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Apu, painless ko: he is fourth and will face Trapani in the play-offs

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The Old Wild West plays a good game for 25 ‘then falls and Scafati takes advantage of it. The bells could be the opponents in a possible semifinal

UDINE.The Old Wild West loses the last game of the second phase, but this is not the news of the day. Udine closes in fourth place and knows the name of its first opponent in the play-off quarters: it will be Trapani who yesterday, already sure of first place in the blue group, was overwhelmed in Ravenna (85-69) but without fielding Nwohuocha, Mollura and Miller. Tough opponent but within reach: in the regular phase the APU won both in Sicily on December 2 (71-78) and at Carnera on April 17 (67-55), but in the play-offs, even the stones know it, we all start from scratch.

The match of Palamangano is not easy to interpret (a minute of silence was observed before the start to remember Alessandro Talotti), partly due to the high number of absences on both fronts, partly because Udine, when field, he knew that Turin was winning wide in Forlì (56-93 the final), and therefore he had already booked the fourth place regardless of the result of the race he was going to play. Scafati, on the other hand, by winning would have remained in the Udine group, losing would have ended up on the other side. He played the game to the end and if the two teams were to overcome the obstacle of the quarters (the Campania region will face Chieti) they will find themselves in the semifinals with Udine who will have the advantage of the eventual beauty at home.

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It cannot really be said that yesterday’s was a play-off climate match. Defenses too soft since the first two-a-side ball to which coach Boniciolli presented himself with a quintet made up of Schina, Johnson, Deangeli, Italiano and Foulland. Rocket start of the hosts (8-2 after 2 ‘) so as to force the Juventus coach to immediately call time-out. The scoreboard says 18-8 after less than five minutes. Udine, however, suddenly begins to see the basket as if it were a bathtub: two bombs by Italiano and Amato are worth the overtaking (21-24). The Milanese guard has a choch impact on the game, produces a great assist for Pellegrino and puts in another basket that is worth 21-28. The Old Wild West closes with 73% from the field, Givova with 50%, a sign that the defenses are not fully doing their duty.

The rotations of coach Boniciolli are inevitably limited due to the absences of Giuri and Antonutti who remained in Udine to take care of themselves, Spangaro is also thrown into the fray. Scafati, who is without Charles Thomas and keeps Marino and Rossato on the bench, has little from Jackson (who will wake up later), but a lot from Cucci and Musso which allows the connection before the two baskets of Foulland and Deangeli who sign the 44 -48 at the long interval. Unusually high score for the Apu which was not aggressive as in all the previous races of this second phase.

The third quarter starts well for Udine: two baskets by Deangeli and Italian sign the plus 8 (44-52), Jackson also wakes up who puts two bombs and then with a dunk on the counterattack he signs the maximum advantage (52-63). At that point, however, the light goes out in the Friulian home: Foulland, the best in terms of continuity, signs the last Friulian advantage (66-67), a bomb from Jackson brings the third set to 69-67. The last draw comes with a lucky triple from Deangeli, then two baskets from the arc by Musso and Jackson cause Scafati’s decisive extension who in eleven minutes scores a 35-10 shot. It is Nobile with the 87-75 basket to break the long black and white fast. The game no longer has much to say, a bomb by Schina and a dunk by Pellegrino make the passive less heavy but they are trifles.

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From next weekend we turn the page and we start to get serious. The happiest is coach Boniciolli. The games of the play-offs are the ones that give emotions and adrenaline. It’s just a pity that the big absentee of this season cannot answer the call: the public.

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