The Basketball Florence he redeems himself by beating the Bakery Piacenza 101-86 in the midweek round, with a match in which Gresta’s team was always in command except for the opening bars, gaining good points with a direct competitor in the standings.
After the publication of the press release announcing the company’s difficulties, the Florentines once again deprived of Laganà to which is added the defection of Ndoja again due to a quadriceps problem, start strong finding a super evening from Bushati who puts 34 and the excellent performance of the long department.
The first quarter immediately sees Florence escape in the score: Bushati fans assists and always finds the bottom of the retina, both from the arc and in penetration. Castelli and Di Pizzo also score repeatedly and intimidate the Emilian attack which remains enchanted and goes 18 points behind with a triple from Passoni at the end of the first fraction (31-13).
It is between the two tempos that Florence’s maximum effort is produced, which reaches +25 (43-18) with a basket from a possessed Bashati that warms up the home crowd. However, from the 14th minute of the game, coach Del Re adjusts his goals and triggers a slow recovery, which rests above all on the shoulders of Cecchetti, a lion in the paint and Coltro, who adjusts his aim from 6.25. The ghost of tiredness materializes at the Palacoverciano, Gresta’s team is in apnea, Nnabuife and Mazzotti have been spinning for some time but are unable to stop the bleeding, so Piacenza goes up to -6 at the end of the third siren (77-71 again with Cecchetti).
The last stage is decisive, with the race reopened and the guests attacking, Venuto and Castelli show the way to success, scoring two bombs in sequence with enormous specific weight. The Bakery feels the pinch and puts the load on it with the second coach for Cecchetti: the abandonment of the field in the middle of the last fraction of the man in the match from Piacenza is a boulder on the match. Del Re tries the area to try to overturn the inertia but Passoni and a triple from his home by Bushati (93-79) decree the definitive extension that is worth the success and make Florence rejoice with its fans.
Basketball Florence 101 – Bakery Basket Piacenza 86 (31-13, 52-40, 77-71.)
BASKETBALL FLORENCE: Bushati 34 (8/11, 6/11), Di Pizzo 22 (10/12 from 2), Castelli 17 (5/8, 1/3), Passoni 12 (1/1, 3/8), Venuto 11 (3/10 from 3), Mazzotti 3 (1/1, 0/2), Nnabuife 2 (1/1 from 2), Puliti, Pirolo ne, Ndoja ne, Laganà ne, Giannozzi ne. All. Gresta
BAKERY BASKETBALL PLEASURE: Cecchetti 25 (12/19 from 2), Berra 18 (4/6, 3/7), Levels 15 (1/3, 4/8), Angelucci 10 (3/7, 1/4), El Agbani 6 (0/1, 2/4), Coulter 5 (1/4, 1/6), Agbortabi 5 (2/4 from 2), Korsunov 2 (1/2 from 2), Carone ne, Crossbow ne. All. Del Re
