Another defeat against Brindisi. After the defeat in the quarter-finals of the Super Cup, Cavina's team yields on the Apulian parquet for 89-80 in a match always lived in pursuit if the first 4 minutes are excluded. The high pace favored Happy Casa who punished the late rotations of the Sassari defense with an unreal three-point percentage: 10/14 in the first half. Great protagonist for Brindisi Gaspardo with 29 points and the best performance in his career. In Dinamo too many players who have provided a little more than enough performance, but it would have taken much more against such an energetic Brindisi.
Start with great balance: Gentile is aggressive in attacking the basket even with the stop and shot, Bendzius puts two bombs: +2 for the Sassari, 8-10 at 4 '. Clemmons enters as play instead of Gentile, but in the meantime Gaspardo's hand warms up and with three triples he gives a snatch to the game: 21-14 at 8 '. Time out of Cavina and in Logan.
Mekowulu dominates under the basket, but Brindisi makes 8/9 from three and flies to +12. An excellent and careful Mekowulu (9 points and 4 rebounds) thinks about limiting the damage: 30-23.
In the second quarter Cavina calls the zone 2-3, Mekowulu comes out but Borra replaces him well making himself felt in the area: 43-34 in the 17 '. Logan does not sting, Brindisi begins to take measures in the area and Chappell from the arc tweaks the maximum advantage: 50-36 in the 18 '.
Upon returning to the field, the defenses rise, the shooting percentages of both teams fall. The first to shake up is Gentile who brings Dinamo closer with 5 points: 54-48 at 24 '. Brindisi is only 1/6 from three, but to close the comeback it would take much more from Cavina's biancoblù: 67-57 the last set.
In the last quarter Clemmons wakes up and almost alone leads the comeback that seems to reopen the match: -4 at 37 '. Super Gaspardo thinks about closing it: a dunk and two triples and 84-72 at 38 'we understand that it's over.
The scores.
Happy Casa Brindisi: Carter, Adrian 17, J. Perkins 16, Zanelli ne, Visconti 4, Gaspardo 29, Ulaneo ne, Redivo 7, Guido ne, Chappell 5, N. Perkins 9. All. Vitucci.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari: Logan 7, Clemmons 15, Gandini ne, Devecchi, Treier, Chessa ne, Burnell 10, Bendzius 11, Mekowulu 13, Gentile 9, Battle 12, Borra 3. All. Cavina.