First bitter test for Reyer Venezia

Bitter first test for Reyer Venezia

It ends with a defeat in overtime, in the "derby" of the Umana with Chiusi the first friendly season of Reyer, welcomed at the Taliercio by 1700 spectators, with a match with many ups and downs as normal after 8 days of work. 19 points and 28 rating for Tucker, Parks closes with 9 points, 11 rebounds and 6 stoppages, Casarin with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

There were three absences among the orogranata: Spissu and Caboclo (at the World Cup with the national teams of Italy and Brazil) were joined by Brooks, on leave for family reasons. The first quintet sees Brown, Tucker, Parks, Simms and Tessitori on the court.

Chiusi approaches better (0-10), with Tucker unblocking Umana Reyer from the lunette after 3' and also scoring the first Venetian basket from the field (the 5-13 triple before mid-quarter). San Giobbe touches +11 on a couple of occasions, but the Orogranata come fully into the game from 7'11-22; closing the first quarter on 18-22.
The momentum remains with Umana Reyer even at the start of the second quarter, with the first overtaking at 23-22 at 11'11'. Spahija’s boys raise the defensive level and manage to run on offense, with a break reaching 27-5 for 38-27 just after mid-quarter. The end of the half, up 43-29 from 17'30”, è toò Tuscan again and go into the locker room on 44-40.

Chiusi ties it at 44 at the opening of the second half, then Umana Reyer tries a new stretch to 53-44 on 24'. The Tuscans però not let up and were ahead again until 55-62 on 27' and 61-69 at the last intermission. The Orogranatas pay for their low percentages, but manage in turn to come back from 63-72, also due to Parks's 6 stoppages, who signs the 77-77 that leads to the overtime.
The elasticity continues in overtime: 79-84 at 42'30”, 85-84 at 44', but è finally top scorer Stefanini to give the victory to the guests.

Partials: 18-22; 44-40; 61-69; 77-77

Umana Reyer: Tessitori 9, Brown 7, Gattel ne, O'Connell 5, Iannuzzi ne, Casarin 15, Tucker 19, Janelidze 3, De Nicolao 5, Simms 13, Parks 9, Vanin. All. Spahija.

San Giobbe: Tilghman 8, Spear 12, Chiarello ne, Lorenzoni, Zani ne, Dellosto 3, Chapelli 6, Stefanini 31, Jerkovic 14, Raffaelli 8, Possamai 4, Brinza ne. All. Bassi.

Monday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. è scheduled for the second friendly game of the season at Taliercio against KK Dinamo Zagreb.