It's finally happening.
Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Milan 71:77 this evening (Tuesday) and achieved their first away win of the season in the Euroleague.
In the 13th round and after 5 consecutive away losses, Maccabi Tel Aviv wins an away game in Milan, further deepening the great crisis of the opponent.
The Yellows get to a positive balance, while Milan count their ninth loss in a row, and a season in which they have not won a home game so far.
It's not a Milan miracle, but it could be a crossroads this season.
Maccabi discovered something new in this game - and it's called defense.
It happened in the second half, when it worked it was quite simple to stress the team with the low breaking threshold and the self-confidence that is on the floor.
Nivu on the way to the basket, photo: EPA
Jarl Martin in front of Melly, photo: EPA
In the first half, Milan was 74 percent for 2 points, and finished the game with less than 60 points - while only scoring 31 points in the second half.
Maccabi's huge problem in defense became for the first time a kind of solution.
Maccabi's bench contributed a lot and the character was also there, with Maccabi coming back in the third quarter from a 10-point deficit and winning the fourth quarter 12:19.
The comeback was without Lorenzo Brown, but when the center back on the field he showed minutes of excellent game management.
The star of the final minutes with an offensive rebound and a dramatic basket, was Roman Sorkin with 14 points, 6 rebounds and the highest index in Maccabi - 21. Now face the rest of the Italian week against Virtus Bologna on Friday.
Darren Hilliard.
Weak game, photo: EPA
Austin Hollins.
Today in Milan, photo: EPA
Lorenzo Brown.
Excellent game, photo: EPA
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