Cagliari tournament, Olimpia Milano clearly surpasses Varese Basketball

Olimpia wins the final of the Cagliari Tournament by beating Varese 111-86 in a game in which he took control of operations early without ever losing him: he shot well (63.5%), he played with many different quintets, using Deshaun Thomas from 4 (effective at creating mismatches near the basket), but also Pangos and Mitrou-Long together (41 points in two, Mitrou-Long also seven rebounds). Brandon Davies has shown in addition to his well-known qualities as a shooter (no errors from the field) also those of passer of the high post (six assists). The sour note was Shavon Shields’ injury (left foot, not ankle as it seemed at first), who came out after playing 12 minutes. Shields did not return after the replacement.

THE FIRST TIME – The starting quintet, for the record, is Pangos, Baron, Shields, Thomas, Davies. In the first period, Olimpia shot 9/11 from two and 12/18 from the field, closing ahead 27-18 because it never went to the line (Varese instead 6/8) if not on a potential three-point game. converted by Thomas. The command of operations came on three consecutive three-pointers, Shields, Davies and Pangos, who opened nine points ahead, even after Billy Baron’s second foul in attack. In the second period, the percentages dropped and there were no trips to the line, but with a Kevin Pangos of 10 points in the first half and three steals the advantage continued to remain steadily beyond the double figures. The maximum was 17 points (50-33, with two Hines attacking rebounds), before the 54-38 of the interval.

THE SECOND TIME – Woldetensae has replaced Johnson as the most indigestible player in the defense of Olimpia by scoring 11 points in the third quarter. The lead remained constant, he reached 20 points in some circumstances and then dropped to 18 (82.64) at the end of the period. The most incisive was Naz Mitrou-Long with three penetrations in the area and in general a recovery from 13 points. Olimpia surpassed the 100 mark with four minutes to play. In the last two minutes, Coach Fioretti used Kostrewski and Kemp, two of the aggregates together, closing 111-86.

NOTE – Olimpia was without Tommaso Baldasso, Stefano Tonut, Gigi Datome, Pippo Ricci, Nicolò Melli, Johannes Voigtmann and Paul Biligha. Coach Ettore Messina was absent, because he was involved in America at the ceremony of induction in the Hall of Fame of Manu Ginobili, his former player.

Olympia – Varese 111-86 (27-18; 54-38; 82-64)

Olympiad: Davies 16 (4/4, 2/2, 6 r, 6 a), Thomas 12 (3/5, 2/3), Mitrou-Long 19 (8/10, 1/6, 7), Pangos 22 Baron 9 (3/3, 1/5), Hall 3 (0/2, 1/3, 5), Shields 9 (3/5, 1/1). ), Kostrzewski 2 (1/1), Jankovic 5 (1/3, 1/1), Alviti 6 (0/1, 2/3), Hines 6 (3/4, 4 r), Kemp 2(1/1). 1).

Varese: Ross 9, Woldetensae 17, De Nicolao 6, Zhao, Librizzi 2, Virginio 3, Ferrero, Brown 6, Elisee 2, Caruso 14, Johnson 20, Kouassi 7.

Source: Olimpia Milano press office