Basket Quarters Sassari draws with Venice

Dinamo equalized the series thanks to the great performance of the Lithuanian, author of 25 points. Thursday the decisive challenge in Mestre. Whoever wins from Saturday will challenge Milan

Sassari still believes in it, after a race full of changes of inertia, the men of Pozzecco find victory thanks to the duo Bendzius-Spissu and bring the series in a draw. The decisive game-5 in Mestre on Thursday: whoever wins from Saturday will challenge Milan in the semifinals.

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The rocket start

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First part of the match in balance but with two completely opposite faces, Sassari is practically perfect after the two-handed ball, holds up on all defensive changes, blurs the Venetian attack and hits from distance, with Bendzius on the shields, so much so as to also touch the +17; Reyer touches the bottom and rises vehemently, De Raffaele finds the defensive balance with Mazzola and Casarin, while Daye and Jerrells take care of the attack, a set of factors that allows the lagoon to overturn the inertia and close on the + 4 the first half of the race. After the long break Venezia takes advantage of the dirty work of Vidmar, on his return after a long absence, and of Chappell, protagonist of the break which is worth +12; Sassari, however, finds the best Gentile, previously conditioned by fouls, who manages with Spissu to change once again the pace and inertia of the match, so much so as to bring the game back to a tie on 30 ‘. The race is decided after the halfway mark of the last quarter, Bendzius and Spissu are the protagonists of the break which is worth +7, Venezia tries to react but also has to deal with the clock, a bad adviser who leads to a series of errors in attack , while Sassari is surgical with his Sardinian play, which drags his up to +13. The last possessions see Sassari extend again with Gentile and close the race: 86-73 the final.

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Sassari Bendzius 25, Often 20, Katic 13
Venezia Jerrells 14, Watt 13, Chappell 11

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