\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv will play tonight (21:45) in the Forumnet in Milan vs Armani Jeans without the sick center Nikola Vujcic that did not travel with the team to Italy. But they still remain favorites to beat the team in the last place in Group B who have won only three games from 11 played in the Euroleague. On December 1, 2005 in Tel Aviv, Maccabi won 96-95 with a Will Solomon three pointer in the final second of the second overtime. Since then the Euroleague Champions have improved a lot. The Milan team is going through a rough time and in the Italian League they occupy sixth place with a 10-7 record. This morning it was announced that head coach Lino Lardo is relieved from his duties and will be replaced by Alexander “Sasha” Djordjevic. The 38 years old Serb, one of Europe`s leading players in the ninties, played last season in Milan and announced his retirement this summer. The game vs Maccabi will be his first ever as a coach. Two other new faces, that have not played in Tel Aviv, will be on the team: Alejandro Montecchia, 33 year old point guard who won an Olympic Gold Meda in Athens with Argentina and Tyron Grant (2.01), an American forward who has played for several teams in Europe since 2001. In games played last night Efes Pilsen beat Lietuvos Rytas in Vilnius 75-64 and Prokom Sopot beat Olympiacos 79-77. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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