Trento, what a waste in Trieste

While Treviso Basket enjoys the top areas of the standings, with the third place shared in a condominium at 12 with Brindisi, Trento, Trieste and Naples, Venice continues to question itself on the choices of partial summer reconstruction. In the defeat remedied in Brescia in the advance on Saturday, signed by the usual Della Valle and Mitrou-Long (respectively 24 and 14 points for the 80-69 of Germani), only Mitchell Watt gives signs of life for the Umana, which the return of Captain Bramos after ten months of passion in the infirmary is not enough. The various Echodas and Phillip are impalpable, the disappointing Charalampopoulos has been greeted in the direction of Fortitudo and if Tonut runs into an evening of 2/10 shooting, for Reyer it is late at night.

While Milan does not stop at the top, limiting the attack of Frank Vitucci’s Brindisi to just 53 points at home and collecting the tenth consecutive victory, Virtus struggles a lot against the revived Sassari. In Bologna the Sardinian team commanded the operations for a long time, making the most of the many absences on the Juventus roster. With pride the Italian champions recover and force the extra where Logan (17) and Devecchi miss the triples of the potential victory, leaving the black VUs the pink report that is worth the second place alone in the standings. On the other hand, Lele Molin’s Trento cries bitter tears, wasting a delicious opportunity at the Allianz Dome, when Desonta Bradford’s triple is worth +4, 14 seconds from the gong. The victory seems to be in the hands of the Eagle who, however, combines all the colors: Banks with a bomb brings Trieste back into contact, Trento does not capitalize on the final possession and rather delivers the ball to Grazulis who overtakes the siren from below for 70-69 who throws the halberds.

Pesaro, Treviso’s next opponent, also smiles. Coach Banchi immediately gets good performances from the new face Doron Lamb who puts 13 in the sound 94-75 victory against Varese, a result that keeps the Lombards in penultimate place in the ranking. Adriano Vertemati’s bench trembles as he gets positive plays by the USA duo Keene-Kell but also runs into a bad night by Alessandro Gentile (6 points with 3/8 shooting). In the Coppa Italia area, the position of the surprising Napoli of the former Trevigiani Parks (18 points), Lombardi (6) and Uglietti (5) is also consolidated: against Cremona, the GeVi resists the excellent Pecchia (19) and wins 91-88. In the evening, Tortona hooks Venice in eighth place by beating a Fortitudo 74-64 struggling with the usual staffing problems and always last in the standings, despite the debut of James Feldeine (18), Borra and the former Reyer Charalampopoulos. –