Basketball: Trapani in semifinals, Olimpia and Brescia up 2-1

In two out of three games on Thursday, the court factor was blown.

Trapani also wins Game 3 in Reggio Emilia (90-83) and closes the series on 3-0, flying into the playoff semifinals. After a minute’s silence for Nino Benvenuti, the Sharks start strong with Galloway and Ogbeide, but Reggio reacts with Cheatham. The first quarter ends 21-19 for Trapani. Vitali is injured in the second quarter, but Winston revives UNAHOTELS. Yeboah signs off 46-44 at halftime. In the second half, Galloway scores on the counterattack for 71-68, then Trapani stretches and closes the score in the last period. Repesa’s men will face the winner between Brescia and Trieste in the semifinals.

Olimpia Milano is perfect and takes Game 3. On Saturday, again at the Mediolanum Forum, Game 4 will be staged, where the Bianconeri will play everything to try to force the series to Game 5. The Milanese offense immediately starts at a very high pace, immediately attempting the stretch. Trento tries to stay in the game, but at the end of the second quarter Olimpia takes a nine-point lead. At the start of the third period, Milan digs a major break and the bianconeri also have to deal with Denis Badalau’s ankle injury. In the final, Olimpia escapes to 107-79. Incredible shooting percentages for Milan: 20/29 from two and 20/34 from three. MVP of the night is Shavon Shields with 22 points, followed by Brooks’ 20 and LeDay and Mirotic’s 15. For Trento, Lamb’s 24 points and Ellis and Niang’s 13 apiece were not enough.

In Treviso, Trieste started strong and closed the first half ahead 41-29, led by Ruzzier, Candussi and McDermott. Brescia, in crisis, redeemed itself in the third quarter: 10-0 partial, overtaking with Burnell and +1 with Cournooh’s triple (57-56). In the last quarter, Germani completes the comeback and wins 80-70, taking advantage of the winged players’ offensive blackout and Brown’s ejection. The series is now 2-1 for Brescia, which will be able to close the score on Saturday, May 24 at PalaTrieste, back available after disqualification.