Cantù loses in Naples, Nicola Brienza takes it out on the basket
Cantù loses in Naples by the score of 98-86 a game characterized by the suspension of almost an hour for a broken basket, caused by a spectacular dunk by Grant Basile during the second quarter. And Brianzoli coach Nicola Brienza identifies precisely this mishap as one of the keys to his team’s defeat.
“The long stop, unfortunately, directed the game. We didn’t lose because of that, but it’s clear that the suspension totally made us lose our match rhythm – noted Brienza in the postgame -. Until then we had managed to do what we had prepared, we held our own against a decidedly good Napoli. Then Mitrou-Long got going again and we were no longer able to recover from that break”.
“We were good in the juggernaut in some moments of the game, but we missed too many shots including free throws– added Brienza -. Then the game lived until the end of breaks and counter-breaks, but unequivocal is the figure of 64 points Napoli scored from inside the’area”.
“In the first quarter and a half we were good, we were able to contain their guards in the one-on-one. After that, however, we struggled to be effective defensively when these individual situations” concluded Brienza.
They were very good.
