Wise choice: more than half a team out to avoid injuries after the tour de force Note for Legabasket: the players must be protected, so the spectacle is lost
/ CASALECCHIO
Don’t call it a game. Scrimmage, training, friendly without balance are certainly more suitable terms for an unequal confrontation, wanted by a short-sighted Legabasket in the context of an event devoid of any competitive and technical value. The expected collapse of the Nutribullet, stuffed with many and willing kids, against a Euroleague battleship is completed with the score of 108-60 for the sole joy of the statisticians who have to update the book of records to the item greater deviation inflicted / suffered.
But what about forty minutes substantially devoid of any semblance of real value, with at least one if not five juniors on the field to compete with veterans of Italy and Europe in an obviously unequal and therefore absurd confrontation? Nothing, except to point out what was already known: LBA did not think about guaranteeing a fundamental right, the 48 hours of rest between two games of a team engaged in different competitions, falsifying that basic principle called competitive fairness. All to concentrate on Saturday the four matches of a Super Cup with such a stretched format that it has already lost enough appeal as an official trophy, becoming a sort of fixed calendar of friendlies pre-ordered with the risk of injuries around the corner – in this regard, Matteo’s elbow Imbrò and the TvB medical staff sincerely thank.
Evidently it was inconvenient or illogical for the organizers to reverse the order of the Bolognese kermesse, moving the useless demonstrations of the old glories and the minibasket to Saturday to postpone the games to Sunday with a minimum of interest. This was not the case. And so Nutribullet, which less than twenty-four hours before celebrated its historic entry into a European Cup nine years after its birth, has chosen accordingly.
At rest with medical certificate Russell, Dimsa and Sims; Sokolowski and Akele in the 12 but unused for technical choice and space for the second, third and fourth lines. But keeping pride and dignity high, as demonstrated by Bortolani galvanized by the comparison with Milan that sent him on loan to the Marca, by Casarin who, although not a play, arranges himself in the direction, by Poser who starts in quintet and becomes best team rebounder, from Pellizzari who at 16 plays without awe against the sacred monsters of basketball.
Olimpia wins, indeed it wins hands down as it should be. However, a beautiful, powerful message arrives from Treviso, one that should not be underestimated: sport deserves respect, at all levels. And it is interesting to note that at the end of the day it is Pesaro’s turn to take the unenvied palm of the worst attack with just 51 points scored against Venice. The small, very young Treviso has been able to do better. And if you please. –