The lack of captain Imbrò made itself felt, perhaps for the first time: it is the first defeat in the league
NAPLES. You see Naples and then you lose. Goethe’s famous phrase deserves an update after Nutribullet’s knockout at PalaBarbuto which cost the Biancocelesti the so far illusory primacy in the standings. Indeed, more than a simple defeat, one could almost speak of a sporting half-suicide, since giving 18 balls to opponents is equivalent to benefiting a non-transcendental but sufficiently aggressive team in its spasmodic search for the first historic success in A. Vince la GeVi, therefore , and loses TvB.
Nothing to be surprised by, observing the progress of a match that, except for the first few minutes, sees Captain Chillo and his associates at the mercy of the Neapolitan rearguard. And here the fears that have been circulating for a month come together, that is, since the fall on the parquet in the Super Cup cost Matteo Imbrò dear: this Nutribullet is in desperate need of a reliable plaything that can make Russell breathe on evenings of apnea and that he avoids. of having to resort to buffer solutions such as Dimsa (5 lost), Casarin and Sokolowski. Captain, come back soon. The Pole, usually balancer and glue of the Treviso maneuver, is so exhausted from the extra work that he cannot find the right aim from afar, in an evening in which his whole team shoots with 27% from 3, a heavy figure if added to the unacceptable 39 % from 2 which confirms both the roughness and effectiveness of the Campania defense, as well as the lack of concentration of the long guests.
The bench of the defendants of the biancoceleste backhand is well crowded, at the end of an evening very different from that of the Supercoppa – an indicator above all for Napoli Jason Rich, passed from 0/6 and empty tire a month ago to drag with 14 points and 7 assists The Sims-Jones couple gets very few guesses, with the first who just can’t get close to the basket and the second who gets lost after a promising start; Akele slams but does not affect, Chillo is almost a ghost. In the end, the ball and responsibility end up in the hands of one of the youngest, Giordano Bortolani, the only one to be acquitted for not having committed the fact: his triple hands in his face, his percussion, even his rebounding energy stand out in the desolation of a team that perhaps pays dearly for the first drop following the double weekly commitment.
Little to say about the match. Napoli escapes at the beginning of the second quarter with Velicka and the revived Zerini (28-20); Treviso emerges from the changing rooms distracted and devoid of concentration, so much so as to expose itself to the heavy shots of the external GeVi who gladly feast. On -17 (64-47, bomb by Marini) and in the midst of an arbitration chaos that in three minutes calls three technicians between flopping and protests and two unsportsmanlike – very black evening for Lo Guzzo and associates, perhaps the worst backhoe seen in this beginning season – Treviso would have opportunities to return but it does not go beyond -9 (66-57), continuing to throw away the balls and doing everything wrong.
You can and must get up again, on Sunday at noon the Sassari of the former Logan and Mekowulu will arrive. Waiting for news from the radio market – or from the infirmary – for that reinforcement in the direction that seems absolutely necessary.