Apu, that’s how it’s done: against Chiusi a rocket start and then a big heart are worth the final

In football they say wrong goal, goal conceded. Friday evening, May 27, it worked like that in basketball too. Chiusi, after always being below in the score, misses the simplest of baskets with one of her best men, Wilson.

It would have been 73 all, but on the rebound Udine finds Walters on the opposite side who crushes: 71-75, game finally on ice and final booked. With whom we still do not know, given that Pistoia has halved the distance with Verona and on Sunday will try to bring the Scaligeri to race five. Udine wins with merit, unleashing yet another team performance with a Cappelletti still in MVP format.

Boniciolli starts with three little ones in the quintet but Lacey is not among them. It is up to Cappelletti, Giuri and Nobile to lead the dances supported by Antonutti and Walters. The US pivot’s basket comes between those of Cappelletti and Giuri that allow Udine to start with a 6-0 run after 2’08 ”.

The two Italian guards prove to be a huge problem for the hosts that coach Bassi fielded throughout the first half in the zone in defense. “Cappe” puts the bomb of 9-15, then Udine scores four times in a row from the arc with Mussini (14-21), Giuri (14-24) and again “Musso” (14-27).

Lacey, who entered a bit listless from the bench, commits the second foul on a three-point shot on Raffaelli which allows the hosts to close the first set on minus 10.

The fourth is a bit of a photocopy of the match four in San Severo with Udine capable of pulling out with very high percentages. Chiusi passes to man, but the product does not change. Ebeling’s big hit on the counterattack, then Cappelletti puts the bomb of dubbing (17-34 after 12’29 ”).

The Tuscans try to return with a 7-0 run resulting from two turnovers by Udine (26-37), then Lacey is shaken and with five points in an amen puts things back in place (26-42). In the last minute and a half Udine gets stuck in attack but still closes ahead by 12.

To the partial of four points at the end of the second quarter Chiusi adds another 7-0 at the beginning of the third that reopens the game completely. After all, thinking about a carriage ride was unthinkable.

The press area that had paid off in race two also works in race three: the Apu holds a punch with a Cappelletti basket and a triple from Italian which is then whistled an unsportsmanlike foul that is simply non-existent.

Chiusi’s skill is to hold on to the game every time Udine tries to restore the decisive breakout. At 3’25 ” from the last siren Giuri puts the bomb of the most 7. Game over? Absolutely no.

Wilson puts the triple of minus 2 (67-69 with 2’12 ” from the end) and 26 ” later he has the free throws of the draw. He scores only one, while on the other side Walters puts it from underneath. It seems really done when Lacey makes two out of two in the line, but after a Raffaelli Giuri basket she loses possession giving Wilson the equalizer which is incredibly failed.

Long pass and Walters crushes the ball 4 to 18 ” from the end. It is the epilogue of another match for two good quarters and then ugly and dirty. The APU knows how to play both and this is the best message that the Boniciolli boys send in view of the final to climb to Serie A. –

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