Dinamo again ko in Brindisi, 89-80 after a bad first half
After the defeat in the Super Cup also comes the one in the league against the Apulian team
Another defeat against Brindisi. After the defeat in the quarter-finals of the Super Cup, Cavina's team yields on the Apulian parquet for 89-80 in a match always lived in pursuit if the first 4 minutes are excluded. The high pace favored Happy Casa who punished the late rotations of the Sassari defense with an unreal three-point percentage: 10/14 in the first half. Great protagonist for Brindisi Gaspardo with 29 points and the best performance in his career. In Dinamo too many players who have provided a little more than enough performance, but it would have taken much more against such an energetic Brindisi.
Start with great balance: Gentile is aggressive in attacking the basket even with the stop and shot, Bendzius puts two bombs: +2 for the Sassari, 8-10 at 4 '. Clemmons enters as play instead of Gentile, but in the meantime Gaspardo's hand warms up and with three triples he gives a snatch to the game: 21-14 at 8 '. Time out of Cavina and in Logan.
Mekowulu dominates under the basket, but Brindisi makes 8/9 from three and flies to +12. An excellent and careful Mekowulu (9 points and 4 rebounds) thinks about limiting the damage: 30-23.
In the second quarter Cavina calls the zone 2-3, Mekowulu comes out but Borra replaces him well making himself felt in the area: 43-34 in the 17 '. Logan does not sting, Brindisi begins to take measures in the area and Chappell from the arc tweaks the maximum advantage: 50-36 in the 18 '.
Upon returning to the field, the defenses rise, the shooting percentages of both teams fall. The first to shake up is Gentile who brings Dinamo closer with 5 points: 54-48 at 24 '. Brindisi is only 1/6 from three, but to close the comeback it would take much more from Cavina's biancoblù: 67-57 the last set.
In the last quarter Clemmons wakes up and almost alone leads the comeback that seems to reopen the match: -4 at 37 '. Super Gaspardo thinks about closing it: a dunk and two triples and 84-72 at 38 'we understand that it's over.
The scores.
Happy Casa Brindisi: Carter, Adrian 17, J. Perkins 16, Zanelli ne, Visconti 4, Gaspardo 29, Ulaneo ne, Redivo 7, Guido ne, Chappell 5, N. Perkins 9. All. Vitucci.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari: Logan 7, Clemmons 15, Gandini ne, Devecchi, Treier, Chessa ne, Burnell 10, Bendzius 11, Mekowulu 13, Gentile 9, Battle 12, Borra 3. All. Cavina.
