Olimpia Milano is still undefeated
The leaders on the LBA table did not allow surprises to happen. Olimpia Milano kept first place on the table and 100% performance. The team from Milano is still the only one without a defeat in the LBA. This time victim of the team which is led by former Spurs coach Ettore Messina was Brescia. The visiting team performed well on the visiting field with the championship leader. At halftime, neither team gained an advantage. After the third quarter, the game was still uncertain. Olimpia managed to break the game only in the last period when they gained a double-digit advantage two minutes before the end. In the end, the host celebrated with the result 76-62, which was not a real reflection of what was happening on the field.
However, Olimpia recorded their 11th victory while Brescia recorded its seventh defeat. Giampaolo Ricci and Ben Bentil stood out the most with 14 points each. Nicolo Melli scored only 4 points, but he had a great 14 rebounds. That is the parameter that decided the winner of this match, considering that Olimpia had a total of 13 rebounds more than the guests. At Brescia, the best games were provided by Amedeo Della Valle with 17 points and “Canadian” Naz Mitrou-Long with 13 points. Next week, Olimpia will play two games in the Euroleague against Panathinaikos and Real Madrid, and then against Trieste in the LBA. Brescia will welcome Vanoli Cremona at home.
Virtus follows Milano
Like Olimpia, the issue of the winner in the match of Virtus with Vanoli Cremona was resolved only in the last quarter. The guest had a double-digit advantage several times, but Cremona was back in the game. After Virtus gained a 14-point advantage five minutes before the end, the return difference was no longer for the hosts. In the end, it was 75-87 for the team from Bologna. Amar Alibegovic scored the most points in the visiting team. He scored as many as 25 points and added 5 rebounds to that effect. Marco Belinelli scored 15 points. Mouhammadou Jaiteh scored 13 points and had an excellent 10 rebounds.
In the home team, Tres Trinkle stood out the most, scoring 21 points and having five rebounds. Andrea Pecchia scored 16 points and also scored five rebounds. Ismael Sanogo had a great performance of 12 points and even 11 rebounds. In this way, the team which is led by former Toronto Raptors coach, Sergio Scariolo, achieved their ninth victory and is still just behind the leading Olimpia. Cremona is still at the bottom with only one victory more than the last-placed Fortitudo Bologna
