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2° quarto

Owens and Woldetensae pick up where Openjobmetis left off, but two baskets from Rossato – one on a Librizzi-De Nicolao mess – awaken Givova (37-21 in the 13th minute). Who gets even closer working well in defense, in particular under the basket on Caruso, and stinging with Logan. In the 14th minute it’s 37-27 and the hosts seem to have faded. Logan completes a run of 13-0, stopped only by the incursion of Ross (39-34), the game gets nervous. But then Colbey sits Logan down and shoots him in the face with a sidereal triple, followed by another bomb (by Woldetensae) in the following counter-attack: 46-35 in the 18th minute. In the final rush of the first half only Rossato scores: in the 20th minute it’s 46-37.

1° quarto

There is Ferrero in coach Brase’s quintet in place of Johnson. The triples by Ross and Brown (twice) warm up a Masnago who – even when the Captain slips in from the corner – practically takes the field: in the 4th minute it’s 12-7. Sacripanti’s first timeout comes after baskets from Owens, Logan and Brown again (19-9 in the 6′), but the story of the first quarter doesn’t change: the US guard from Varese scores and lets the others score (Caruso in this case) and the home advantage goes up to +15 (24-9). The last two minutes are a show by Ross, who also frustrates the classy play of the expert Logan: in the 10th minute it’s 32-16.

Ball at two at 17.30.