Derthona falls in a sprint in Brindisi
Happy Casa Brindisi-Bertram Derthona 86-84
(27-23, 49-42, 69-64)
Scoreboards:
Brindisi: Etou 12, Burnell 8, Reed 19, Bowman 7, Vitucci ne, Mascolo 5, Bocevski ne, Mezzanotte 8, Riismaa 2, Bayehe 1, Perkins 24, Dixson. All. Vitucci
Derthona: Christon 22, Mortellaro ne, Errica ne, Candi 4, Tavernelli 5, Filloy 16, Severini 10, Harper 4, Daum 12, Radoševič 9, Macura 2, Filoni. All. Ramondino
First defeat in the championship for Bertram Derthona, who - without Cain and forced to give up Macura for a large part of the second half due to an illness that will be re-evaluated in the next few days - in Brindisi chases their opponents in the score for large stretches of the match , reacts and comes back several times, overtaking on several occasions. In the final, the home team found the baskets that earned them the victory. The Lions' next match will be Sunday 20 November at 17.30pm at the PalaLeonessa A2A in Brescia against Germani Brescia.
First high-scoring period at the PalaPentassuglia: the high shooting percentages - especially from two points - of both teams lead to 27-23, in favor of the hosts, in the 10th minute. In the second half, Brindisi launched an offensive burst driven by Reed's three-point shots (16 points in the first half) which earned him over double figures. In the final stages of the quarter, Bertram found more fluidity in attack and closed the gap to 49-42.
Upon returning from the locker rooms, Derthona produced an important effort on both halves of the court: the comeback was completed with Filloy's triple, which earned them the lead (63-64) 2 minutes from the end of the third quarter. In the final possessions, Brindisi - with a 6-0 result thanks to offensive rebounds - takes the lead again: in the 30th minute the score is 69-64. Brilliant start for the team coached by Ramondino in the final period: Severini, Christon and Daum signed the new lead (73-77 in the 36th minute), before the home team's reaction. This leads to a sprint finish, in which Bowman's baskets give Happy Casa a two-possession advantage (85-80). In the tense final, Bertram comes back to just one point behind without however managing to complete the comeback: Brindisi wins 86-84.
Thus coach Marco Ramondino at the end of the race: “Congratulations to Brindisi who deservedly won the match, playing better than us. Going to analyze our side of the dispute, we didn't play a match with the physicality and toughness necessary to be able to win away on a pitch like this. We had many ups and downs and made many mistakes against a team of this potential who played a much more concrete and tough match than us. We must have the clarity to analyze the performance without stopping at the result: I believe that Brindisi was in the lead for thirty-five minutes and when we got back ahead they made a few plays in a row that gave them the victory".
