Dinamo raises its head and beats Venice 76-70
Decisive Chessa and Diop in defense
Bendzius (The Sardinian Union - Calvi)
After six defeats Sassari is reborn and does so on a field where he hadn't won for several years. At the PalaTaliercio Dynamo 76-70 is imposed on Venice. All thanks to a last quarter where Bucchi's team places an 18-2 break that overturns the inertia of a match in which Venice had commanded from the end of the first quarter. The move that decides everything is the quintet with the three little ones Logan, Chessa and Robinson with Bendzius and Diop. A defense that sends Reyer into a tailspin.
Banco starts well in defense, which in attack has a lethal Robinson in attacking the iron: 0-5 and 7-11 at 5 '. Fouls affect the long blues: 2 for Mekowulu, 3 for Diop and one for Trier, who enters to make the center at the end of the first quarter. If Robinson is the first to go to double figures, Bramos and Phillips try to recover and overtake Reyer who closes the first set ahead: 23-22.
Venezia finds confidence and triples with Vitali and Sanders giving a shock to the score: 38-29 at 17 ', with Logan still dry (0/4 shooting). The awakening of Kurslin after five errors stops the bleeding, but the inertia remains of Venice that inside the area hurts with Watt.
On the return after the interval, Bendzius' action from 4 points (triple more free) and Kruslin's counterattack for -2. But Sassari is not dangerous inside the area (Mekowulu evanescent) and Brooks brings Venice back to three possessions: 51-42 at 24 '. Stretch with Watt (protected by the referees) up to 55-44 before Robinson wakes up who attacks the iron and scores 4 points in a row.
In the last fraction Chessa enters in place of Kruslin, Logan resurrects and when Robinson also enters the quintet with the three little ones defends strong (Diop and Bendzius are also good) and rises impetuously with an incredible partial of 18-2 moving forward: 62-70. Diop's fouled out takes something away from the defense, but Bendzius from the line ensures the result.
The scores
Venice: Stone 7, Bramos 7, Tonut 7, De Nicolao 5, Sanders 4, Phillip 5, Echodas, Mazzola ne, Brooks 12, Cerella ne, Vitali 5, Watt 18. Att. De Raffaele.
Sassari: Logan 12, Robinson 20, Kruslin 9, Gandini ne, Devecchi 3, Treier, Chessa, Burnell 8, Bendzius14, Mekowulu 4, Gentile ne, Diop 6. All. Bucchi.
