Alba surprises Milano on the road

ALBA Berlin invaded the fashion capital and took away a 96-102 road win over AX Armani Exchange Milan to tighten the playoffs race a little more on Tuesday. ALBA raised its record to 8-15, rising out of last place, while Milan fell to 11-12 as it tries to cling to the playoffs positions. In a game with 11 lead changes and nine ties through three quarters, the definitive surge was ALBA’s 0-6 run to open the fourth, which quickly developed into a 2-13 knockout blow from which Milan could not recover. Marcus Eriksson led five ALBA double-figure scorers with 22 points. Johannes Thiemann came off the bench for 13, Luke Sikma and Peyton Siva had 12 each, while Landry Nnoko added 11. Milan got 20 points from Vladimir Micov, 15 from Luis Scola, 13 from Sergio Rodriguez, 11 from Nemanja Nedovic and 10 from Drew Crawford.