At PalaLeonessa it is already championship climate and Nutribullet, after having suffered a break 12-1, goes wild and makes an encore in Naples
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If you don’t know the figurative meaning of attributes, call Treviso Basket on the intercom. It will also be preseason (recte: Discovery + Supercoppa 2021), but seeing a team react after taking a 1-12 break at the opening of the second half, on a hostile field with a lot of clearly audible home fans, is a source of pride for enthusiasts as well as executives. Also because Germani is not exactly the classic Cinderella of the championship, on the contrary it is a team that intends to quickly recover a leading role after a couple of slightly foolish years at the end of leaving Europe. The same Europe in which Nutribullet is preparing to land in just a week, without neglecting previous commitments. After all, even if in a minor tone, the Super Cup is still an official appointment. And never mind if, as already pointed out, scheduling and formula make it look like a huge pre-season tournament.
Everything is about approaching it in the correct way and, at least judging from what has been done so far on the field, it cannot be said that Treviso is underestimating its commitment. Below in the score 46-36 after a balanced first half, any other team could have collapsed or at least pulled the metaphorical oars in the boat thinking about the next two games (rematch with Brescia already tomorrow evening at Palaverde, then Naples on Wednesday always in Villorba). Instead the character, that extra something that makes the difference between any teams and specific formations, emerges at the most critical moment. To the casual observer the choice of the topical moment. Perhaps the flash of Dimsa, who in the final of the third quarter brings the contenders back into contact with a very good bomb except to protest and be sanctioned by a technician (as Dan Peterson teaches, sometimes even the Big T’s help to move, and the fact that TvB has collected three in a race is symptomatic). Or the recoveries of Russell, Akele, Imbrò with triple in transition or on second chance. Or the torpedo from the bow of the former, that Giordano Bortolani who did everything, right in the final, to be further regretted by Germani: that basket from the bow at 78-79 with 13 seconds on the clock is perhaps the best possible message by the Menetti Band not so much in the Supercoppa round as in the championship.
Treviso may have partially changed skin compared to last year, but the character has remained unchanged. And this is confirmed by Akele’s metamorphosis, from a predictable player in Naples just two days earlier to a man-everywhere at PalaLeonessa, capable of hitting from outside, approaching, dunk, front and back to the basket. It is clear that the seasonal growth of Nutribullet also passes through the progress of the boy from Montebelluna.
There is obviously no time to sleep on its laurels. If anything, it is necessary to analyze the reasons for that blackout that brought Germani from -1 to +10 in just over two minutes (22 ‘, 46-36, triple by Della Valle in transition on an assist from Mitrou-Long): it is not the first time that Treviso takes unhealthy breaks and coach Menetti knows it very well. But it is also true that if from that passive we have reached -4 of the third siren and that from then on it has been a crescendo of performance and above all defensive attitude, the margins for improvement of this version of the decade of TvB are quite wide. . Meanwhile, the head of the group is a good partial result and we can begin to hope to close the Supercoppa practice soon, perhaps by placing the 2-0 on Brescia which is the real rival for the passage of the round (with all due respect, Naples does not she’s just a newly promoted but has an unpresentable Jason Rich at the moment). But woe to underestimate Germani, especially her American Lee Moore who will be observed special after hitting the Biancocelesti hard. The counter-proof will already take place tomorrow, at Palaverde. And who knows that it may not be a further step in the journey of refinement of TvB. –
Federico Bettuzzi
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