Olimpia Milano wins game 4 and takes their third consecutive championship, with an exceptional performance from Mirotic.
Virtus Bologna suffers, then tries to come back but it’s not the right night. 23/41 from two, 5/25 from three, 31 rebounds and 18 assists.
Milano shoots 14/27 from two, 9/20 from three, 34 rebounds and 19 assists.
EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN
Bortolani ne
Tonut 6.5: always humble but with a lot of strength in his legs and head, two championships with two different teams
Melli 8: almost double double, 12 points and 9 rebounds but the captain always fights like a lion
Napier 7: only three points but 6 assists then stopped by the eye problem.
Ricci ne
Flaccadori 7: game three is his masterpiece but even tonight he puts in a lot of energy, 9 points and 2 assists.
Hall 8: a great presence in the game and in the Milanese victory.
Caruso doesn’t
Shields 8: 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, a great result in the red and white victory.
Mirotic 9: on the most difficult evening, when winning is difficult, he demonstrates all his value. A double double of 30 points and 12 rebounds
Hines 7: the usual presence in the Milanese defense.
Voigtmann 6.5: tonight he scores only 4 points and takes 3 rebounds
All.re Messina 8: repeating yourself in the championship is never easy, there were many difficulties in the season, especially in Europe. In the playoffs, first with Trento aside, he dominates them.
VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA
Dunston 5.5: 8 points but little else on the night of the Milanese scudetto
Lundberg 7: there are 12 points for him tonight and 3 assists, he is missing something from the three points.
Mascolo ng
Shengelia 5: he doesn’t work tonight, perhaps for him too, both physical and mental tiredness had an impact on the evening.
Polonara 6.5: 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists tries in every way to put the Milanese defense in difficulty.
Belinelli 5: he doesn’t get us tonight, maybe he’ll pay for a hard and long season.
Hackett 5.5: strong start, Virtus’s first 5 points, then that’s it
Mickey 4.5: absent on the pitch, he tries to show himself but it’s not an evening for him either
Pajola 7: one of the last to give up, as always, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in addition to the two points.
Zicic ng
Cordinier 7.5: his best, 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Abass.7: his block on Melli in the first quarter, he tries to animate the Bolognese comeback but fails to achieve a miracle.
All.re Banchi 7: tonight his team with character tried once again to come back as has already happened several times in the season, but the fuel wasn’t enough.
In the image Mirotic, Photo Ciamillo Castoria
Gianfranco Pezzolato
