A sparkling start for our boys who, after just under 5 minutes, force coach Gandini to timeout (15-7). The Neretina team, however, responds immediately present and, with a super partial (2-9) signed by Thomas and Poletti, he goes to -1 at the first mini interval (17-16). The second period opens with a great balance: at 04:19 from the long break, after yet another Thomas basket (13 points), coach Maffezzoli is forced to call timeout at 24-23. To break the lines, at the end of the fourth, are the triple from Poletti and the average basket from Ferguson, which fix the score at 30-34. When hostilities resume, the red and white press their foot on the accelerator right from the start and, thanks to the triples of the USA Ancrum-Jackson pair, they reach +4 at 04:24 from the last mini break.
Nardó clings to his totems Thomas and Poletti and, thanks to a poor streak in the stopped time trial of the hosts, the men of coach Gandini in the thirtieth lead by 49-50. The match continues to be without a master and, after a break on both sides, it is Gandini who stops the game at 06:15 from the end of the match (56-55). The exit from the timeout is to be forgotten for the neretini and, after a 7-0 run, it is again the visiting coach who calls the minute of suspension just under 5 minutes from the end of the match (63-55). This break will be decisive because, despite the aspirations of the Salento comeback, the Chieti collective responds present and its first seasonal success has to do with it (73-69).
LUX CHIETI BASKET 1974: Woldetensae 7, Graziani, Meluzzi 12, Ancrum 14, Jackson 11, Dincic 11, Aromando 2, Bartoli ne, Tsetserukouv 10, Amici 6.
SCHOLA SARMENTI VINI NARDÒ: Poletti 17, Fallucca, Cappelluti ne, Cavalera ne, Ferguson 14, Burini, La Torre 6, Fracasso ne, Jerkovic 5, Thomas 27.
Source: Chieti Basket 1974 press office
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