Olimpia Milano, in Istanbul worst ever defeat in Euroleague

Istanbul (Türkiye) - Olimpia had never suffered such a blow. Milan was soundly beaten byEphes Istanbul, where former coach Luca Banchi delivers the first hurrah of his Turkish experience.

The score is clear with Efes victorious by 110-66, for Armani it is a KO heaviest ever in Euroleague. For Milan, without Nikola Mirotic e talker, as well as the long-term patient Or, it's a heavy defeat (0-2 in direct clashes) on the eve of a very tough cycle of matches (the European champions Panathinaikos arrive at the Forum on Thursday 30). The injury situation certainly doesn't help, but the approach was really submissive, almost as if the result was already a foregone conclusion.

A bad step backwards. There is nothing to save, the best scorer is Armoni Brooks with 13 points ,  Zach LeDay he closes with 10 points in 21' (the only good news is that he has overcome his injury), but the overall evaluation data further clarifies the difference between the two teams: 148-50 for the Turks.

The Turks' start is flying, while Milan scores only one triple in the first 5 minutes mannion (11-3). The attack finds no outlets, while Efes is already in double digits of advantage when Beaubois scores the 2+1 of 18-7. With a couple of triples the home team then flies away already on 24-9 at the 9th minute, while Milan closes the first period with an unexpected 2/17 shooting.

Messina tries to shake up his team, at 12' he has already called both timeouts, but it changes little since the Turks are already ahead 32-11 with the triple of Dozier, And the clear dawn of a nightmare evening given that the team coached by Banchi literally dominated the match in all its facets so much so that at half-time the score was already 56-31.

The score doesn't change even in the second half, the first few seconds are enough to understand it with a 4-0 that launches Efes on 60-31, forcing Messina to call a timeout again after a couple of minutes. The collapse, however, vertical, even doubled at 29', only that the score says 84-42 without a shot being fired. The last quarter is just a slow agony towards a final that says -44.

EFES ISTANBUL-EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN 110-66

24-9; 56-31; 84-42

ISTANBUL: Larkin 11, Beaubois 18, Nwora 15, Bryant 12, Smits 13, Thompson 5, Johnson ne, Dozier 8, Poirier 6, Osmani 12, Oturu 10, Willis ne. All Banks.

MILAN: Dimitrijevic 4, Mannion 7, Bortolani n/a, Tonut 2, Bolmaro 7, Brooks 13, LeDay 10, Ricci 8, Flaccadori, Caruso 4, Shields 9, Gillespie 2. Messina Coach