Apu, the lesson of the defeat with Cantù: avoid mistakes and start again

UDINE. The first home defeat of the season is certainly not a drama, but it inevitably left a bad taste in the Juventus home.

The Apu Old Wild West seemed ready to close the game for the first place, instead it must roll up its sleeves and defend the summit from Cantù’s assault during the clock phase.

An unexpected stop, given the Udine roadmap in the last two and a half months, which we try to explain through the figures.

PARTIAL FROM KO

The defeat matured when the APU seemed to have taken the right momentum to stretch. After reaching +8 on 38-30, after 16 ‘balanced, the light went out for Antonutti and his associates.

Cantù took advantage of this to get back down before the break and after the break he put the arrow: 20-2 overall partial and the Sodini band double-digit advantage.

AIMS WRONG

26.9% in long-range shooting is well below the APU seasonal averages. Aiming errors, but also some forcing too much, also the result of the frenzy to recover while the clock rolled towards the 40 ‘.

On the other hand Cantù shot from three with 40%, hitting a couple of key triples with Allen and Da Ros just as Udine seemed able to recover with the 1-3-1.

LOST BALLS

Several times this year we have emphasized the excessive number of waste by the Friulian team. Against thick opponents too many turnovers are paid dearly: Thursday evening there were 16, and even an extraordinary player like Cappelletti at one point seemed less lucid than usual in managing possessions.

POINTS IN THE AREA

Walters absence weighs heavily. It is enough to read one figure to understand it: 36 points scored inside the area by Cantù, against 24 in Udine. The Chattanooga center is a key man in the successes of Boniciolli’s team, especially in the defensive half.
Defeat, however, can be absorbed quickly. Sunday starts again to secure the first place in the first phase. Then we will move on to the clock phase, and if Udine were to close in front of Cantù, the Brianza team would end up in a different draw.

This is why, all in all, Thursday’s defeat isn’t all that dramatic. –

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