The most courageous victory of the championship turns into the most atrocious joke: Venice conquers the PalaSerradimigni 97-96. And to think that Dinamo was at +1 and with the ball in hand, but Sokolowski shoots with 11 seconds to go, gets blocked and then Ennis closes it out. The guest coach Spahja himself admitted “Sassari prepared the game very well and we were lucky”. Top scorer Rashawn Thomas with 23 points. 13 offensive rebounds for Venice who scored 19 points from second shots.
Chronicle - Dinamo is without the big men Renfro and Halilovic (muscle problem) and therefore adds the guard Gazi to the list and Vincini to the quintet who holds up very well to the powerful Kabengele. The Sassari team also plays zone 2-3, which puts the Venice quintet in difficulty except Wiltjer who hits from three meters. In any case, Bendzius' triples give a small advantage to Banco: 14-10 at 6'. Reyer recovers easily and in the second quarter takes the lead with Moretti and Simms: 23-31 at 13'. After two time outs in quick succession, Dinamo regains aggression: Vincini comes in and double play, with Cappelletti who scores a three and Fobbs who dunks for -3. The gap remains until half-time.
In the third quarter Reyer returns to +7, but with the double long (Thomas and Vincini) Banco goes up and then Sokolowski shakes himself and scores to create the 11-0 break: 69-66 at 29'. Venice doesn't accept this and in the last fraction responds with a counterbreak: 78-79 at 34' with an entrance by Ennis. Dinamo proposes the double long again and goes ahead again with triples by Sokolowski and Bibbins: 88-82 at 36'. The playmaker, however, loses two balls in the following actions. Sassari goes to +4 but then loses the ball, Venice conquers a flood of offensive rebounds and stays in the game: 96-95 at 16 seconds. Ball for Banco but Sokolowski is blocked and Ennis is a killer.