Sassari obtains a fundamental victory in the playoff key
SASSARI. Dinamo sweats seven shirts but obtains a fundamental victory in a playoff key: at PalaSerradimigni Piero Bucchi’s team beats Fortitudo Kigili Bologna for 85-79 and can calmly prepare for the next very difficult match, again at the sports hall against Olimpia Milano. Banco plays a disastrous first half from a defensive point of view: Bologna scores 27 points (to 19) in the first period, with disconcerting ease, and arrives mid-game ahead 47-54, with some good blues in the middle (Kruslin already at 17) and an absolutely deficit contribution from Bilan.
The start of the third period is a nightmare: the Bank is disunited and immediately falls to -12 (49-61). After Bucchi’s timeout, the quintet regroups and gets back on track, first getting closer to Bendzius, then picking up the pace in defense and finding +1 with Gentile (68-67) at the end of the quarter. In the last period, Bucchi’s team suffers but manages to bring the small margin excavated with the revived Bilan up to the siren. Top scorer for biancoblù Filip Kruslin with 19 points, but Bilan, Robinson, Bendzius and Diop also go in double figures. (a.si.)