Napoli overwhelms a Dinamo halved by injuries with its triples: 90-111. The absences of Tyree, Charalampopoulos, Bendzius and Raspino are too significant. Among the very few positive notes of a match that was downhill for the guests from the second quarter was the encouraging debut of the American McKinnie who showed great athleticism.
Incidentally: Sassari had never lost since its first home match in Serie A.
The news
Immediately uphill start for the blue and whites, which coach Bucchi lines up with Whittaker, the eighteen year old Pisano, Krulin, Treier and Gombauld: 2-12 at 4'. Napoli closes the area, the Banco is without the two shooting wingers and struggles in attack despite the energy of first Gombauld and then Diop.
After Treier's illusory triple of 14-17 in the 7th minute, the guests regained control, turning the ball around well and evenly distributing the offensive load: 25-35 in the 13th minute and 40-55 in the middle of the match with Lever's triple on the siren. McKinnie had a decent debut as he went into the break with 5 points in 8 minutes.
In the third quarter the substance doesn't change: Napoli is confident and shoots very well, Sassari defends so-so and apart from a few runs by Kruslin and some initiatives by Whittaker they struggle in attack: -27 in the 29th minute. Match over, even if the Bank has a burst of pride in the last quarter and McKinnie shows some good numbers.
The scoreboards
Sassari : Cappelletti 9 Pisano, Kruslin 13, Treier 8, Whittaker 9, Raspino ne, Gandini ne, Gentile 9, Diop 15, Gombauld 12, McKinnie 15. Coach Bucchi.
Napoli: Pullen 17, Zubcic 20, Ennis 11, Jaworski 10, De Nicolao 9, Owens 9, Sokolowski 23, Lever 12, Bamba ne, Mabor ne, Saccoccia ne, Ebeling. All. Milicic.
