Great defense and five players in double figures: the Derthona collective wins in Venice
Umana Reyer Venezia-Bertram Derthona 63-73
(12-20, 30-36, 48-57)
Scoreboards:
Venice: Stone 5, Bramos 1, Tonut 8, De Nicolao 9, Echodas ne, Morgan 1, Mazzola 3, Brooks 16, Theodore 15, Cerella ne, Vitali, Watt. All. De Raffaele
Derthona: Mortellaro ne, Wright 10, Cannon 2, Tavernelli, Filloy 2, Mascolo, Cattapan ne, Severini 4, Sanders 15, Daum 19, Cain 10, Macura 11. Coach Ramondino
Deserved and authoritative success for Bertram Derthona, who in game 3 at Taliercio took possession of the match right from the tap-off, leading it for all forty minutes. Precise in attack and defense, the Bianconeri now lead 2-1 in the series. Five players in double figures: Daum (19 p), Sanders (15 p), Macura (11 p), Wright and Cain (10 p each), a great snapshot of a team performance.
Concreteness and precision in the first minutes of game 3 for Bertram Derthona, who leads the scoring right from the start: the offensive clarity (8 p from Sanders), the control of the rebounds and the defensive attention are worth the 12-20 in the 10th minute . In the second half Reyer increases her intensity on both sides of the pitch and closes her gap to -1 (23-24) in the 16th minute. After having suffered this partial against Venezia, the team coached by Ramondino found greater fluidity in attack and closed the first twenty minutes ahead 30-36, thanks to Daum's triple at the end.
Upon returning from the locker room, Sanders and Daum combine for a spectacular alley oop which updates the visitors' maximum lead in the match (30-39). In the following moments, Derthona continues to produce play and control the pace, expanding its gap several times beyond double figures. Despite Umana's attempts to return, the third period ends with a score of 48-57. In the last quarter, Bertram finds choral solutions and several protagonists in attack, also offering a new great defensive test that limits Venice: possession after possession the Bianconeri extend, up to 54-70 in the 36th minute. Umana – with a 9-2 break – gets back under the double-digit gap, but the coolness on the line seals the success of Derthona, who wins 63-73. In forty-eight hours, again at Taliercio, it will be game 4, the first opportunity for the Lions to get through to the next round.
Thus coach Marco Ramondino at the end of the race: “It was a match that we deserved to win, in which we were ahead in terms of scores from the start. Beyond the technical-tactical aspect, I believe that game 2 was important to legitimize what we did in the championship, this away success legitimizes qualification for the playoffs and confirms the goodness of what we are doing. We played a level defensive game, against a team that punished our mistakes, while in attack the pace was good, we moved the ball well and made our changes to the side which allowed everyone to touch the ball. We have players, like Daum, who have great potential and the fortune of having others, not so much in the spotlight, like Cain and Severini, who do many things that don't end up in the statistics but are very useful. In terms of game strategy we didn't make any particular adjustments, but as I said at the end of game 2 the thing that made me most proud was the fact that the result was achieved by maintaining the same game plan and doing the little things better.".
