Venice wins, Spahija admits, “Beating Brescia difficult for everyone.”

A win that is anything but a foregone conclusion and can weigh in no small part in the playoff race.

Venice beats Brescia by a final score of 74-79 at PalaLeonessa, recovering during the third quarter its own disadvantage and leaving the Lombardi on the edge of the playoff zone. Reyer, on the other hand, is now fifth alone. From Neven Spahija, in any case, come compliments for the opponents at the end of the game.

“First of all, I want to congratulate our team for this good success. Especially since we faced a great team like Brescia, and winning here is never easy for anyone,” Spahija stressed. “However, I believe that our victory is well deserved, given how we defended in the second half with only 4 lost balls against 12 in the first.

“In Naples we were without Mokoka and Willis, and here in Brescia we also had to deal with absences. But that’s sports, you have to rely on who’s available, and our night showed how good of a roster we have,” Spahija concluded.