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ASSIGECO PIACENZA-PALL. SONG ’67-87

PARTIAL: 18-36; 27-52; 47-70.

PICAENCE: Gajic 3, Franceschi ne, Varaschin, Miaschi 13, Joksimovic ne, Pascolo 12, Querci 5, Skeens 14, McGusty 7, Sabatini 8, Soviero, Cesana 5. All. Salieri

SONG: Hunt 12, Baldi Rossi 11, Berdini 7, Nikolic 12, Borsani, Da Ros, Bucarelli 21, Pini 3, Severini 3, Rogic 18. All. Sacchetti.

REFEREES: Stefano Ursi, Stefano Wassermann and Mirko Picchi.

Assigeco Piacenza welcomes the battleship Cantù to the PalaBanca, which comes down from Brianza with the intention of not making any reductions. The match, from the duo ball, unfolds at a frenetic tempo, all the time very pleasing to the groups coached by former Italian coach Meo Sacchetti. The friends need the 7-15 at 4′, forcing Assigeco into the primary timeout. The scenario, nevertheless, doesn’t enhance for the boys of coach Salieri, who double with Bucarelli’s play of 4 at 12-24 at 6′. The sensation is that Piacenza appears to play on the tempo of the opponent, and this, after all, doesn’t reward it as a result of whereas Cantù scores seven triples, the Rossoblù pressure some sturdy photographs with the returning Cesana and solely discover two bombs with Querci and McGusty. If on the first pit cease the passive is already heavy (18-36), this worsens when the luminous marker reads 20-40 at 13′. and when it reaches -23 even, coach Salieri asks for one more penalty minute. Sadly, the music would not change for Sabatini and his teammates, who make an unimaginable effort to search out their strategy to the basket. The small spoils of the second quarter (9 crew factors) can not assist to appropriate the drawback, though Cantù doesn’t shoot with the identical percentages as within the first quarter. And so on the siren of the interval the distinction between the 2 groups is 25 factors.

second half

Assigeco’s response didn’t arrive on the way in which again from the dressing room, struggling an 8-0 partial defeat. The Piacenza bench is pressured to name time-out to cease the bleeding. The crew, nevertheless, continues on the mercy of Cantù, which fits to 35-67 within the twenty seventh minute, after having achieved a most benefit of +33. When it appears to have hit all-time low, right here is the delight of the hosts. Skeens fights like a lion below the basket, and is the primary of the rossoblùs to achieve double figures. Sabatini steals and converts a three-pointer, Miaschi scores from the arc and someway Piacenza tries to maintain the sport alive on the remaining brief siren. Nevertheless, the final quarter doesn’t provide explicit feelings. The scoreboard now smiles at Cantù who manages and scores a number of baskets on the counterattack. Assigeco, alternatively, barely adjusts its percentages, which, nevertheless, don’t keep away from the twenty lengths of distance till the ultimate siren. A defeat ensuing from the unhealthy strategy of the rossoblùs, which then affected the remainder of the match.