Sassari doesn't stop anymore, also winning on the field of Germani 93-80 consolidating the sixth position. For Brescia it is a crisis, at the sixth defeat in a row and it is a regret that the Lombards are going to the Final 8 of the Italian Cup, with Bucchi's biancoblù as spectators.
Dowe starts again in the quintet and attacks the former Dinamo Nikolic who doesn't have the physical strength to stop him. Kruslin serves two assists to Stephens and Bendzius and Jones put up a triple each: +7 in the 7th minute, 8-15. The substitutions come in and it's Gentile's two triples that lead to the first double-digit gap: 15-25 in the 9th minute.
In the second quarter it was again the unleashed Gentile who widened the gap by promoting a 10-0 break which brought Banco to +15 in the 14th minute. Brescia shakes and with Della Valle (he reaches and exceeds 3,000 points in A) and Gabriel places a small counterbreak 30-37 in the 18th minute. Dowe and Kruslin react from three points for the new and momentary +12.
On his return after the interval, Della Valle always drags Germani along who approaches dangerously: 49-54 in the 27th minute. Sassari struggles in attack and on his return Jones immediately commits the fourth foul. Petrucelli has space and doesn't miss the -2 bomb for the hosts. Only Robinson and Kruslin score but it's enough to reject the attempt to hook up: 54-61 in the 28th minute.
Sassari fails to kill the game also because he loses too many balls and Petrucelli's awakening brings Brescia back close: 64-66 in the 33rd minute and 70-71 in the 36th minute with Nikolic's bomb. In the final emerges the personality of Dowe and the coldness of Bendzius who scores the triple of 77-84 with 58 seconds to go. And closes it.
The tables
Germani Brescia: Gabriel 18 Massinburg 2 Nikolic 7 Della Valle 23 Petrucelli 16 Taylor, Odiase 5 Burns, Laquintana, Cournooh 3 Moss 2 Akele 4 All. Skinny.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari: Jones 5 Robinson 5 Dowe 22 Kruslin 16 Devecchi ne Treier 3 Chessa, Bendzius 13 Gentile 11 Raspino ne, Diop 11 Stephens 7 All. Bucchi.
