The Sassari team is scoffed at Pesaro after having also been ahead in double figures: it ends 75-73, same score as the first leg but this time in favor of the Marche. Tambone's triple from overtaking corresponds to Kruslin's wrong free throw who then scores the second, the third mistake on purpose but looks for an unlikely triple instead of serving a teammate. The absence of the winger Bendzius, who remained in Sassari with the flu, certainly weighed, but also the bad percentages in the three-point shot: 2/13 overall for Logan and Kruslin.
Too bad, because Bilan dominated, but too many mistakes in the final minutes paved the way for the hosts. It must be said that even the coach Bucchi did not seem as lucid as on other occasions in rotating the players.
The chronicle
The Sassari team fielded Treier in the starting lineup together with Logan, as Kruslin returns from an injury and is not yet at the top. Excellent start on the play-pivot axis. Robinson puts in two triples, Bilan wins the duel with the athletic Jones with his technique and intelligence (12 points), only one free: +8, 14-22 after 8 minutes.
The changes come in and Sassari loses something, also because he misses many open throws (0/8 from three for Logan and Kruslin) and without Bilan the attack struggles, with only Burnell dangerous. Pesaro overturns the game with a partial 11-0 and goes ahead by a basket, but Bilan thinks about impacting to go to the rest in balance: 39-39.
In the third quarter, two blazes from Logan and a dominant Bilan give the maximum advantage: +12 at 28 '. In the final part of Pesaro he gnaws something with the free players of the eternal Delfino.
In the last fraction the playmaker Moretti often leaves Robinson behind and promotes recovery: 66-67 in the 37th minute. Bilan scores, then Kruslin's only bomb for the momentary +4, but Logan misses the knockout shot and instead Tambone overtakes with the triple. Then the ending with Kruslin's mistakes.
The scores
Carpegna Pesaro ham: Mejeris 9 Moretti 19 Drum 7 Stazzonelli ne, Lamb 6 Zanotti 1 Sanford 4 Demetrio, Delfino 18 Jones 11 All. Banchi.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari: Bilan 25 Logan 12 Robinson 11 Kruslin 4 Gandini ne, Devecchi, Treier 5, Burnell 14 Sanna ne, Gentile 1 Diop 1 All. Bucchi.
