Fifth consecutive victory for Bertram Yachts Derthona, who led from the start in the Piedmontese Derby against Reale Mutua Torino, reached a double-digit lead and contained Torino's comeback, winning 70-64. The first minutes of the match were balanced and characterized by the great offensive quality of the two teams: Mascolo and Alibegovic moved the score and after five minutes the score was perfectly tied at 11. Mascolo was the absolute protagonist of the following lines: his baskets pushed the Derthona at 19-13 in the 6th minute, forcing Torino to stop the match. Bertram effective on both sides of the pitch in this first half: at 10' the score was 22-15. At the start of the second period, Gazzotti and Ambrosin pushed the home team to their first double-digit lead in the match: coach Cavina used the second time-out available to him in the first half to interrupt operations at 31-20 in the 13th minute. The Lions continue to play a high-quality game, involving all the players on the pitch: Ambrosin's three-point shot updates the maximum gap to 37-20 in the 17th minute. Reale Mutua closes the gap at the end of the first half, concluded by Mascolo's penetration: in the 20th minute Derthona ahead 41-27. High pace also upon returning from the changing rooms, with Reale Mutua trying to raise the level of their defense to get back into the match: two consecutive triples from Alibegovic bring the guests back to -10 (49-39) in the 25th minute. In the following moments, Torino grows further in their own half but Derthona responds blow for blow and in the 30th minute they are ahead 53-43. In the last quarter the team coached by Ramondino started better, reaching +14 at 57-43, before suffering a counter break from the visitors which brought the gap between the two teams back to ten points. In the following minutes the visiting team returned to -8 (61-53) three minutes from time, with the Bianconeri taking advantage of a technical whistle against Alibegovic to maintain their lead. Diop brings Torino back to -5 (65-60) with 1 minute to go, before a 1/2 from Cannon puts two full possessions back between the teams. In the following actions, Clark is glacial on the line, then Sanders scores a fundamental three-point basket. The ending smiles on the Lions, who triumph 70-64.
