It's a deluxe Allianz Derthona: +25 over Treviso on their debut in the Final Eight in Trento. The semifinal at the Next Gen Cup was achieved again
Allianz Derthona Tortona – Nutribullet Treviso 88-63
(23-12, 49-33, 66-47)
Derthona: Albertinazzi, Baldi 21, Korlatovic 2, Tambwe 8, Diodati 1, Josovic 20, Conte 12, Fonio Fracchia ne, Fogliato ne, Farias 7, Van Der Knaap 17. All. Ansaloni, deputy Tosarelli, ass. Albasini.
Treviso: Bertan ne, De Marchi 6, Guidolin, Iacopini 4, Marostica ne, Martin 13, Pellizzari 9, Prai 3, Scandiuzzi, Spinazzè, Tadiotto 3, Torresani 25. All. Saccardo.
THEAllianz Derthona Tortona is for the second year in a row among the top 4 of the IBSA extension Next Gen Cup di Legabasket. The Juventus team dominates the quarterfinal against Nutribullet Treviso to the Final Eight in Trento of the tournament reserved for Under 19 Excellence of the sixteen Serie A clubs and reaches the semi-finals as happened last year in the final phase in Naples.
Presented at The T Quotidiano Arena with the number 1 seed in their part of the draw thanks to the victory in their qualifying group, the team coached by Luca Ansaloni takes on the challenge against the Treviso team, fourth in the other group of the first phase, with a sensational escape between the first two quarters. Allianz responds to Treviso's initial 2-12 with a 22-0 break in which the Juventus collective comes out forcefully with the various Josovic, Van Der Knaap, Baldi, Tambwe and Farias on the shields. It is the partial that effectively splits the match, from that 26-12 Allianz goes to +16 at the interval (49-33) and seals its victory with the 8-0 at the start of the second half for the 57-33 never put in danger again. The certification of passage to the semifinals comes with the achievement of the "target score", the technical innovation introduced by Legabasket for the Final Eight: starting at 80-61 less than four minutes from the end of the match, 5 of the 8 points necessary to secure the final score bears the signature of Lorenzo Baldi, also author of the triple that allows Tortona to reach the target result of 88 points.
The starting point guard (in the photo) finished as the team's best scorer with 21 points (3/6 from three), Andrija Josovic took the title of MVP with the double double of 20 and 13 rebounds for 24 evaluation, the usual decisive impact from Timothy Van Der Knapp's bench, usual solidity and quality under the basket for Gloris Tambwe, best rebounder of the match with 14 shots.
Tomorrow 16 hours la semifinal against Pollini Brescia, winner of the other quarter-final against Pallacanestro Varese 79-77. A place in the final for the 2023/24 title is up for grabs: the match will be broadcast live on legabasket.it and for the occasion also on DAZN.
