Olimpia, final rush in Euroleague. At Bayern's home to climb even higher

Ten games to return, after two years of absence, to the Europe that counts most or for another disappointment. The last part of the regular season starts today Euroleague that in the last two months of competition will elect the best ten divided between playoffs and play-ins. The games are open as never before. Just think that from fourth to tenth place seven teams are all enclosed by just one victory of distance between them. It is that advantage that at the moment the Bayern Munich has onOlimpia Milan, or rather the success that the Germans obtained at the Forum shortly before Christmas, winning by just one point, while Shields' final shot ended up hitting the iron. A minimal difference, but a substantial one.

Today at 20.45pm Armani will be in the brand new store for the first time Sap Garden which this year hosts the Bavarians' games and will try to pull off a coup that would also overturn the basket difference, reinvigorated by the awareness of its value after the victory against Panathinaikos. The mission against the team of the former Napier (his presence is not certain) and Voigtmann is very complicated (only 2 home defeats in 11 games), but not impossible given that in the last home game in mid-January Bayern lost to Virtus Bologna. It will have to be another high-intensity game and in this sense the 119 points scored in the derby against Varese are another good sign.

"It's a very important game - coach Messina defines it - as will be each of the ten games we have left to play from now on and they will decide the fate of all the teams. Bayern is a team with a great pace especially at home, with an aggressive defense and many solutions available in attack. Defending well in transition, controlling the rebounds and selecting the shots well will be the three keys to our game".

Milan will still be without Mirotic, Causeur and Nebo, but has extended the rotations by finding Flaccadori, Ricci and Diop. Bayern should also have some problems, because in the last game the pivot Devin Booker was injured. However, the two outside players who are making the difference on the field will be present: Carsen Edwards (19.7 points on average) and Andreas Obst (10.8 points), in addition to the eternal Vladimir Lucic, absent in the first leg in Milan, but now recovered from the injury that made him miss the first half of the season.