The point on – The Italian Lega Basket A: Milan without division, Nick Perkins at the top, Isaia Cordinier and Mam ‘Jaiteh solid
On a regular basis, Basket Europe provides a full update on the progress of the main national and multi-national championships (Adriatic League, VTB League) in Europe. Today, the Italian Lega Basket A.
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The Italian championship, Lega Basket A (or Serie A) has just passed the course of the first 8 days. With a clear indicator: the Armani Exchange Milan (or Olimpia Milan) dominates the competition head and shoulders, presenting an immaculate record. Even the Virtus Bologna and its range of stars (Milos Teodosic, Marco Belinelli, Ekpe Udoh, Kyle Weems as well as Isaia Cordinier and Mouhamadou Jaiteh on the French side) can only follow the Milanese locomotive from a distance. It must be said that the institution of “Basket City”, as Bologna is nicknamed, has twice tripped over the carpet, with the surprising promoted from Tortona and, worse still, against the bottom of the class, Pesaro .
The very good form of Milan is confirmed in Euroleague, where the Italian club is currently positioned in first place, with a record of 8 victories for only one defeat. In Eurocup, the results are more mixed, with Virtus Bologna (3e of his hen) and Venice (5e from the same pool) displays a balance of two wins for as many defeats while Trente is last in the other pool with 4 losses on the clock. The situation is comparable in BCL: if Treviso is first in its group with 3 wins and no defeats, Sassari (1-3) and Brindisi (0-3) are good last of theirs. Reported to their classification in the Lega A the European results of these clubs, indicating that there is hardly any relation between their continental and local performances, sign of a national championship at the level rather disparate the tenor that is Milan.
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