Milan’s balanced effort proved too much for Baskonia

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan controlled things for the majority of the night en route to defeating visiting Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz 88-76 at PalaBancoDesio on Tuesday night. Both teams hold 4-3 records after a game in which Milan took the lead for good with a 13-2 run to end the first quarter and immediately increased the advantage some more, as the margin never went back into single-digits for the remainder of the night. Rakim Sanders paced the hosts with 19 points, Ricky Hickman scored 13 and Krunslav Simon finished with 10. Shane Larkin shined for Baskonia with 21 points, 9 assists and 4 steals. Johannes Voigtmann scored all of his 16 points in the second half, and Andrea Bargnani added 12 points in the losing effort.