Defeat in the sprint in Naples for the Bertram Derthona, at the end of a race that the hosts – deprived of Parks and Elegar, the latter injured in the warm-up – led for large stretches. The formation trained by coach Ramondino, never tame, has returned several times to contact in the score using the ballistic test of Ariel Filloy, but without being able to complete the comeback.
First fourth complex for Bertram al PalaBarbuto: Naples finds solutions in fast transition and reaches +16 (23-7 after 9 minutes). The Derthona, between the first and second period, produces a maxi partial of 4-22, started with Filloy’s accuracy (3/3 from the bow) and then fed by the offensive choral clarity, which is worth overtaking at the end of a long chase (27-29 at 15 ‘). In the following bars, Gevi places a 10-0 counter break that allows her to end the opening twenty minutes ahead 39-36.
Balance at the start of the third fraction, before the acceleration of Naples, arrived thanks to the plays of Velicka, Rich and Lombardi that push it to 60-50 of the 30 ‘. In the last quarter the GeVi reaches +14 (69-55) before the return of Tortona, led above all by the very hot hand of Filloy. Thus we arrive at the final sprint: Napoli keeps its head thanks to the clarity in the bezel on the opponent’s systematic foul, but Bertram has one last chance to impact the race. Tavernelli’s running shot from three points goes out on the iron, Derthona loses 82-79.
Like this coach Marco Ramondino at the end of the race: “Congratulations to Naples for the victory, deserved for the greater continuity in the forty minutes. We must become aware of the fact that we are a team that has ups and downs: the sooner we realize this trend, the sooner we are able to counter it. To do this, an effort is needed to achieve more continuity in the games. Naples, despite the absence in extremis of Elegar, to whom I wish good luck, was very aggressive in defense, slowing down our games and keeping us away from the area. We didn’t have a good impact on the match and we could have had a higher level of physicality in certain moments of the match. The analysis must take into account the skill they have had and our inability to read what they have proposed for the entire duration of the race “.
GeVi Naples-Bertram Derthona 82-79 (23-12, 39-36, 60-50)
Naples: Zerini 8, McDuffie 12, Matera ne, Coralic ne, Velicka 26, Cannavina ne, Marini 10, Elegar ne, Uglietti, Lombardi 11, Rich 15, Grassi ne. All. Sacripanti.
Derthona: Mortellaro ne, Wright 5, Rota ne, Cannon 5, Tavernelli 9, Filloy 22, Mascolo 7, Severini ne, Sanders 2, Daum 17, Cain 10, Macura 2. All. Ramondino.
