The Reale Mutua got up again. With malice. And immediately, as always happened in his two seasons of life. After the home knockout of game-2 which on Monday evening had brought the final promotion of the A2 series in a draw, the yellow-blues overwhelmed Bertram Tortona yesterday in Voghera (56-86) thus hoisting on 2-1 in their favor: they should also win On Sunday, Alibegovic and his companions would celebrate their promotion to the top floor of the national basketball movement far from the Gianni Asti shovel. Conversely, in case of 2-2, the closing of the circle would take place again at Ruffini on Tuesday.
Called for redemption, Reale did not allow itself to be begged and got the most from all its players: entered the field with a bad face and a revolutionized quintet (Campani and Toscano for Pinkins and Alibegovic), Turin illuminated the scene right from the duo ball. Cappelletti’s assists were wasted (there will be 9 at the end), the triples arrived regularly – unlike what happened in the first two matches – and the defense bit the right one. Tortona felt the blow and it was Pinkins and Alibegovic who provoked the first extension of the evening (13-24), followed by 18-32 with which the first period ended.
The reaction of Mascolo and Cannon helped the hosts only momentarily, because the Gialloblù symphony continued unabated and materialized on +20 signed by Bushati (24-44). Cannon and Campani arrived at the third foul: Turin jammed a minimum, but on the mid-race siren a triple from the wild Pinkins (15 points at the halfway point) still gave her +17 (34-51). In practice, there was no match: in twenty minutes, Reale had already scored the same number of triples (10/17) made in the two previous matches (out of 57 attempts) and the evaluation (35-62) confirmed an irrefutable dominance , also in the wake of a clear rebound superiority (11-24) and the ability to pass the ball (5 assists against 13).
Canon’s fourth foul at the beginning of the third period opened a highway in front of a Reale not at all willing to joke: Clark was surgical in all his plays, Pinkins (21 points, 9 rebounds) and Diop made the void under the basket , Penna and Cappelletti were not mistaken in choosing one. Turin thus entered in the last ten minutes on +22 (49-71) thanks to a dunk by Campani: prelude to the ride of the last ten minutes, with the game now on ice and the first match-point available.