Milano secured an important win on the road against Napoli, with a score of 77-71, in Round 15 of Serie A.
Milano head coach Peppe Poeta could not count on Ousmane Diop and Nate Sestina for this game. Quinn Ellis returned to Milano’s lineup after missing two EuroLeague games last week.
Also, very good news is that Stefano Tonut is back in Milano’s squad for the first time since November 23. Although he did not play in this game, the positive news is that his injury is behind him, and we can definitely expect him on the court in the upcoming matches.
Claim Now Napoli got off to a much better start in this game, winning the first quarter 23-15, but Milano looked much stronger on the court afterward, especially on defense. Gradually, they chipped away at Napoli’s lead, and in the final quarter they played very well, completing a full comeback. Strong defense completely shut down Napoli, allowing Milano to secure a routine victory.
Con 20 punti e 6 rimbalzi Armoni Brooks trascina l'@OlimpiaMI1936 alla vittoria sul parquet del @basket_napoli 🙌
— Lega Basket Serie A (@LegaBasketA) January 12, 2026
In doppia cifra anche LeDay e Shields: ai padroni di casa non bastano i 21 punti di Flagg 🏀#TuttoUnAltroSport @UnipolCorporate pic.twitter.com/t1QNAXFW0j
Armoni Brooks continued to deliver impressive performances, scoring 20 points, followed by Zach LeDay with 16, while Shavon Shields added 14 points.
For Napoli, Savion Flagg led the way with 21 points, Naz Mitrou-Long added 13, and Ishmael El-Amin scored 11 points.
After this win, Milano sits in third place in the standings with a record of 11 wins and three losses and will visit Tortona in the next round. Napoli, on the other hand, is in eighth place with six wins and eight losses and will play on the road against Sassari next weekend.
INTERVIEWS:
- Jaka Lakovic: Zeljko Obradovic simply puts you into a mode where you constantly think about basketball
- Zlatko Jovanovic: I stand behind my decision, Honved is living its dream and continues to dream!
- Sani Becirovic: Zenit is thinking seriously, and in the next year or two we are aiming for the highest level
- Levi Randolph: I know what the EuroLeague is, and I hope to play at that level again wearing the Zenit jersey
- Zac Seljaas: I’m a unique person, family means everything to me
- Aleksa Avramovic: Defense wins championships – for sure!
- Nenad Dimitrijevic: It’s sad for the EuroLeague and Partizan that Zeljko Obradovic left
- Ilona Korstin: We are in contact with both the EuroLeague and the NBA, we are present in all meetings
- Bogdan Tanjevic: The main difference between Partizan and Crvena Zvezda – domestic players still lead the way
- Nicolo Melli: We had no-phone rules with Zeljko Obradovic; There was interest from Partizan
- Bo McCalebb: How can you not respect Zeljko Obradovic? My only regret is that I didn’t listen to him enough
