Champions League: Dinamo wins in Cholet 93-72 and guarantees passage to the second round
Jefferson excellent at directing and six players in double figures
A splendid Dinamo conquers Cholet and secures the Champions League round of 16. To get through the round it will be enough to win next Wednesday at PalaSerradimigni. Jefferson's playmaking and excellent three-point shooting percentage (14/25) allowed Bucchi's team to impose itself with authority.
Six players scored in double figures: 19 for Charalampopoulos, 14 for Kruslin, 13 for Diop, 12 for McKinnie and 11 each for Tyree and Jefferson who provided 10 assists.
The return match will be played next Wednesday at PalaSerradimigni.
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Unreleased quintet for Bucchi: Jefferson, Tyree, Kruslin, Charalampopoulos and Gombauld. The French have a quintet with few kilos, albeit with dynamic players, but the Banco has a hot hand from the arc: three triples from Tyree and one from Kruslin and Jefferson for the +10: 11-21 at 8'. Sassari also reaches +14 with Diop.
Dinamo's substitutions do not express the same intensity and the zone press also suffers: 11-1 break for the French (22-26 at 12') but McKinnie and Charalampopoulos also score from three and give the score a boost.
The return of Jefferson (8 assists in one half) is a further blow: assist and triple, Sassari goes +18 with McKinnie's dunk in the 18th minute.
In the third quarter Bucchi's team controls, alternates man and zone, and Charalampopoulos and Kruslin drag them up to +27 in the 28th minute.
The last fraction has nothing to add.
