CASALE MONFERRATO (AL). Come on gentlemen, come on. More than at the PalaFerraris temporary home of Derthona, the Nutribullet perhaps thinks it is an evening of anticipation of the upcoming San Luca Fairs with the classic shooting: impossible to comment otherwise the incredible hail of triples that rains on the head and in the basket of unfortunate Piedmontese, who perhaps dreamed of a different Serie A debut after an encouraging Super Cup.
Instead, to extinguish Bertram’s dreams of glory, Treviso takes care of it, pushed by the east wind that this year promises to take the Biancocelesti – or orange-blue, judging by the colors of the new uniforms – very far. The firm hands on the score sheet, the first in the regular season, are those of the well-known Michal Sokolowski and the novelty Tomas Dimša who, if you are satisfied with the bare statistics, combine an incredible 12/14 from the arc.
No, it is not a typo nor an error of the new statistical system of Legabasket: the shots from the arc of the Pole and the Lithuanian make the difference together with a defense that for thirty minutes concedes little to the dreaded Mike Daum and nothing to the scarecrow JP Macura . And in the meantime, while Tortona relies on the resourcefulness of Bruno Mascolo who seems to preach in the desert, TvB digs the decisive furrow with the two well-known protagonists, well assisted by Russell who shows a continuous technical growth.
Too much for a freshman who will also be fake, remembering the words of coach Menetti during the presentation of the match, but who shows up at the great ball with too many absolute rookies and few really reliable elements to be able to engrave. After all, the game lasts just two quarters, the inaugural ones in which Treviso has to fuel up a bit. Bertram is contracted, defends badly especially on the perimeter and in attack she relies too much on isolations, of Cain in post or of Wright on pick’n’roll: very positive choices, if you want to compete at this level. Nutribullet also starts with the handbrake on, loses a few too many balls (9 at the first break, there will be 19 at the end) but immediately understands that she can count on special agent Dimša. The Lithuanian will also be icy in terms of emotions but he has a glowing hand and every time he gets up from 6.75m it is a sentence, with three triples on target in the first ten minutes.
Tortona has a positive flash at the beginning of the second quarter with Mascolo who loads the team on his shoulders and to the sound of percussion signs the illusory and ephemeral home advantage (27-26) but soon begins to sink. And when Sokolowski opens the ball in the second half with a 3-point shot plus a foul (but without converting, too bad), the light goes out for the bianconeri. Dimša resumes hammering the retina from a distance, Bortolani accompanies him, in the area Akele and Jones make an excellent guard and Russell preaches basketball at speed. The time to note the 53-70 of the 30th, the result of a referee gift on a non-existent unsportsmanlike of the Pole on Wright, and the game is over.
The last ten minutes are pure formality, enough to fix personal stats and nothing more. Good first for the Nutribullet, which confirms a period of very good form, the result of the ad hoc preparation for the September of fire between Supercoppa and QR of the Cup.
Now, head to the derby with Reyer, an already probative test bench waiting for the BCL.
BERTRAM TORTONA – NUTRIBULLET TREVISO 77-92
BERTRAM: Wright 12 (2/8, 1/2), Filloy 7 (1/5, 1/6), Macura 1 (0/1, 0/1), Daum 15 (4/7, 1/2), Cain 16 (7/11 from 2); Cannon 4 (1/1 from 2), Tavernelli 2, Sanders 0 (0/1, 0/2), Mascolo 17 (8/13, 0/3), Severini 3 (1/3 from 3). Ne: Semeghini, Mobio. Coach: Ramondino
NUTRIBULLET: Russell 16 (4/7, 1/2), Bortolani 7 (0/1, 2/6), Dimsa 28 (2/4, 8/10), Akele 2 (1/1, 0/4), Jones 10 (3/4, 1/2); Casarin 0 (0/1 to 3), Chillo 8 (2/2, 1/2), Sims 4 (2/4, 0/1), Sokolowski 17 (2/4, 4/4). No: Poser, Faggian. All .: Menetti
REFEREES: Rossi, Brindisi, Valzani
NOTES: sq. 15-17, sq. 35-40, sq. 53-70. Tl: Trt 19/26, TV 9/14. From 2: Trt 23/47, TV 16/27. From 3: Trt 4/19, TV 17/32. Rebounds: Trt 6 + 29 (Cain 3 + 7, Daum 2 + 8), TV 4 + 33 (Sims 1 + 6). Assist: Trt 11 (Wright and Mascolo 3), TV 24 (Russell and Dimsa 5). Lost: Trt 10, TV 19. Stops: Trt 5, TV 5. Unsportsmanlike foul to Russell at 5’24 “(9-8), to Severini at 16’06” (27-28) and to Sokolowski at 29’58 ” (52-70). Spectators: 1000.
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