2020-21Regular SeasonRound 2
AX Armani Exchange Milan 87
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 73
October 09, 2020 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 MEDIOLANUM FORUM

Milan dominates ASVEL to get first home win

AX Armani Exchange Milan recorded its second victory in two games by downing still winless LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 87-73 at home on Friday. Shavon Shields led the winners with 17 points. Sergio Rodriguez added 13 while Zach LeDay and Riccardo Moraschini each had 10 for Milan. Amine Noua led ASVEL with 12 points while Norris Cole and Moustapha Fall both scored 10. Milan led 45-40 at halftime, extended its margin to 61-54 after 30 minutes and then again to 73-59 soon after that to seal the outcome.

Kyle Hines got Milan going with a jumper but Cole and Rihards Lomazs soon gave ASVEL a 2-6 lead. Hines kept pacing the hosts but Noua hit a jump hook and Cole added a coast-to-coast layup for a 6-11 score. Michael Roll and Rodriguez struck from downtown but David Lighty kept ASVEL in charge. LeDay and Kaleb Tarczewski fueled a 7-0 run highlighted by Moraschini's three-point play which allowed the hosts to get a 20-17 lead after 10 minutes. Ismael Bako dunked early in the second quarter but Rodriguez struck from beyond the arc, igniting a 9-0 run which Hines capped with a big basket for a double-digit lead, 29-19. Malcolm Delaney found his first points and assisted Luigi Datome for a three-pointer that boosted the hosts' margin to 34-22. Fall and Noua stepped up for ASVEL, then Antoine Diot and William Howard each buried a three-pointer. ASVEL stayed strong behind Noua's play inside, but LeDay and Rodriguez keep the hosts ahead, 45-40, at halftime. Hines buried a jumper soon after the break but Noua and Cole brought ASVEL as close as 47-45. Delaney stepped up with 5 quick points, igniting a 10-0 run that Shields capped with a three-pointer, 57-45. Cole and Delaney traded driving layups, then Guerschon Yabusele dunked. Moraschini scored in penetration but Lighty and Diot kept ASVEL within 61-54 after 30 minutes. Yabusele followed a three-pointer with a driving layup early in the fourth quarter but LeDay and Datome kept Milan way ahead, 68-59. Shields kept pacing the hosts with a put-back basket and Rodriguez added a three-pointer that broke the game open, 73-59, after a 10-0 run. Shields put the exclamation mark with a fast break slam and even though ASVEL kept trying, Milan cruised to a well-deserved win.

Pivotal performer

Shavon Shields hit the game-winner in Round 1 and had a great all-round performance in this game, showing he will have a crucial role for Coach Ettore Messina going forward. He finished with 17 points, 7 rebounds, a block and 4 fouls drawn for a game-high PIR of 19.

Game-changing moment

Guerschon Yabusele managed to keep ASVEL within 63-59 early in the fourth quarter. But Milan then found a go-to guy in Luigi Datome, who scored the opening 5 points of a 10-0 run that sealed the outcome.

Stellar stats

Milan finished the game with 17 assists and just 11 turnovers. On the other hand, ASVEL had more turnovers, 17, than assists, 11. Milan also crashed the offensive glass better, finishing with 13 offensive rebounds and only allowing ASVEL to get 7.

Did you notice?

Milan won all four quarters: 20-17, 25-23, 16-14, 26-19. Before this game, the Italian team hadn’t done that at all in the last three seasons. The last time Milan won all four quarters in a EuroLeague game was against Anadolu Efes Istanbul (25-24, 30-25, 24-18, 26-25) in a 105-92 victory on November 10, 2016.

Next game

In Round 3, ASVEL hosts Panathinaikos OPAP Athens on Tuesday, October 13 at 20:45 CET. Milan visits Olympiacos Piraeus on Wednesday, October 14 at 20:00 CET.

Sergio Rodriguez - AX Armani Exchange Milan - EB20
Friday, October 9, 2020
Euroleague.net
Referees: LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT; SILVA, SERGIO; UDYANSKYY, EDUARD
Attendance: 731
By Quarter1234
AX Armani Exchange Milan20251626
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne17231419
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AX Armani Exchange Milan20456187
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne17405473
AX Armani Exchange Milan
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 LEDAY, ZACH 25:08 10 2/6 0/1 6/6 4 5 9 1 2 1     3 5 18
3 MORETTI, DAVIDE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 MORASCHINI, RICCARDO 16:05 10 3/4 1/1 1/3 1 1 2     1     2 2 8
10 ROLL, MICHAEL 19:22 5 1/2 1/2     4 4     1     1 1 6
13 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 24:15 13 0/1 4/7 1/2   1 1 2 3 2     3 2 11
15 TARCZEWSKI, KALEB 16:28 4 1/2   2/2 2 2 4 1   3     2 3 6
20 CINCIARINI, ANDREA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 DELANEY, MALCOLM 22:51 9 2/5 0/4 5/5   2 2 8 2 1   1 4 5 13
31 SHIELDS, SHAVON 32:43 17 5/10 1/5 4/5 1 6 7       1     4 19
32 BROOKS, JEFF 7:07 1     1/2 2   2   1 1       1 3
42 HINES, KYLE 14:19 8 4/9     2   2 3 2   1 1 4 1 7
70 DATOME, LUIGI 21:42 10 1/2 2/2 2/2   1 1 2   1 1   2 2 12
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 87 19/41 9/22 22/27 13 22 35 17 10 11 3 2 21 26 104
        46.3% 40.9% 81.5%
Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 FREEMAN, ALLERIK 15:31 3 0/1 0/2 3/3   1 1 1 1 3   2 5 1 -6
5 KAHUDI, CHARLES 22:49 4 1/3 0/2 2/3   1 1   2     1 4 1 -2
8 DIOT, ANTOINE 12:43 4   1/1 1/2 1   1 3 1 1     2 1 6
9 LOMAZS, RIHARDS 4:24 2 1/2 0/1         1   1     1   -1
10 FALL, MOUSTAPHA 21:21 10 4/5   2/4 4 4 8     3 2   4 5 15
12 NOUA, AMINE 25:02 12 5/5 0/1 2/2 1 2 3 2   1     1 2 16
21 BAKO, ISMAEL 8:50 2 1/1       1 1   1       1   3
23 LIGHTY, DAVID 14:50 5 1/2 1/3     1 1             1 4
25 HOWARD, WILLIAM 19:47 6   2/2   1 4 5 2 1 2         12
28 YABUSELE, GUERSCHON 20:12 8 2/3 1/5 1/2   3 3 1 1 2     4 3 4
30 COLE, NORRIS 24:47 10 2/5 2/5 0/2   5 5 3   3     4 3 6
32 STRAZEL, MATTHEW 9:44 7 2/2 0/1 3/4         1 1       3 8
Team             4 4     1         3
Totals 200:00 73 19/29 7/23 14/22 7 26 33 13 8 18 2 3 26 20 68
        65.5% 30.4% 63.6%
Head coach: PARKER, TJ

Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE
AX Armani Exchange Milan

"It was a game of runs. We made a run, they tried to come back, then we made another run... but I think that, overall, we sustained our effort and our defense was good. In the second half, I think, they scored about 30 points and this is good, because in a day when we didn't shoot that well, it could have been even more difficult. So we are happy and we move on. I think the players are good people and they enjoy being with each other. That is luck - sometimes you do all your best and unfortunately, people don't click. With this group of people, they clicked, they like each other and also off the court. Hopefully, this will carry over on the court."

"By the way, we won all four quarters, which is always encouraging, and our defense was solid again, so it was a good win."

PARKER, TJ
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
"We cannot win a game against a team like Milan having 18 turnovers and shooting 62% from the free throw line. No way. No chance to win this time."

Players

SHIELDS, SHAVON
AX Armani Exchange Milan
"We needed to string together a couple of stops in a row and the offense took care of itself. We scored 45 points in the first half, so that is always good for us. We just needed to extend the lead, and that is what we did. It feels good - thanks to my teammates, they put me in great positions to help us win. I hope we can keep doing it moving forward."
DELANEY, MALCOLM
AX Armani Exchange Milan
"In the second half, we just wanted to get stops. I think we were not making shots that we normally make, but when we missed the shot, we played bad on defense. In the second half, we tried to put together some combinations, offense and defense, and we got some stops, and some of those shots started to fall. The guys helped me out a lot today. I wasn't able to practice this week, and I didn't really have rhythm offensively, but I tried my best to get everybody around me better, and the guys made the game easier for me even though I didn't make shots. We always have somebody else to step up, so that's what they did."
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