Voghera (Bertram Derthona – OraSì Ravenna 83-69) – Good first for Bertram Derthona. The Lions, at the end of an intense, physical game, from the playoffs in all respects, won Race 1 at PalaOltrepò in Voghera.
Ravenna is confirmed as a tough opponent but Bertram plays with attention in defense and finds in Sanders and Fabi the solvers in the final. Four Juventus players in double figures: Fabi (21p), Cannon (15p), Ambrosin and Sanders (11p head), but it is the success of the collective, Derthona’s real strength this season. In forty-eight hours it will already be Race 2, again at PalaOltrepò.
High intensity first minutes: Derthona and Ravenna travel in contact until the final stages of the fraction, in which the hosts extend – thanks to Ambrosin and Sanders – until 23-19. In the second quarter the balance between the two teams remains on the pitch, with the Lions always maintaining a small margin of advantage: in the final actions Rebec and Ambrosin fix the score at 36-34 in the 20 ‘. Upon returning from the locker rooms, the leitmotif of the challenge does not change, made up of intensity and energy: the hosts always maintain a margin possession and finish ahead 51-48 at 30 ‘. At the opening of the last quarter, OraSì overtakes, before the final melee in which the Lions place the decisive shoulder with the triple in sequence by Sanders and Fabi (75-64 at 38 ‘) that address the first challenge. The final is 83-69.
Bertram Derthona-OraSì Ravenna 83-69 (23-19, 36-34, 51-48)
- Derthona: Sackey ne, Cannon 15, Gazzotti, Ambrosin 11, Tavernelli 8, D’Ercole 2, Fabi 21, Mascolo 8, Severini 5, Sanders 11, Morgillo 2. All. Ramondino
- Ravenna: Rebec 11, Cinciarini 16, Chiumenti 10, Guidi ne, Denegri 6, Vavoli, Venuto 3, Maspero, Oxilia 2, Simioni 6, Buscaroli ne, Givens 15. All. Chancellors
