Serie A basketball, the results: Milan wins and celebrates 90 years. Ok Venice

After the victories of Milan (99-87) against Sassari and Venice (78-84 in Trieste) in the afternoon, the 22nd round of Serie A ends with a surprise. Reggio Emilia dominates at the PalaBigi against Virtus Bologna and wins 84-70. The greater energy of Priftis’ boys was decisive, especially in the central part of the match. Top scorer Echenique with 15 points. Brescia suffers in Trento but maintains second place in the standings dragged once again by Miro Bilan (21+10) who surpasses the milestone of 2,500 points in Serie A. Cantù can do nothing in Tortona where Brekkot Chapman goes wild (10/10 shooting with 7 triples). Varese was unrecognizable in Naples, already down by 30 in the middle of the second quarter, with Guerri thus interrupting the negative streak of 5 consecutive defeats. Treviso breathes again in terms of salvation. Beats Cremona (97-94) and savors victory in the championship again, after 6 knockouts in a row. Virtus, Brescia, Venezia and Olimpia Milano are already sure of a place in the playoffs.

MILAN-SASSARI 99-87

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After three months at the Allianz Cloud, Milan returns home and celebrates its 90th birthday in the best possible way at the Assago Forum. Poeta’s team achieved their 16th success of the season at the end of a match of ups and downs, which began at a slow pace, with a great crescendo in the middle and some uncertainty at the end. In fact, it was Dinamo who started better, taking advantage of the rhythm broken by the many fouls (the two teams will shoot a total of 50 free throws), and driven by Macon Jr and McGlynn they also reached +9. Milan entered the game thanks to Mannion (double double with 12 points and 11 assists) and Ricci, and split the match between the 2nd and 3rd periods with a run of 22-2. From that moment on Olimpia tries to manage the advantage, Brooks and LeDay seem to put the seal on it, but at the end the blackout arrives with Sassari returning to -8 with 2′ to play. Milan, however, does not tremble and takes the match home. Milan: LeDay 16, Nebo 15, Brooks 13

Sassari: Macon 23, McGlynn 14, Beliauskas 14

TRIESTE-VENICE 78-84

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Venice makes and undoes, but in the end it leaves the PalaRubini with a heavy victory, which allows it to remain in third place in the standings together with Milan, while Trieste regretfully surrenders, coming close to making a heroic comeback after closing the first half 19 points down. In the first half, in fact, the Orogranatas dominate, infallible (or almost) from the three-point line. Wheatle, Cole, Laver took turns hitting from the arc, with Reyer making 11 of the 23 triples attempted in the 1st half and returning to the locker room at 35-54. Trieste, however, turns everything around with a sensational 30-12 third quarter, with Ramsey unleashed, while Venezia clings to Nikolic to avoid sinking. The ending becomes chaotic with errors, turnovers and instant replays, and with Reyer up 78-81 with 20” left, it is Nikolic who scores the decisive basket by correcting a missed triple from Wheatle.

Trieste: Ramsey 22, Ruzzier 15, Toscano-Anderson 12 Venice: Nikolic 17, Cole 16, Wheatle 13

REGGIO EMILIA-VIRTUS BOLOGNA 84-70

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Fifth consecutive victory for Reggio Emilia, which beats Bologna in the Emilian derby and confirms itself in the playoff zone. Virtus immediately tries to take control of the match with a 13-2 break, built in transition. Protagonists Diarra and Morgan for Ivanovic. In the second quarter, Bologna continues to move the ball well, but sees their percentages drop. Barford in penetration stings the V-Blacks and the match returns point to point. Edwards allows himself a few too many forced shots, while Priftis’ men are more concrete and with Caupain’s triple at the siren they go up 8 in the 20th minute (45-37). In the second half, UnaHotels also reached +20, playing with more energy on both sides of the pitch and finding perimeter solutions, with an excellent Barford and internal ones, thanks to Echenique. In the fourth period, Bologna fails to reverse the trend and falls for the second time in a row this week, between the Euroleague and the championship.

Reggio Emilia: Echenique 15, Barford 14, Caupain 12 Virtus Bologna: Edwards 17, Morgan 13, Alston 12

TREVISO-CREMONA 97-94

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Nutribullet returns to win in the championship, after 6 knockouts in a row. Now the Venetians are -4 behind Cantù. Fourth defeat in a row for Vanoli. A two-faced start for Treviso, who after a very poor first quarter in attack (10 points in the 10th minute) scored 36 in the second, with 12 points from an excellent Miaschi and 10 from Abdur-Rahkman. The 17-0 run that allows Nutribullet to come back comes thanks to the greater rebounding energy of Nicola’s men (14 collected in the 20th minute). The Venetians lead 46-43 at 20′. The race remains balanced until the final seconds. After reaching +13, Treviso suffered a comeback from Vanoli, thanks to triples from Durham and Casarin, who also scored on the line (92-90 in the 38th minute). One possession divides the two teams with less than 24” left after Udom’s 1/2 with the clock stopped (94-91). Chillo’s 2/2 doesn’t close the game because Durham scores a triple to make it -2 (96-94 with 20” to go). On the next possession, Weber loses the ball, but Willis misses the shot. Macura seals Treviso’s victory in the free throws. Treviso: Weber 21, Abdur-Rahkman 19, Miaschi 14 Cremona: Willis 20, Durham 18, Casarin 15

Tortona-Cantù 100-73

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Ten out of ten shooting with seven triples. The signature, Brekkot Chapman. Less than 4 points on average for the season, tonight the winger from Tortona scores 28 and becomes king for a night, simply perfect in the victory against Cantù: his 10/10 (31 rating) is the Lba seasonal record for total shots scored from the field. Thus the 29-year-old born in Utah, last year in Japan, gave the fourth victory in a row for Derthona, which thus consolidated fifth place in the rankings. Chapman’s game was unreal, a shower of triples and already 14 points at the end of the 1st half, a period in which Tortona played at the limits of perfection, 9/12 from 3 and 24 rebounds (against 10). As usual, the Brianza team started badly (down 24-13 after 8′), lost Chiozza due to injury but made up for a one-possession deficit (27-24) at the start of the 2nd quarter. Tortona, however, also has Vital in its engine: the guard, among the candidates for MVP of the year, returns to score 20 points (this hasn’t happened since February) and shoots 4/7 from the arc (3/22 in the last 4 games). In the second half (55-38 at halftime) Cantù tries, 8-0 in the partial with 5 from Moraschini but he makes too many mistakes in free throws (12/20) and Tortona is not impressed: 18-9 in the counter-partial, Chapman unstoppable, Hubb from the arc is 23/47 in the last five, with 5 assists on average. The Piedmontese finally pulled ahead in the last quarter and the 100 points arrived with Gorham 38” from the siren.

Tortona: Chapman 28, Vital 20, Hubb 17

Cantù: Basile 14, Fevrier 13, Sneed and Ballo 11.

Trento-Brescia 77-85

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Corsair lioness. Eighth away win, like Venice and Milan. They suffer in Trento, Della Valle and his companions without Massinburg, but they never go behind and at the end of the match they celebrate Miro Bilan, who exceeds 2,500 points in Lba (also 10 rebounds and 29 rating). The home team, fresh from elimination in the quarter-finals of the Eurocup, messed up too much in the 4th quarter, the decisive one (5 turnovers), and wasted the -3 triple three times in the final minutes. The match got off to a bad start for Coach Cancellieri, who found himself with Mbaye and Mawugbe, his two big men, immediately with 2 fouls on their backs. Not for nothing for Brescia are Bilan and Ndour the first to reach double figures. 18-30 the score of the first quarter and the game seems to be over. But the 40-year-old Toto Forray and Cheick Niang (7+7+4 recoveries) are leading the charge for the hosts, with a 17-year difference between the two. Trento recovers to -4 (36-40) but five points from Cournooh before the break give Brescia the first half, ahead 47-36. Resumption with Burnell (12+11) and his teammates in control until 3’35 from the end of the 3rd quarter, when DJ Steward invents a 4-point play by shooting a 3 with his left hand at the shot clock siren. It’s 56-62. Energia Dolomiti tries until the end but Brescia doesn’t let go even when Steward, again himself, scores the triple for -5 48” from the siren. Too late. Brescia also wins in the free throws (30/37 versus 9/12).

Trento: Steward 17, Jogela 16, Aldridge 11.

Brescia: Bilan 21, Ndour 15, Della Valle 14.

Napoli-Varese 104-75

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“It would be nice to win” sang the Napoli fans after the defeat against Virtus two weeks ago. No sooner said than done. Best victory of the season and record points for Guerri, who took advantage of an Openjobmetis Varese that was too bad to be true, never really in the game from the first minutes of the game (1/21 from the arc after 15′). Coach Magro, whose bench seemed in the balance after the defeat against Cantù seven days ago, interrupts the negative streak of five defeats in a row and enjoys the excellent debut of winger Milton Doyle, a 32-year-old globetrotter already seen in Trieste who also played in Tasmania. Returning to the match, the second quarter was decisive, 22-6 partial, a period in which Varese scored the first basket from the field 3’30 before the break after suffering an unreal 18-0 break, including the momentary -30 scored by the debutant Doyle. In the second half, Varese’s reaction was all in a timid 6-0 run at the start, but it wasn’t a day for Alviti and his teammates: the second triple arrived halfway through the third quarter, after 22 errors. Nothing else happens, worth mentioning is Bolton’s double double as he grabs 10 rebounds, a career high for him. The only positive note for Openjobmetis is the first 2 points in the championship by 21 year old Mauro Villa.

Napoli: Bolton 19, Doyle 18, Totè 16.

Varese: Stewart 22, Iroegbu 17, Freeman 13.