Pride and heart: this is how Dinamo wins against Scafati, 79-76, in a match played without the injured point guard Whittaker, as well as without Diop. Gombauld was extraordinary with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 blocks, followed by Charalampopoulos with 16 and Kruslin with 13.
Sassari from the retreat in Nuoro without playmaker Whittaker, at home with a high fever. In any case, next week against Milan there could already be a new point guard even if the club has to decide between two or three names among which Jalen Adams stands out, leaving the Turkish side Ankara.
Scafati instead shows up with assistant coach Marco Ciarpella because Pino Sacripanti was admitted to the emergency room of Sassari hospital due to a sudden illness (renal colic) but was then discharged and went to a hotel.
Cappelletti is in the quintet, but the one who shines is the former Robinson with the first 6 points from Scafati. Effective defenses, somewhat clumsy attacks. The first small breakthrough was made by the guests with Alessandro Gentile playing with his back to the basket: 14-21 at the end of the quarter.
The blue and whites also defend well, but they struggle like crazy in attack and so Scafati increases the gap: +10 in the 15th minute. The Bank fights and responds with a 10-0 break that puts the match back in balance: 30-30 in the 18th minute with Goumbald (10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks) served by a splendid assist from Kruslin. Tyree's free throws lead to the first lead of the game, right before halftime: 35-33.
Upon his temporary return, +4 signed by Charalampopoulos' bomb but Alessandro Gentile gives Scafati a shock for the 14-0 break which reverses the inertia of the match in the 27th minute. 16-0 counterbreak by Dinamo who works to make Kruslin shoot threes. And it is always the Croatian who scores the triple after the two bombs that bring the guests back to -2. Goumbald scores the decisive points from the line.
