After a very long stop a test of maturity and solidity on the difficult field of Trento In the last quarter the biancoblù do not give up an inch and hit a heavy success
SENT TO TRENTO. She wins, convinces the others and herself, and sends an interesting signal to the championship. Dinamo returns after a very long stop, breaking the field of the Dolomiti Energia Trento by 66-74 on the 21st day of Serie A. Solid, patient and determined to the limits of ferocity, Piero Bucchi’s team made an encore of the success won against the blacks by Lele Molin in mid-January, returning close to the playoff area. Wednesday’s recovery at Allianz Trieste and Sunday’s home match against Tortona, both direct competitors, can really give the Sassari season a turning point.
Unconventional weapons. The snipers have cold hands (1/16 from beyond the arc to 23 ‘), Logan, Robinson and Bendzius go in bursts, but the Banco is still ahead for practically all 40 minutes thanks to a defensive intensity that in the final strangled Forray and his companions’ hopes of a comeback. Men from the cover, together with a regenerated Burnell, Mekowulu and above all Diop, absolutely decisive in the second half.
Always ahead. Trento recovers in extremis coach Molin, fresh from isolation due to covid in Iceland, and proposes the new signing Jonathan Williams. Dinamo returns to the field after a lifetime and is immediately in the game. The Sassari basket remains unchanged for almost 3’30 “and on the other side Burnell and Mekowulu lead the first break, 2-10, at 5’39”. After the timeout of coach Molin the blacks of the house are released but the inertia remains largely on the side of the Banco, which presses high and exploits the area well, touches the +11 (10-21 and closes the period at 15-23. Diop he is very solid under the basket, Bucchi extends the rotations again by inserting Devecchi and Treier and the only problem continues to be the icy hands of the biancoblù from beyond the arc (1/10 after 14 ‘).
Difficulties. The Dolomites continue to struggle at an offensive level but slowly resume laps, convincing coach Bucchi to ask for a timeout in the middle of the period at 22-27. The rebounds in attack granted begin to weigh and L’Aquila enters the game definitively: Johnson hits from beyond the arc, Conti hits the center from below for 31-31 with 2’10 “from rest. Other errors arrive from outside, but the 33-33 mid-match does not do justice to the excellent first half of the Sassari. Dinamo restarts from a Mekowulu never so solid, but in the meantime the triples keep coming back while on the other side Reynolds hits the center twice from beyond the arc and gives Trento the first advantage (36-35) and the first attempt at escape (41-37).
The elastic. The Sassari do not break down, they raise the intensity again and when, after 12 consecutive errors from outside, finally two triples hit the target (both signed by Kruslin), Bucchi’s team is again ahead of 6, 43-49 at 26 ‘. Logan and Robinson make and undo the canvas: two triples by the Professor send the Banco to +10, 45-55, then a blackout between the last two periods allows Trento to go up (50-55 at 30 ‘) and equalize, 55 -55 with a Forray bomb from miles.
The best Dinamo. However, Banco has a super Diop, who fights on every ball and keeps Dinamo ahead, waiting for Bendzius to finally have his say, with the bombshell of 57-62 at 6 ‘from the end of the match. Flaccadori leads the last attack from Trentino (59-62 ball in hand), but Mekowulu’s unsportsmanlike foul does not yield even a point to the hosts and is the turning point: Diop literally plows the parquet, Burnell vila away for the 59-66 just over 2 ‘. To give the coup de grace is Diop, who first scores +9, then recovers the ball and sends Burnell to crush the 59-70 at 62 ”from the siren. It is the final blow, with 66-74 which gives a clear signal on the impression that Dinamo intends to give at the end of the season.