A suffering that ends when Mitrou's triple hits the iron. Sassari beats the indomitable Brescia 98-95 and wins the semi-final championship against Milan .
The series ends 3-1 for Bucchi's team who made the masterpiece by conquering Brescia in game two and then outclassing it in the third game , but in this fourth match they failed to express themselves in defense as they know and risked a defeat that would have been sensational.
Brescia had to give up two injuries : top scorer Della Valle (right shoulder) and winger Gabriel (right knee). In quintet Moss and Brown together with Cobbins.
THE CHRONICLE - There is a long double between the opponents but Bilan emerges immediately. Sassari runs as soon as he can and after 4 'he is 14-7 with a tap in from Burnell.
Bilan has suffered 2 fouls, Diop must enter. Burnell is unleashed : 10 points for the +11 to 6. It is also +12 with Diop who scores from below and converts the free, but the triples of Petrucelli and Burnes keep the guests in the race: 30-23 the first set.
In the second fraction small quintet for Brescia who defends better and has a torrid hand from the arc (7/11): 41-37 at 14 'with the fourth triple from Mitrou-Long.
Kruslin responds with two bombs and is +12 again. Mitrou-Long is a three-point sentence , Bilan is a master at exploiting the baseline and leaves Cobbins in place. Burnell touches up the maximum gap: +13 at 18 '.
The guests do not give up and are dragged by an unreal Mitrou-Long (22 points in the middle of the race) they go up to 57-53. Treier's bomb makes Banco breathe before the break , but the defense is definitely to be reviewed: the 30 points conceded in the second quarter are too many.
On his return, lost to Robinson who commits unsportsmanlike on Petrucelli, then scores from three Mitrou-Long: only +3. Dinamo comes out of freediving with a steal from Burnell and a triple from Kruslin but now it's a tough fight.
Cobbins is only 2/4 from the line (68-66) and it is Bendzius with 5 points and Diop struggling to keep his opponents at a distance: 73-66 in the 27 '.
Brescia has now returned mentally, is exalted in defense and rebounding and Petrucelli's triple leaves Sassari only +2 at 35 '. Brown and Cobbins even sign the overtaking at one hundred seconds (92-93). Bilan and Robinson counter-overtake from the line.
Bendzius takes a golden rebound in attack , Logan scores the two free throws and Brescia has only 4 seconds to try to equalize. It does not find it .
The scores
Sassari : Pitirra ne, Bilan 18, Logan 11, Robinson 9, Kruslin 11, Gandini ne, Devecchi 1, Treier 6, Burnell 21, Bendzius 11, Gentile 6, Diop 4. All. Bucchi
Brescia : Brown 6, Moore 6, Mitrou-Long 38, Mobio ne, Petrucelli 14, Della Valle ne, Eboua, Parrillo, Cobbins 17, Burns 5, Laquintana 3, Moss 6. All. Magro.
