


Double-round sweep at home lifted
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan again put on a solid defensive performance when it beat visiting Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 74-69 at Mediolanum on Thursday night. The home team never allowed more than 19 points in any of the fourth quarters, a key to avoiding a late rally and securing its second win in three days.
Milan paid special attention to Zvezda's three best scorers: Luca Vildoza, Nemanja Nedovic and Filip Petrusev. The trio averaged a combined 39.8 points before this game, but they couldn’t find their offensive rhythm for most of the game. Vildoza has just 8 points entering the last period, Nedovic had 4 and Petrusev had just 2 at that moment.
Even though Vildoza contributed a triple and Petrusev resurrected late in the fourth quarter to bring his team as close as 72-68 in the last minute, their shooting chart was all but good. Vildoza finished with 4 field goals on 12 attempts, Nedovic went 2-of-9 from the field and Petrusev was 3-of-7 in the end.