Olimpia Milano dominates Tortona and recovers Mirotic, Shields and Bolmaro

The battleship Olimpia shows all his strength on the parquet of Casale Monferrato annihilating minute by minute a Tortona who was practically at his last hope tied to the playoff. So the red and whites win 68-85, but the best news is that they recover three players: Nikola Mirotic, Shields e Bolmaro. The Montenegrin is always fantastic, he scores 18 points in 18 minutes with 4/5 from 3 and 22 of evaluation, but Shields also makes himself noticed even with controlled minutes (only 13') with 11 points (3/4 from 2 and 1/1 from 3). Zach LeDay instead in team version with 12 points and 4 assists, but the positive note is also the defense that finally returns to make its voice heard conceding only 68 points leaving not even 40% shooting to the home team. Coach Messina he immediately launched Ousmane Diop in the quintet (Gillespie remains on the bench without even a minute, a further indication of Nebo's imminent return), and the Senegalese responds immediately by protecting the iron and dunking the 6-9 in the open field. With LeDay's initiatives, EA7 tries to extend (9-18 at 6'), but with Vital's talent the Piedmontese remain attached to the Milanese train (16-18). The game continues with the teams in close contact (31-32), it is only Mirotic's points that try to give space back to Milan (31-37), but at half-time Tortona is still close (36-41).

It is in the third period that Armani does not look back with a huge partial of 11-23 that leads them to definitively escape. LeDay is the protagonist of the +11 (45-56) that gives the first double-digit advantage to Milan, then the returning Mirotic and Shields dig the gap on 45-61 at 29'. In the last quarter the red and whites also touch +20 (47-67) thanks to captain Ricci, then it becomes a long management of the final with Armani that maintains control until the final 68-85. Next Sunday, therefore, the challenge on the parquet of the Trapani Shark to try to chase the top 4 places in the standings, otherwise he should be almost certain to be in fifth place by virtue of today's stop in Reggio Emilia.

BERTRAM TORTONA-EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN 68-85 (16-22; 36-41; 47-64)