SASSARI. Poz is back, putting his face and his big heart into it to lead his team after the ten-day suspension, after three games behind his back. The last, fresh fresh: knockout in game 1 of the playoffs lost after an overtime. And yesterday .. Rigor fortis, for a Dinamo that still feels alive. Indeed, more: «I congratulate everyone – Gianmarco Pozzecco’s debut in the press room at the Taliercio – for a couple of years now we have been playing games with Venice that entertain the viewer. We should actually live only and almost exclusively for this reason. It is logical and normal that after two defeats the Reyer fans had more fun, but I think ours should be proud of the boys: we defended, played continuously even with moments of lack of clarity, not being used to back to back, as it is. happened in Venice ».
But Dinamo are 2-0 down, after having been above for a long time in Game1 and even higher in Game2, even on +17. «It is important to return to play in Sassari – explains the Dinamo coach -: we want to go home, the boys have been in the game since Sunday before playing in Cantù. Both Walter and I must be proud of what we have done in recent years: this challenge has given us great emotions and has become THE challenge of these last seasons. We want to win and I’m sure the boys will do everything to win game 3, extend the series and then return to Taliercio for game 5 ».
However, on the plus 17 … “We paid for a lack of energy when, not having taken advantage of having played a high-level basketball in the second quarter, instead of closing it with a conspicuous advantage, we suffered the tightening of the shirts in defense of Venice. At +17 we missed two open shots and caught counterattack and I am convinced that in these matches mental fatigue is more decisive than physical. You absorb that physics in a different way while it is easier to fall into a tunnel where your head advises you to do the wrong things ».
«We relaxed but then we did well because we lost our inertia, risking to collapse: we were mentally strong to get back into the game, find two baskets and deny them and we risked winning. I’m sorry not to have been able to take advantage of the set-up with Ethan and Miro together on the field: we made a basket with the ball inside for Ethan with a cut on the bottom of Miro, but they whistled the fourth foul on Bilan and I had to give up this tactic that I think he could have given us a lot ».
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