The Sassari end the season with the semi-final championship
SASSARI. Dinamo does not work a miracle: Milan passes to the building 69-87 and ends the playoff semifinal 3-0. Under the eyes of Marco Spissu, in the parterre, much applauded like the former Gianmarco Pozzecco, Banco tries but his game actually lasts a quarter and a half. In an incandescent climate, Dinamo start very well with Bendzius and Bilan (7-2, 16-8), Milan grit their teeth and the 19-17 of the first siren is a great deal for the Messina team. The Banco, however, stops making the basket and on the other side is carried away by the Milanese overturns, with Baldasso and Grant placing the break: 18-25 at 12 ‘. Sassari immediately returns to the game, but is greatly influenced by the referees and from 27-27 collects another break of 8-0, falling to 27-35. In this phase, however, the guests play better, defends hard and opens the field well, Gentile gets a rather unlikely unsportsmanlike and the gap widens, 34-47 with the third bomb from Datome.
Dinamo still starts well after the break, fails the -5 basket and sees Olimpia run away again. The referee blunders are wasted (unbelievable unsportsmanlike for Robinson, Shields’ solar foot not seen), Bucchi’s team disunites and collapses to -15, 44-59 just after half-time. The situation is getting very hard. Melli makes +20 for Milan (46-66 at 2’33 ”) and at the third siren the guests are in full control, 53-71.
In the last period there is still time to get angry with the referees and to admire the strength of an Olimpia that closes at +18, passes the round with full merit and now goes to play the final with Virtus Bologna champion of Italy. (a.si.)