Mitrou-Long and Della Valle sign the 11th victory in a row for Germani, who commands from start to finish with the leaders
Brescia’s victory over Milan lights up the Sunday program of the 23rd matchday of Serie A. Here’s what happened.
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Brescia-Milan 82-74
Unstoppable Brescia: the challenge between the first and third force of the championship ends with the eleventh consecutive victory of Alessandro Magro’s team, who against Milan leads a game for 40 ‘in which Olimpia is thrown back in all the comeback attempts , showing an incredible ability to react. Brescia starts in a convinced way (8-2) against an unattentive Olimpia. It is up to Rodriguez to play the charge to him: in the break that brings Milan in front for the first time (12-15) he is the protagonist. At the first siren, however, the home team is ahead (17-15) with Laquintana and Gabriel building the 5-0. Which gives Brescia the right push also in the second quarter: two triples by Moore and an unsportsmanlike one by Rodriguez give the biancazzurri + 9 (28-19). You would expect the comeback as a guest: instead Brescia sinks the knife and escapes on +13 (39-26) before closing with Petrucelli unstoppable on +10 at the interval (41-31). From the locker rooms Milan comes out with the desire to shoot the game and several times returns to -6 (52-46) using Melli and Rodriguez. When Brescia goes into difficulty, Della Valle (58-48) always finds a lifesaver, who scores 11 points in the fourth, but it is Hall with a 9-meter buzzer-beater who closes the fourth at -6 (64-58). On the pitch the level of physicality rises with Milan trying to bring Brescia to its ground (67-63): Della Valle and his associates respond blow for blow, returning twice to +11 (78-67; 82-71). And for the indomitable Leonessa there are 11 successes in a row.
Brescia: Mitrou-Long 22, Della Valle 21, Petrucelli 14.
Milano: Delaney e Hall 11, Rodriguez 10.
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Varese-Pesaro 76-87
With a partial 11-0 at the end of the third quarter, a solid Pesaro (62% from two), led by a sharp Sanford (4/6 in the triples), makes the most of the absences of the injured Keene and captain Ferrero ( struggling with a bad flu) to put an end to the magic moment of a Varese who never took the lead in the 40 minutes. Immediately at the start, Carpegna Prosciutto focuses on the Delfino-Librizzi miss match to have a double-digit advantage already in the 3 ‘(2-12). With Reyes defensively rebalancing his quintet, Openjobmetis tries to get back into the game (17-21 at 10 ‘). Banchi responds with the zone and, if Wondatensae punctures the retina, Lamb is ready to reply (23-32 at 14’36 “). Roijakkers gets more intensity from him but it is Sanford who, with his offensive gusts, sends Pesaro into the locker room for the long interval with a useful margin of 4 lengths (36-40 at 20 ‘). In the third quarter, the game seems to develop according to the same canons, until Varese with the points of Beane approaches up to -2 (52-54 at 27 ‘). Pesaro, however, replies with the effectiveness inside Jones ‘area (4 blocks with 21 evaluation) and the precision of the Sanford-Lamb duo to gain an advantage (+13 52-65 at 30’) decisive for the deserved success exterior of the quintet from the Marche region.
Varese: De Nicolao 15, Beane 14, Vene 12
Pesaro: Sanford 26, Lamb 19, Jones 10
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Brindisi-Cremona 87-65
Brindisi returns to win after two consecutive defeats by archiving the Cremona practice with a first half of 41 points and a final 45% in archery. Vitucci chooses a different quintet than in previous releases: Udom and Gaspardo are immediately on the field together with Harrison, Clark and the inevitable Perkins. It is precisely to the American native of Alaska, in his new first at PalaPentassuglia, that he has the task of pushing him with 7 points and a shot from almost midfield that is worth +10 after only 4 ‘of play (12-2) . The gap widens later to +13 (17-4) before the triple change of Galbiati (in Poeta, Cournooh, Dime) in search of some new tactical alchemy. A choice that does not pay since Brindisi, always with Harrison very inspired by the bow, lengthens again (9 ‘, 31-11) annihilating any reaction attempt by Vanoli. There is no match: Brindisi with 66% from 3 flies to + 27 (14 ‘, 41-14) while Cremona continues to collect an infinite series of shots on the iron. Not even the 9-0 run (41-23) with Happy Casa on a prolonged break fails to shake the host formation mired in its 2/11 from the arc. In the second half the quality of the game drops sharply. There is a trickle of turnovers and wrong shots. Brindisi remains in control even when Vanoli gets back to -10 with a triple from Cournooh and a place from Spanish (27, 55-45). For the rest, Gentile’s ankle injury and Redivo’s 4/6 from 3, the creator of the final push, useful for putting the victory in the freezer, should be noted.
Brindisi: Harrison 20, Perkins 18, Redivo 14.
Cremona: Spanish 20, Tinkle 16, Cournooh 10.
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Reggio Emilia-Sassari 85-81 dts
Reggio Emilia folds Sassari after an extra time and scores the third consecutive victory which is worth fourth place in the standings. Alongside the usual Cinciarini in the Mvp version of Serie A (19 points and 9 assists), the tests of Strautins (17 points and 10 rebounds) and Baldi Rossi (14 points without shooting errors) are decisive, while a super is not enough for Dinamo Bendzius (25 points). Still without Candi and Diouf and with Olisevicius not at his best, coach Caja chooses the quintet made up of Cinciarini, Larson, Strautins, Johnson and Hopkins while Bucchi responds with Robinson, Kruslin, Burnell, Bendzius and Bilan. Reggio gets off to a better start with captain Cinciarini and closes the first quarter ahead (19-16). Dinamo reacts by raising the level of defense and attacking from distance first with Bendzius and then with Logan, taking control of the match (34-39 at 20 ‘). Unahotels relies on Baldi Rossi and Hopkins to reduce the gap, but Sassari does not tremble and remains in command (49-53 at 30 ‘). Thanks to super Strautins, Caja’s team manages to put their nose back ahead (56-55 in the 33rd minute) and regains confidence, despite being forced to give up Olisevicius due to a physical problem. In the sprint the entry of Thompson is very important (5 points and 2 recoveries) and the contribution of the usual Cinciarini who scores +4 (70-66 at 39 ‘). Over? Not even for a dream because Bendzius puts the triple of the draw at 11 ”from the siren (71-71) and Hopkins fails the shot of victory at the end. The overtime opens with two Cinciarini auteur baskets, but Robinson responds immediately and Dinamo doesn’t give up (77-76 at 43 ‘). A triple from Baldi Rossi and a four-point game from Strautins, however, decide the match and give the team of coach Caja another feat.
Reggio Emilia: Cinciarini 19, Hopkins 18, Strautins 17
Sassari: Bendzius 25, Logan 17, Kruslin 11.
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Trieste-Fortitudo Bologna 77-85
Precious success for Fortitudo that breaks through the Allianz Dome and leaves Cremona in the last solitary place in the standings, reducing the gap to Naples to only two lengths. For Trieste late night: Ciani’s team was looking for a performance capable of erasing the long negative streak (six defeats in the last seven games), they failed to reverse the trend by surrendering to an opponent who deserved within the 40 ‘ victory. Fortitudo starts better, Rajola’s team controls the scoreboards and thanks to the domination under the scoreboards (four offensive rebounds in the first four minutes) finds second shots that propitiate the initial 3-9 signed by Groselle and Benzing. Ciani calls time-out and asks his team for more speed in the execution of offensive games. Inside Campogrande and Lever for Mian and Grazulis already burdened with two fouls, Durham and Borra for Feldeine and Groselle the response of a Fortitudo that loses the inertia of the race allowing Trieste (eight points from Banks) to put his head for the first time ahead on 14-12 and to close the first quarter with a 19-16 lead. Davis and a good Lever in the opening of the second quarter for the 23-18 and it is zone time for Bologna that puts the rein to the opponent’s attack and with a 10-0 run (Charalampopoulos in evidence) reverses the result. Aradori climbs into the chair, with eleven points almost in a row, and Kigili escapes with the maximum advantage on 32-43. Bomb with Campogrande’s foul, four points with the additional free transformed that send the teams to the locker room with Fortitudo ahead 36-43. Second part of the race with Kigili in control, Frazier takes the chair and keeps his team at + 10 on 49-59. It is Davis, Delia and Lever who give the shock to Trieste, a mini-parial of 12-2 and between the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth quarter, Allianz returns to engage the opponent at 61-61. Overtaking Campogrande with five consecutive points at 66-63, Feldeine equalized (66-66 with 6 ‘on the clock). Frazier and Aradori take the chair, the playmaker’s triple and Aradori’s two free throws give Bologna seven points ahead of 68-74 with 3’13 ”to play. It is still Aradori to dig the definitive furrow: Fortitudo controls the last possessions and closes easily.
Trieste: Delia 16, Davis 15, Banks 12
F. Bologna: Frazier 18, Aradori, Benzing, Feldeine 17
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VIRTUS BOLOGNA: Hackett 16, Shengelia 15, Jaiteh 12 VENICE: Theodore 15, Watt 15, Tonut 12
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March 20, 2022 (change March 20, 2022 | 22:52)
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