Banco is a hybrid. There is Bilan, but it is not yet Dinamo with Bilan. Tortona, on the other hand, has a well-defined personality. And an immense heart that leads her to victory even without the American Daum (stayed at home) and the foreigners Macura (expelled) and Cannon (out for fouls). Sassari was good at recovering from -14 and moving forward, but the terrible freshman was very good at remaining lucid and winning the play-off for fourth place.

At the start emerge Severini, in the quintet in place of the absent Daum, and Sanders who makes fun of Burnell and makes three bombs: 12-18 at 8 '. Bilan enters, Banco gains solidity inside the area and moves to -2 at 12 ', but Tortona defends well and spins the ball very well, avoiding the hook even when a Robinso steal reduces the gap to tissue paper: 34 -35 to 17 '.

The exit of Treier, excellent in defense on Sanders, gives space to the guest shooter who slips two triples, followed immediately after by play Wright. Maximum gap: 37-49. Gentile takes care of it with a triple and a basket on the siren to make the gap at rest less substantial: 42-49.

In the third quarter Dinamo is muddled, Tortona instead has a precise identity and flies with Macura: 42-56 in the 23 '.

The Croatian comes out, Diop enters and Bucchi places the 3-2 zone that makes the Dinamo engine go up: Bendzius and Robinson lead the comeback: 50-56.

It is only in the last quarter that Sassari puts his nose back forward dragged by Gentile and three triples by Bendzius: 79-75 in the 35th minute. Tortona has heart, does not fall apart, with Wright and above all Cain recovers and slips the decisive baskets from the line.

The scores

Sassari : Bilan 10 Logan 7 Robinson 17 Kruslin 3 Gandini ne, Devecchi 3 Treier, Chessa ne, Burnell 2 Bendzius 29 Gentile 10 Diop 2 All. Bucchi.

Tortona : Mortellaro ne, Wright 18 Rota ne, Cannon 2 Tavernelli, Filloy 10 Mascolo 7 Severini 14 Sanders 20 Cain 11 Macura 5 All. Ramondino.

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