Riso Scotti gets up immediately, victory in Empoli

Pavia redeems the ko with Legnano. Start suffered, in the interval coach Di Bella makes himself heard and the team changes its face

EMPOLI. Riso Scotti conquers the difficult Empoli parquet and redeems last Saturday’s home defeat with Legnano, climbing to 6 points in the standings after 4 days. In the match on Saturday night in Tuscany, Pavia starts soft and with too many mistakes, so much so that the hosts with the expected aggression and toughness are ahead.

In the long interval, however, coach Di Bella must have struck the right chords because the Pavia players have the eyes of the tiger on their return. The offensive percentages improve and force the Tuscans to score only 12 points. Pavia finds his slingers Torgano and Sgobba and with the usual excellent Calzavara and directed by Simoncelli they stretch in the last quarter.

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You travel point to point from the start. Donadoni is hot and puts in 7 points without errors (4 – 7, 3 ‘). De Leone tries to react, but it is Simoncelli who stretches from three, then the Tuscans place a partial of 5 – 0 and coach Di Bella stops everything (11 – 10, 6 ‘). De Leone continues the show and Pavia makes the revolution: inside Calzavara and Lebediev and outside Simoncelli and Sgobba. The young player from Varese has an important impact, scoring three consecutive baskets and distributing an assist for Sgobba, keeping Pavia attacked in this first hard-fought quarter (18 – 18, 9 ‘). It starts with Simoncelli who, assisted by Conte, goes to the basket. Riso Scotti is alive (20 – 24, 11 ‘). On the dunk on the counterattack by Donadoni assisted by Simoncelli it is Corbinelli who stops everything (22 – 26, 13 ‘). Every mistake is punished and on the recovery of Sesoldi on Conte, Guerra is not wrong. The final time, however, is all for the hosts who exploiting a few too many turnovers from Pavia stretch with Sesoldi’s triple.

Torgano’s first two triples bring back Riso Scotti (42 – 42, 23 ‘). Pavia stretches with Sgobba (2/2 of 3) and Torgano (3/3 of 3) making a partial mini of 0 – 7 (47 – 54, 28 ‘). Berti tries to give Empoli a breather but Riso Scotti with a growing defensive test concedes only 12 points in the third quarter and closes ahead (49 – 54, 30 ‘).

D’Alessandro opens the last period from the corner, while Empoli presses and attacks, so much so that in a minute he already has three fouls on his back. Sgobba puts only one free and Guerra da tre relaunches Empoli’s actions (52 – 57, 32 ‘). Protests flock from the Empoli bench for the fouls whistled and the coach arrives. Simoncelli from the line and 8 points from Torgano force Corbinelli to stop everything (57–66, 33 ‘). Calzavara returns and Lao Scotti takes full advantage (57–68, 34 ‘). Sgobba has a bad face when he goes to the eighth rebound. Calzavara is a certainty and holds Pavia with a double-digit advantage. Empoli tries with a systematic foul. D’Alessandro does not miss a shot and with the very hot Torgano, Pavia takes the 2 points.