Basketball, Serie A: Virtus Bologna and Milan win easily, Brescia defeats Scafati

5 remain at the top with full points after the first two days of Serie A basketball. In Trento, victorious over Venice in the advance, Virtus joins Bologna, Brescia, Tortona and Trieste. Virtus swept away (84-68) Pistoia (Forrest 16 points and 7 assists, Silins 15) thanks to the excellent performances of Cordinier (16 points), Tucker and Belinelli (12 each) and the Shengelia-Zizic duo who dominated under the boards (8 points and 10 rebounds each). Brescia narrowly won (93-95) against Scafati, coming back from -11 in the last quarter thanks to the extraordinary performance of Ivanovic and Dalla Valle (23 points each) assisted by Bilan (16) and Rivers (15). A super Pinkins (30 points and 7 rebounds) and a good Stewart (19) were not enough for the Campanians, but in the end he failed to make the overtaking triple.

Heavy away victories for Tortona and Trieste

Tortona surprised (95-105) away from Varese (Mannion 32 points and 7 assists, Hands 16 points and 8 rebounds) thanks to a fantastic third quarter (partial of 13-31) in which it recovered from -9 and set the foundations for victory. On the shields Kuhse (31 points), Vital (18) and Kamagate (12 with 9 rebounds). Away from home, Trieste also won, conquering (83-92) Napoli (Toté 18, Copeland 14, Pangos 13), led by Brown (29 points), Valentine (double double with 17 points and 12 rebounds) and Uthoff (14).

Milan redeems itself against Sassari

Redemption for Milan who gave a lesson (100-75) to Sassari who didn’t need the points from Fobbs (24), Bendzius (14) and Halilovic (13). Olimpia dominated, finishing with 5 men in double figures (Mirotic and Leday 15, Flaccadori 13, Tonut 12 and Dimitrijevic 10 with 6 assists). It should be noted that before the match the president of the League Umberto Gandini handed over the tricolor banner for the championship won last season to president Giampaolo Ricci and Shavon Shields.

Reggio Emilia passes to Cremona in overtime

Finally Reggio Emilia (Smith 21, Winston 15, Faye 14 with 9 rebounds) advanced to overtime (74-77) in Cremona at the end of a very balanced match. Lombardi betrayed at the most by Davis (23 points) who, after having scored the basket to take the match to overtime, in the last minute of the extension he missed 4 threes (two from 2 and two from 3) to give a different epilogue to the challenge.

SERIES A – 2nd DAY RESULTS

Trento – Venice 82-70 days. Saturday
Treviso – Trapani 71-87 g. Saturday
Milan – Sassari 100-75
Scafati – Brescia 93-95
Napoli – Trieste 83-92
Varese – Tortona 95-105
Cremona – Reggio Emilia 74-77 dts
Virtus Bologna – Pistoia 84-68

CLASSIFICATION: Bologna, Brescia, Tortona, Trento, Trieste 4 points; Milan, Pistoia, Reggio Emilia, Scafati, Treviso, Trapani 2 points; Sassari, Cremona, Varese, Naples, Venice 0.