at home. The last match won by Brescia in Milan in the regular season was dated 29 September 2019 (65-73). Among the coaches, Ettore Messina and Alessandro Magro have met on 7 occasions, with the current coach of Brescia ahead 4-3.
– Those who are absent. In the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Billy Baron is out for the entire season due to a blow to his right elbow already operated on in the summer, which forced him to return to the USA to undergo further surgery; Nikola Mirotic is unavailable due to a muscle strain in his right thigh flexors; Maodo Lo is out after suffering an acute phase of patellofemoral chondropathy in his right knee.
– The exes. In the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Giordano Bortolani scored 6.2 points in 11 minutes of average usage in the 2020/21 season spent in Brescia; in Germani Brescia Amedeo Della Valle was in Milan from 2018 to 2020, completing 53 games and averaging 6.2 points.
