Tortona beats Sassari in advance of day 20
Tortona beats Sassari in the advance of the 20th day
The Dinamo couldn't turn the inertia around on the road and succumbed 79-62 to Tortona at the end of a match that the Piedmontese snatched in the last minute of the third quarter. Sassari plays an excellent first half, goes down by 11 points, comes back up to 52-50 then pays for key mistakes in the top moments. Ross’ triple at the end marks the first break for De Raffaele’s team, which has very long rotations and puts up great defensive physicality. The Banco approached well the last quarter came with the -5 counterattack, but two bloody fumbles cost Baldasso’s bomb and an unsportsmanlike conduct that marked the decisive break. Now a two-week break for Final Eight and Nationals, it resumes March 3 at home with Virtus Bologna
TORTONA – DINAMO 79-62 (22-25 / 37-37 / 59-50)
MVP Severini è the key player for Tortona who plays a great game, Baldasso and Radosevic are the ones who inflict the decisive break.
KEY TO THE MATCH
The’last minute of the 3° quarter when Dinamo gets to -2 and the lost ball on the counterattack for the possible -5 with Baldasso’s bomb and subsequent unsportsmanlike conduct. The game is played lì.
PHYSICAL BATTLE
Clock problems after a couple of plays and game stopped for five minutes. The Dynamo play an absolutely positive first quarter despite Tyree’s 2 fouls almost immediately and the strength of Tortona, which bombs off and puts in great aggression. Markovic’s team moves the ball, lost balls with the hosts’ physicality are a problem, but Sassari è in the game with Jefferson and Cappelletti’s super impact from the bench. The’ex Verona scores 8 points in the first 10 minutes and drags the Banco that after Tortona’s 13-10 run goes as high as 19-25 with an 11-1 break, Dowe’s triple at the buzzer brings De Raffaele’s team back in the slipstream. (22-25)
SOLID DYNAMO
Dinamo very present in offensive rebounding, Jefferson è a killer, referees don’t help Sassari, Charalampopoulos è too important for Banco on both sides of the court, McKinnie’s sprint on the counterattack gives; oxygen to Sassari (27-30). At the best moment Tortona reacts as a great team with endless rotations, Baldasso gives his best, Severini è the best (8 points with 2/3 from 3-point range), lost balls and uncapitalized rebounds cost dearly, Dinamo has little to Tyree and finds no alternatives but has the strength to stay there thanks to defense. At 37-32 for Bertram, Markovic’s team holds mentally and ties at’halftime (37-37), giving the feeling of solidityà but above all, of being able to play on equal terms.
LAST MINUTE THAT TURNING
Tortona è deadly from a physical standpoint, the Dynamo struggled to score in the first five minutes of the quarter and seemed to lurch. Severini, Dowe and defense put the Piedmontese ahead 48-39 with an 11-2 partial. In the moment of greatest difficulty; Sassari reacts, Cappelletti and Diop make an impact as does McKinnie who with a dunk on the counterattack brings Banco back to 52-50. Diop’s 0/2 at the free and Ross’ bomb at the expiration sign the partial for Tortona (59-50).
BREAK TORTONA
The Dynamo continues to fight but on the più beautiful commits a big ingenuità, loses the -5 counterattack and takes Baldasso’s triple that costs dearly. McKinnie’s unsportsmanlike conduct on Ross precipitates the situation, Banco still has a gasp but again the former Milano 3-pointer and Radosevic close the account. Tortona flies with defense, aggressiveness’Sassari goes off with the 19 lost. It ends 79-62.
Here is Markovic’s comment at the end of the game:
"We played a very good game in the first half, we were solid, we got off to a bad start in the second half, we were able to come back. In the key moment of the match on the -7 and counterattack we took Baldasso’s triple and unsportsmanlike conduct, the game è ended there. Our goal è the mental one of being able to overcome those moments by staying in the game and reacting to certain situations. The lost balls cost us dearly, the offenses of 24" and the difference in details are very important, not è the fault of an individual but we have to improve as a team in building against such physical and aggressive defenses"
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