Black Christmas for Ax Milano.
Blame for a bad evening against Baskonia who passes 79-84 at the Forum taking advantage of Fall's 221 centimeters height (10 points), Jekiri's solidity (12 and 12 rebounds), Henry's blazes (15 and 8 assists) and the classic great ex-test of Zoran Dragic (16).
But it is the aggressiveness of Ivanovic's team to send Milan into a tailspin, forced to attack at a quarter pitch.
The great soloists of Olimpia, whose only advantage is at 7-6 and under 16 points at 35 ', are unable to run and get in rhythm, stranded in the shallows of a mediocre 30/69 shooting.
Only in the final, out of pride, Milan shakes up and reaches -2 with a partial 16-2 but a penetration with a foul by Henry 11 seconds from the siren extinguishes the dreams of a red and white comeback.
80 points confirms the watershed for Milan: when he suffers less he always wins (24-0), when he gets points he often sees defeat (4-7).
Milan, 9-6 in the Euroleague, will now see it on December 27 against Virtus Bologna in the big match of the championship and on the 30th awaits the return to the Forum of Mike James and his CSKA Moscow.
