Basket Serie A, the results of the 7th day: Virtus and Milan ok, stop Tortona

The seven out of seven in the championship of Virtus Bologna comes resisting in the final to the return of Trento after the great start of Scariolo’s men. In trouble in Europe, Milan stretches ahead of Trieste only at the end of the third quarter and then spreads. But the news of the day is Tortona’s second consecutive defeat, which finished at -15 in Brescia.

TRENTO-VIRTUS BOLOGNA 64-71

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In a BLM Group Arena almost from other times comes the seventh victory in as many challenges in the LBA Serie A Championship for Coach Sergio Scariolo’s Virtus Bologna which imposes itself on a positive Trento. Launched departure of the guests who, dragged by the offensive inspiration of Nico Mannion and the lucidity of Mickey and Bako sink the blow, closing ahead on 10-20 at the sound of the first siren. The “vublacks” continue undaunted to grind a concrete basketball made up of an asphyxiating defense and a reasoned attack: the Aquila however comes out at a distance by hitting from the arc of the three points with the Latvian Grazulis and Crawford (23-32), but the guests push hard on the accelerator again, closing ahead on 27-44. The challenge is far from over: the black and whites go up with blows, breaking the rhythm of a Virtus gradually in difficulty. Touching -6 in the 35th minute, Coach Molin’s boys try everything with the offensive verve of a bruised Flaccadori, however failing to close the comeback positively and handing over the two points to the leaders.

Trent: Crawford 17, Atkins 15, Grazulis 9

virtues: Mannion 15, Cordinier 13, Belinelli 9

Milan-Trieste 98-81

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Milan wins and overflows in the fourth period after having suffered, and not a little, against Trieste for almost 30 minutes. Mitrou-Long and Hall are the ones who give the turn from the perimeter, the contribution in the colored area of ​​the duo Davies-Biligha is also precious. The great evening of a wild Bartley (28 with 8 rebounds) is not enough for the guests. Left-handed strike and response at the start, Gaines and Hall on the scoresheet, 3-3. A match that doesn’t take off in terms of pace, Pangos tries to give brilliance to the Milanese attack, 12-5 after the soft three-point jumper of the former Zalgiris. The Giuliani who bite in defense do not give up, the impact of the poisonous Bartley in the conclusions in transition is important, 14-13. Run and shoot with mixed results for coach Legovich’s boys, two good plays by Voigtmann give Olimpia the plus 6 at the end of the first quarter, 25-19. Shuffle the cards coach Messina who is looking for new life from the bench, it is Mitrou-Long who shakes up the attack of the Italian champions, Davis keeps Trieste there with the basket of minus 4, 30-26. Magical moment for the guests who hook up with Bartley’s foray, it is Pacher who puts the arrow in with a front triple, 30-33. The AX struggles to find offensive harmonies which slips to minus 7 after the recovery, with dunk, by Bartley, and the basket by Davis, 32-39. With a bit of luck, and with the great talent of Mitrou-Long, Milan finds an unexpected minus 1, Bartley’s buzzer beater from the corner closes the first half, 38-42. Milanese reaction after the long break, Melli opens fire from the arc imitated by Pangos, Hall seals the pass, 49-48. There is no shortage of cheek and courage from Trieste, Lever for the counterbreak with a frontal bomb, 51-53. The Italian champions cling to attacking rebounds in the series and at San Mitrou-Long, Olimpia takes the lead at the penultimate siren, 65-57. The AX is unlocked and now finds certainty and fluidity, the great paint job by Biligha is fundamental, Hall in transition for the first double-digit margin, 72-61. It is the decisive escape for Milan that closes the accounts after the anti-sportsman sealed by Biligha, 77-64.

Milan: Mitrou-Long 23, Hall 18, Davies 16

Trieste: Bartley 28, Gaines 12, Pacher and Davis 10

The big match of the seventh day of Lba ends with the success of Brescia which interrupts the negative streak of 3 defeats by imposing the second consecutive stop away from Tortona. Without Cain, the bianconeri chased the hosts for 40′, who took the field without Caupain. The away team starts well (4-10) except suffer the vehement return of Brescia (22-13) dragged by Gabriel and Petrucelli. Brescia is lucid and cynical and in the second quarter it extends to reach +16 (41-25), driven by Della Valle. After the break Tortona gets back into the game thanks to Macura and Daum (47-45) protagonists of the 13-4 break: Della Valle with 7 points in a row brings Brescia back up +10 in the 30th minute (61-51). Last 10′ in control for Brescia who benefited from the break for the national teams, driven by Della Valle and Petrucelli; for Tortona a defeat resulting from a game played under the usual rhythms, with the bianconeri forced to suffer the defense of their opponents, something that Tortona usually does. (Alberto Banzola)
BRESCIA: Della Valle 23, Cournooh 14, Petrucelli 11
TORTONA: Macura 14, Daum 11, Severini 11.

Napoli returned to success after two consecutive defeats by recovering a match that Treviso commanded with authority for 25 minutes and winning it twice in the final with Davis’ excellent debut. Treviso leads the game in the 1st quarter, Nicola’s men show themselves to be more organized and above all more reactive and after 4-9 in the 3′ the 10-18 in the 7′ arrives which forces Buscaglia to time out. Napoli seems to come out refreshed, the baskets of Howard and Johnson bring them back but at the turn of the first interval the visiting team escapes again with the good impact of Faggian and Simioni (17-28 in the 13th minute). Buscaglia’s turning point is a 3-2 zone with which the locals return to -1 with 50″ to play in the 3rd quarter: Treviso gets nervous, Sokolowski takes a coach for protests and Napoli converts him in the 4-0 which is worth overtaking on 62-59 of the 30′. And the gap widens again at the start of the 4th period with Howard and Stewart who score 71-63 in the 33rd minute. At 2’40” he’s equal at 75, Michineau unlocks it in penetration, then Stewart stops Sokolowski but it’s Williams, 30” from the siren, who places the play-game by hitting the 81-77 tap-in for the basket. Uglietti and Stewart close it from the line. (Leonardo Balletta)
Naples: Williams 18, Howard 18,
Davis 13
Treviso: Iroegbu 25, Cooke 13, Sokolowski 13

Brindisi-Pesaro 74-102

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Pesaro without Delfino and Tambone overwhelms Brindisi, writing 102 points on the scoresheet and dominating a match conditioned by a disastrous start for the hosts. With a 16-0 run, the Marches force Happy Casa to remain empty-handed in attack for over 6′ from the tap-off, until the first basket of the evening at Midnight from 3 points. From that moment on, the people of Brindisi tried to get into the game with the awareness of having to climb Everest to straighten out a very black evening. Vitucci revolutionizes the quintet, leaving only Perkins on the floor: the choice pays off as Brindisi halves the disadvantage at the end of the first quarter with a triple from Dixson (10′, 11-19). Pesaro, on the contrary, continues to maintain command of operations (75% from 2 and 57% from 3) playing above all as a team and with a zone defense that adds a few more headaches to the Apulians. In the 15th minute Carpegna climbed back up again with two consecutive triples from Mazzola and Rahkman as well as a dunk by the former Visconti, points that are worth the new maximum lead. Brindisi finds his quintet players, but the music doesn’t change. Pesaro is a bulldozer: he veers at the end of the first half with an 18-point lead (34-52) the result of total dominance. Upon returning to the field, Carpegna ramped up to +31 (27′, 46-77) an instant before the expulsion of Perkins capable of collecting a coach and then an unsportsmanlike in a few seconds. With his entry into the locker room tunnel, the last hopes of a comeback of a truly embarrassing Happy Casa vanish, also forced to -34 (55-89) 9′ from the end of a long agony. (Joseph Mazzone)

Toasts: Burnell 18, Bowman 11, Midnight, Dixons 10.

Pesaro: Rahkman 24, Totè 17, Kravic 16, Moretti 12, Gudmundsson 10.

Sassari-Scafati 86-67

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Coach Caja’s debut on the bench does not bring the desired results for Scafati, in the derby of the Serie A experience, it is Bucchi who has the upper hand, with Sassari deadly from long range in the first part of the match and good at managing after the break long. Sassari got off to a better start, capitalizing on Bendzius’ shooting day, a sentence from 6.75 to which Scafati is unable to find a solution; Caja immediately gives space to the new arrival Butjankovs and the Latvian, tries to give a new dimension to Givova’s painting, without however having an important impact. The match is full of fouls that often interrupt the pace, Scafati accuses this situation more, while Sassari is good at staying clear, also building +17; Caja’s time out at the end of the period is worth the guest break and the trips to the line make up for the bad shooting days of the ex of the day Logan and his teammates: 45-36 in the 20th minute. After the long break, Scafati’s expected reaction stops with a good pass from Pinkins and Logan at the start of the third quarter, a break that is worth -4, but also the time out which in fact opens the long run that directs the match for Sassari. After the minute asked by Bucchi, Jones takes the chair and, assisted by the usual Bendzius, sets up a break from 22 to 6 which is worth +20 for Dinamo and in fact, the Sassari victory 10′ in advance. The last quarter is used only for statistics and to allow Stephens on one side and Butjankovs on the other to try out games with their new team-mates, with Sassari still lucid in managing the lead

Sassari: Bendzius 24, Jones 19, Treier 10

Scafati: Logan 20, Pinkins 19, Rossato 10