Basketball Serie A, 6th day: Milan, Brescia and Pistoia win

The Sunday of the sixth day of Serie A basketball opens with the first defeat in the championship of Reyer Venezia, beaten by Pistoia who achieves the feat and takes two fundamental points for the race for salvation. After four defeats in just over a week, Ea7 Milano gets back on its feet, spreading to Brindisi even without Mirotic and with Tonut as protagonist. Everything was easy for Brescia at Bertram Derthona’s home.

Pistoia-Venice 85-77

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First home success for Pistoia, on a day in which hundreds of volunteers shoveled mud from the streets and houses just a few kilometers away from the arena. Solidarity, with chants and banners, from the Reyer fans, who pay low percentages on shots from both long and short distances. Phenomenal performance, however, from Jordon Varnado (26 points and 5 rebounds with 5/7 from three) and his “sidekick” Charlie Moore who at the start of the day was the best scorer in the championship with 19 points on average. After suffering from the arc in the first half, Venezia comes back within close range several times, first with Tucker (54-53) but just when the inertia seems to be able to change Varnado responds with three triples in sequence and Estra, with authority and courage whether offensively or defensively, he never looks back.

Pistoia: Varnado 26; Moore 18; Willis 15

Venice: Weavers 21; Tucker 17; Spissu and Wiltjer 9

Brindisi-Milan 57-87

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A Milan with the need to return to winning meets a Brindisi (still with zero points in the standings) with short rotations and who had just changed coach by welcoming Sakota. The result is the sixth consecutive knockout given that starting from the third quarter the resistance of the Apulians melts under the baskets of Shields and Tonut and Olimpia even goes beyond the slightest lead in the final. Messina, without Baron and Mirotic and with Pangos again excluded, celebrates the 150th bench in Legabasket with Milan by making a turnover. The final score of 111-38 clearly illustrates the distance between the two teams at every level.

Toasts: Lombardi and Risma 10; Sneed 9

Milan: Tonut 16; Shields, Poythress and Bortolani 11

Tortona-Brescia 59-87

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Germani bounced back in style from their first defeat in the championship against Trento and left nothing for the home team, 35 points down with three minutes remaining in the match. Perfect evening for Brescia, which dominates from start to finish and joins Venice in the standings at 10. With Christon’s 8 points and a good defense, coach Magro’s team digs a furrow (31-42) already in the middle of the match, which it becomes a chasm starting from the third period. Bertram manages very little and finds almost nothing from the arc unlike Germani who soon runs to +20 with Petruccelli and Della Valle, the protagonist together with Massinburg who took the stage when the games had to be closed.

Tortona: Daum 15; Down 13; Obasohan 8

Brescia: Massinburg 17; Della Valle 16; Gabriel 12