Bertram plays three quarters on equal terms, then Milan extends their lead and wins the Italian Cup
AX Armani Exchange Milan-Bertram Derthona 78-61
(25-13, 41-33, 53-47)
Scoreboards:
Milan: Melli 14, Rodriguez 8, Ricci 5, Biligha 2, Hall 12, Delaney 10, Baldasso, Daniels 8, Alviti, Hines 6, Bentil 7, Datome 6. Coach Messina
Derthona: Mortellaro ne, Cannon 2, Baldi ne, Tavernelli, Miljkovic ne, Filloy 12, Mascolo 11, Severini 2, Sanders 10, Daum 5, Cain 2, Macura 17. Coach Ramondino
Bertram Derthona's great journey in the Frecciarossa Final Eight 2022 comes to an end with the defeat in the final. The team coached by coach Ramondino plays on par with Armani Exchange Milano for over thirty minutes, before suffering the opponent's lead in the last fraction. Among the individual awards of the event, Ariel Filloy he won the Panasonic Best Sixth Man Award.
The first few minutes were favorable to Milan, who impacted the match with high three-point shooting percentages and intensity in defence, reaching a double-digit lead in the final stages of the half: in the 10th minute the score was 25-13. In the second period Bertram raises the level in the defensive half of the pitch and is led by Macura (11 points in the quarter) in attack, reducing its gap to -8 (41-33) at the break.
Upon returning from the locker room, Bertram makes a great effort to get back into further contact, reaching -1 (44-43) with Filloy's basket. In the following minutes, Milan scores a mini run that allows them to close the third quarter ahead 53-47. AX Armani Exchange tries to give the decisive push to the match at the start of the final period, finding in Melli the protagonist of the partial which is worth 70-52 in the 35th minute. In the final minutes the team coached by Ettore Messina controls Bertram's last attempts to return and wins the Italian Cup by winning 78-61.
Thus coach Marco Ramondino at the end of the race: ʺDue and well-deserved congratulations to Milan, to the coaching staff and to the players for having won the Italian Cup, controlling the match from start to finish. During the event, AX Armani Exchange deserved the trophy. Our performances in the tournament were good both from a technical and character point of view in the first two days, today we gave everything as a group but it wasn't enough against Milan. Competing against great coaches and players must be a stimulus to try to improve. Ettore Messina is a coach who will end up in the Springfield Hall of Fame and for the coaches of my generation he is a model from every point of view: there is great admiration for what he is, he has done and will do for basketball . Due to the type of team we are, it is difficult to extrapolate a single player from the context: we perceive a collaboration between the players and the support of behaviors that allow everyone to express themselves. The most positive thing about the Italian Cup is the perception of how we are going and where we can improve. From a championship perspective, this tournament could be more dangerous than positive simply from an extra-technical point of view: having reached the final raises the bar for us and being newly promoted we have to demonstrate the level we are at. We avoid the trap of raising expectations only if we return to the gym with the idea that what has been done is a lot but we can grow..
