Scola and Varese cut a 6-game losing streak in the Legabasket
Varese, with a Luis Scola at an acceptable level, returned to victory this Thursday and beat Happy Brindisi at home, 76-74, in a match pending in the 15th. Date of the Italian Basketball League (Legabasket) of Serie A.
The meeting was held at the Lino Oldrini stadium in the town of Varese, near Milan.
The 40-year-old captain of the Argentine national team started as a starter and was on the court for 29 minutes for DT Massimo Bulleri’s team, which interrupted a six-game losing streak.
The previous success of Varese dated from last November, when he beat Trentino (from Argentine Andrs ‘Toto’ Forray) as a visitor, by 77 to 74
The power forward, a former player for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets, finished with a roster of 14 points (3-11 in doubles, 2-3 in triples, 2-3 in free) and 8 rebounds, according to the official site of the competition.
In this way, Scola, who continues to prepare to compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, is shown as the top scorer for the team so far this season, with a balance of 20.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
Despite the victory, Varese continues to be located in the last position of the table with just 8 units, the product of a 4-11 record.
The decimonovena jornada se jugar entre sbado y domingo with el siguiente programa: Fortitudo Bologna-Banco di Sassari; Trieste-Brescia; Varese-Cremona; Trentino-Libertas Pesaro; Venice-San Bernardo Cant; Treviso-Brindisi and Reggio Emilia-Virtus Bologna.
The only leader is Armani Milano, with 30 points, as a consequence of a 15-2 mark.
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