Italbasket U17: splendid silver for Azzurrini, bent only by USA

Italbasket U17: splendid silver for Azzurrini, bent only by USA

Shines again of Silver the Men’s Youth Sector of Italbasket: a year after the fantastic ride that brought the National Under 16 up to the second place of the European Championship, this group and this coach have repeated themselves climbing another step, that is, closing on the second step of the podium also the World Championship that è ended today in Istanbul.

The Gold è went to the United States, literally unplayable of the course of the whole tournament if è it is true that with the 129-88 inflicted today on the Azzurri, they closed the World Championship with seven victories and an average gap of 64.2 points. Seventh, well-deserved, success for the U.S., who have won the World Cup in every edition held since 2010. Bronze to the hosts Turkey, who easily got the better of New Zealand (101-78) in the final round.

The Azzurri tried to stay in the game, managing to do so in the first quarter, which ended 19-32, but the 41-17 put together by Team USA in the second ten minutes effectively ended the game with twenty minutes left. Heavy and expected defeat, which in no way sullies a resounding World Cup, which began with two losses against New Zealand and Turkey but then closed in a resounding crescendo, before the unplayable United States came our way.

Also elected in the Best Quintet of the World è was Maikcol Perez, who ended his World Championship with 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds average. Along with him Cameron Boozer (USA), AJ Dybantsa (USA), Oscar Goodman (New Zealand) and Kaan Onat (Turkey).

Today the top Azzurri è scorer was Achille Lonati with 20 points and an eloquent 6/6 from the’arc, with Maikcol Perez and Adrian Mathis in 18. Also in double figures was Diego Garavaglia (12).