Next Gen Cup: Allianz Tortona beats Armani Milano in overtime and takes the lead alone in Group A after the first day of the Biella stage
Allianz Derthona Tortona – EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 97-94 (dts)
(27-15, 45-35, 65-61, 87-87)
Derthona: Tandia 20 (8/11 shooting, 17 rb, 4 ast, 37 val), Baldi 7, Van Der Knaap 14, Farias 14 (10 rb, 10 sub fouls, 4 ast, 27 val), Tambwe 4, Errica 8 , Korlatovic ne, Diodati , W. Bellinaso ne, Moro, Conte 13, Josovic 17 (7 rb). All. Ansaloni, ass. Tosarelli, Censurini.
Milano: Alberti, Casella 17, Miccoli 26, Karem 9, Shaw 8, Suigo 2, Lonati, Garavaglia 14, Ceccato, Badalau 11, Van Elswik 1, Marcucci 6. Catalani team.
Referees: Berlangeri, Vastarella, Buoncristiani.
Must win it twiceAllianz Derthona Tortona. But the "hard work" gives even more flavor because the overtime victory arrives in big match between undefeated against theEA7 Emporio Armani Milan and it means solitary primacy in Group A of IBSA Next Gen Cup. The second and final stage of the qualifying phase of the tournament Legabasket reserved for teams U19 of the sixteen Serie A clubs begins at Biella Forum with a thrilling finale with a sweet flavour, for the fourth victory in as many matches of the competition adding the three obtained in the inaugural stage in Varese. After a match conducted for the vast majority of the time, except for a couple of overtaking by Milan brought back by Miccoli and Casella from disadvantages often in double figures (-15 the maximum), a few seconds from the end Tortona seems to have now taken it home at 87-82 with 13" to go to which everyone contributed, with special mentions for Tandia, Van Der Knaap, Farias, Josovic and Conte. But 2" from the end Milan pulls the rabbit out of the hat by scoring the triple of -2 with Marcucci at the same time with a whistle rebounding against the Bianconeri defense on Garavaglia, a foul which - due to the regulatory innovation of the Next Gen which plans to give automatically 1 point for each foul committed under the exhausted foul bonus regime by the opponent - gives Milan -1 and sends Garavaglia himself to the line to score the free throw for the tie at 87. Swallowed the bitter pill of having conceded 5 points in a single action at the moment in which they were ready to celebrate, Allianz did not lose heart and in the extra time of overtaking and counter-overtaking they first found the bonus point with the indomitable Farias for a foul with a further converted free to chase away the arrow on 95-94 with 13" from the end and then the seal of success with the steal from the throw-in in his own defensive half by Tandia, who flies on the counterattack to crush the +3 that a desperate last attempt by Milan from beyond the arc fails to equalize.
Tandia foils the race ends with an eloquent rating of 37, the tip of an iceberg that not even too far below the surface of the water also shows the triple double of Bruno Farias in points, rebounds and fouls suffered.
With the defeat of the former solitary leaders Dolomiti Energia Trentino in the other group, Luca Ansaloni's team remains the only one so far undefeated in the lot and is preparing to challenge Wednesday at 13pm (always live on legabasket.it) in the other Biella facility, the PalaPajetta, bringing up the rear Scafati Basketball Academy, still stuck at zero victories after the defeat at the hands of GeVi Napoli. Another affirmation would mean that Derthona would have to secure qualification for the second year in a row Final Eight.
