AX Armani Exchange Milan

Shields scored a career high 34 points in Game 5 against Bayern Munich

In recent years, as schedules are fuller and the physical demands on players greater, the recovery process between games – everything from physical therapy to sleep, diet, load-monitoring and mental rest – has become integral to pushing individual and team performance to a higher level.

Delaney: For the next game they will be even more aggressive, fighting to avoid the elimination

The remaining two rounds will determine the playoff seedings and home-court advantage

What’s remarkable about both Efes and Milan is that neither looked like early qualifier candidates at the end of 2020. Since the turn of the new year, however, they have rocketed up the charts.

The game marked just the second time in EuroLeague history that both teams made more than 50% of both their two-point and three-point shots and also more than 90% of their free throws

The two teams have the same number of wins, 10, but Olimpia have played one game less

Olimpia Milano’s head coach Ettore Messina on tomorrow’s match against Anadolu Efes in Istanbul

The Italian powerhouse is seventh in the Euroleague standings with 7 wins in 12 games

Milan outscored the Blancos 47-28 in the second half

The first event will be at Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on September 12-13, 2020, featuring AX Armani Exchange Milan, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, ALBA Berlin and host Zalgiris Kaunas