Sanders and Fabi clash at the end, Game 1 belongs to the Lions
Bertram Derthona-OraSì Ravenna 83-69
(23-19, 36-34, 51-48)
Scoreboards:
Derthona: Sackey ne, Cannon 15, Gazzotti, Ambrosin 11, Tavernelli 8, D'Ercole 2, Fabi 21, Mascolo 8, Severini 5, Sanders 11, Morgillo 2. Coach Ramondino
Ravenna: Rebec 11, Cinciarini 16, Chiumenti 10, Guidi ne, Denegri 6, Vavoli, Venuto 3, Maspero, Oxilia 2, Simioni 6, Buscaroli ne, Givens 15. All. Cancellieri
Good first one! The Lions won at the end of an intense, physical game, worthy of a playoff in every way: Ravenna confirmed itself as a tough opponent but Bertram played carefully in defense and found the solvers in Sanders and Fabi at the end. Four Juventus players in double figures: Fabi (21 p), Cannon (15 p), Ambrosin and Sanders (11 p each), but it is the success of the collective, Derthona's true strength this season. In forty-eight hours it will already be Race 2, again at the PalaOltrepò.
High intensity first minutes: Derthona and Ravenna travel in contact until the final stages of the half, in which the home team extends - thanks to Ambrosin and Sanders - up to 23-19. In the second quarter the balance on the pitch remained between the two teams, with the Lions always maintaining a small margin of advantage: in the final actions Rebec and Ambrosin set the score at 36-34 in the 20th minute. Upon returning from the locker rooms, the leitmotif of the match, made up of intensity and energy, does not change: the hosts always maintain a one-possession margin and finish ahead 51-48 in the 30th minute. At the start of the last quarter OraSì overtakes, before the final melee in which the Lions make the decisive push with triples in sequence by Sanders and Fabi (75-64 in the 38th minute) which direct the first challenge. The final is 83-69.
