The streak of consecutive victories for Menetti’s team stops at 6: Openjobmetis passes 94-103
TREVISO. You can’t always win, of course. And so it was Varese who reminded Treviso that basketball starts with defense, then there is everything else. If you don’t defend you can score almost 100 but you lose. Second home centello, as against Brindisi. The encouraging defensive signs that emerged in the six straight wins dissolved last night against an opponent who in turn chose to play who does the most. Only if you give 60% from the field you can’t hope for anything.
Patience, the sixth place is armored, let’s say that the team that had a real goal prevailed, the saving points: the motivations, as Menetti often says, count. And it was enough that a couple of key elements like Sokolowski and Imbrò went slightly below average to jam the delicate blue-white mechanism. And then on the other side there is such a Scola that the chestnuts you take away when needed. TvB starts with 5/5 and 2 stolen in less than 3 minutes: 11-6 but there is Ruzzier who runs away several times to Russell, who reciprocates: 14-11. Varese also does not joke in attack, then Scola has too much experience not to take advantage of every inch of freedom that Akele gives him.
Very high score, 18-18 at 5 ‘, Big Meko contributes 8 but Varese overtakes with a triple from Beane. You travel always and in any case conservatively with defenses in obvious difficulty, which collect 53 points after 10 ‘. Ferrero hits an incredible 3 + 1, just to make it clear that the evening is a bit like that. On +6 De ‘Longhi does not take advantage of a couple of opportunities to try the first escape, even if the excellent Vildera will be able to tell her grandchildren that she stole the ball from His Majesty Luis … Varese returns from a -8 always traveling at rhythms crazy. And Menetti can’t be at all happy to see a defense punctured by Egbunu’s pick and roll. After the time out his team placed a 5-0: +9.
But any desire to reach is frustrated by an opponent who, somewhere, always finds the necessary resources. Soko, not inspired as usual, makes the third foul on 23 ‘, Varese remains close, threatening. And Scola alone overtakes 59. In a race, those who do more would just need to defend decently to take off, indeed Treviso is now forced to chase, the Open takes courage but comes a 9-0 from Meko, growing and Logan when, look a bit, the intensity in the area of ours rises, even with the press zone on the opponent’s throw-in.
Unfortunately for Menetti it is only a moment: there is no way, it continues point by point, with a 5-0 from Varese in the last 2 ”of the third quarter. And Vildera makes 1/4 in the free, another bad sign. Now it is TvB who puts his nose forward: 84-81 at 33 ‘(Russell) but it is also the last time: the bombs in a row by De Nicolao, Strautins and Scola repeat: -9 at 36’. Now it would take another remuntada but it is not always a party, now Varese is in full confidence, he really does not make a mistake, And Douglas closes it from the corner, for three of course.
The spell is broken, no settle. Sin.
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