Basketball playoff Serie A: Sassari eliminates Brescia and goes to the semifinals with Milan

Game set & match Dinamo. Bucchi’s team, in a very tight match, finds victory over Brescia which is worth access to the semifinal. The heart and a monumental Mitro-Long are not enough for the Germani that remains in the wake until the last possessions, but without finding the triple that would have been worth the extra. Instead it is Sassari who celebrates, 98-95 in race-4 for the 3-1 of the series that is worth the semifinal with Milan.

Sassari immediately

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First part of the match in favor of the hosts: in a very intense match, where the referees’ whistles are continuous as well as the trips to the bezel, Sassari manages to create a favorable break in the first quarter, when with Bilan he is the master in the painted opponent and Burnell, wins the personal duel with Moss. Brescia without Della Valle and Gabriel clings to Mitrou-Long, in addition to being a long-range sentence, he is able to find the baskets in the most difficult moments in the Germani, keeping the game open despite Sassari also touches the +13: 60-53 at 20 ‘.

final in the sprint

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After the long break the main theme of the match does not change, the physical intensity is high and the free players condition the score on both sides of the field; Magro’s team manages to reach only one possession several times thanks to the usual Mitrou-Long, Sassari manages to respond in crucial moments with Burnell and Bendzius and at 30 ‘the Sardinians still lead by 7. The race is decided only in the final, Germani believes in it and closes the gap, attacking the basket still dragged by her number 3, Sassari fails to take full advantage of Bilan’s work and sees the guests put their nose forward for the first time at 1’30 “from the end; Sassari reacts and Brescia remains in the wake with Cobbins, to decide the game are the last possessions, with the hosts ahead of 1. Kruslin makes 0/2 from the line but Bendzius finds the offensive rebound that allows Banco to regain possession and points from the free, Logan does not tremble and leaves the guests 4 “to find a triple that could be worth the extra, Mitrou-Long, however, does not find the last and decisive basket and the PalaSerradimigni can celebrate the victory
Sassari: Burnell 21, Bilan 18, Logan, Kruslin, Bendzius, 11
Brescia: Mitrou-Long 38, Cobbins 17, Petrucelli 14