A7 Emporio Armani Milan sent a message throughout the Turkish Airlines Euroleague by rocking FC Barcelona 91-63 on Wednesday at the site of the 2014 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four, Mediolanum Forum. A 12-0 run in the second quarter put the hosts in control for good and a 16-2 third-quarter charge fueled by Alessandro Gentile and Samardo Samuels turned it into a blowout as Milan became the first team to score 90 points against Barcelona's vaunted defense since Unicaja Malaga in April 2007. Milan won its seventh straight game and improved to 10-3 behind only Barcelona in Group E. Barca saw its 13-game game winning streak and run of 24 straight Top 16 victories come to an end.
Gentile finished with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for Milan, while Samuels netted 16, Curtis Jerrells 14 and Daniel Hackett totaled 11 points and 6 assists. The key for the winners was exceptional three-point shooting (9 of 16, 56.3%); Barcelona was just 2 of 16 (12.5%) from downtown. Alex Abrines, making his first start of the Top 16 in place of the injured Juan Carlos Navarro, led Barcelona with 14 points. Back to back bwin MVP of the week Ante Tomic posted 8 points and 7 rebounds in just 15 minutes as all 12 Barcelona players played at least 10 minutes.
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