Here is the team admired in the Super Cup: against the freshman Verona the biancoblù unleash a sumptuous match and win big 101-79. Convincing choral performance, with the bench (above all Jones and Gentile) able to give the acceleration of the second quarter that channels the game. Double double from Onuaku, but that's nothing new: 24 points and 10 rebounds.
Raspino starts in the quintet. Kruslin and Onuaku are hot in attack, but Johnson and the young bull Smith (two meters scarce but great energy) recover many offensive rebounds. There is balance until 18-19 of the 7 '. The bench breaks him and with the triples of Jones and Gentile launches a long break closed by the basket against the time of Dowe: 39-26 at 14 '. The partial is 21-7.
Verona tries to return (39-30) but the biancoblù are more careful inside the area and no longer grant many second chances. The triples of Bendzius and Kruslin restore the +13. Too bad that the defense gets a triple from Anderson on the siren which reduces the gap at the interval: 53-44.
Verona took courage from that basket and is approaching -5 at the beginning of the third quarter. Robinson pushes her back with 4 points in a row and the same number of Onuaku who dominates: 68-53 in the 26 '. Banco even goes to +21 at 28 ', giving a show in a PalaSerradimigni that he likes.
The last quarter is just a formality that Dinamo fulfills with a smile.
The scores
SASSARI : Jones 13 Pisano 2 Robinson 10 Dowe 10 Kruslin 11 Gandini 2 Chessa ne, Bendzius 15 Gentile 8 Raspino 4 Diop 2 Onuaku 24 All. Bucchi.
VERONA : Cappelletti 9 Smith 10 Selden 15 Holman 9 Ferrari ne, Casarin 5 Johnson 6 Imbrò 9 Rosselli ne, Anderson 5 Udom 11 All. Ramagli.