A great comeback is not enough, Derthona defeated in Venice
Umana Reyer Venezia-Bertram Derthona 69-61
(13-13, 28-26, 56-39)
Scoreboards:
Venice: Stone 8, Bramos 5, Tonut 10, Daye 1, De Nicolao 5, Sanders 2, Mazzola 2, Brooks, 16 Theodore 8, Cerella ne, Morena ne, Watt 12. All. De Raffaele
Derthona: Mortellaro ne, Wright 6, Rota ne, Cannon 3, Tavernelli 2, Armanino, ne Mascolo 4, Severini 6, Sanders 5, Daum 7, Cain 6, Macura 22. Coach Ramondino
Bertram Derthona, without Ariel Filloy, was defeated by PalaTaliercio at the end of a match that Umana Reyer Venezia led for large stretches in terms of pace and score. In the last quarter, led by Macura's baskets, the team coached by coach Ramondino came back into contact without however managing to complete the comeback.
The first moments of the match marked Bertram, with an initial 0-7 achieved thanks to collective initiatives. Reyer - against the defensive zone proposed by the Bianconeri - first reduces her gap by taking advantage of the extra offensive possessions, then makes an impact with Tonut's triple (13-13 at 10'). In the second half the race continues the same leitmotiv, is tactical and physical: Venezia overtakes the score, but Derthona - relying on Wright, Macura and Cannon - remains in contact. At halftime the home team was ahead 28-26.
Upon returning from the locker rooms, Bertram suffered the impact of Venezia, who managed to break the balance with baskets from Brooks and Stone: the two players signed a 13-0 run which was worth 56-39 with which the match ended. third fraction. In the last quarter, Derthona raises the intensity of its defense, slowing down the pace and fluidity of Venezia's attack, and finds in Macura the offensive terminal of the counter-break of 0-13 which allows it to return to just one possession behind (60-57 at 35'). Reyer scores again from the line, interrupting the Juventus comeback, and enters the last minute of the game with a two-possession margin (67-61). Subsequently, Daum missed an open three-point shot to shorten the shot and Bramos' subsequent free throws closed the game, which Venezia won with a score of 69-61.
Thus coach Marco Ramondino at the end of the race: “Congratulations to Venice for the victory. Our players gave everything they had, today it wasn't enough to achieve success. We were not particularly reactive in defense especially in a certain moment of the match in which we left too much space and Theodore and Watt while in attack we suffered from their aggressiveness. The energy, more nervous than physical, found at the end of the match brought us back to just one possession, a shame about the foul away from the ball on Bramos which allowed them to score again. There are great merits for Venezia in the victory, we return to the gym to prepare for Saturday's match. Ours is a team in which we share responsibilities, beyond the individual player today we didn't have good rhythm and energy: it's no coincidence that when Macura switched on we regained some strength".
