The Sassari you don't expect: confusing on the pitch and also on the bench, they lose their grip on the match at the end of the second quarter and suffer a very hard defeat in Brindisi, 92-58 . Dinamo also loses the difference between baskets, now in favor of the Happy Casa, and puts fourth place in danger , undermined by both Venice and Brindisi.
Great aggressiveness of the two teams in defense: Brindisi distributes the offensive weight well, Dinamo have a very hot Dowe who scores 10 points in the 13-14 of 5'. The balance remains until the end of the quarter (20-21) because Kruslin, Jones and Robinson have cold hands when shooting.
In the second quarter, a confusing game with many shooting errors from both teams: after 5' it's 22-23. Brindisi unlocks, Banco doesn't , even if he builds open shots (1/7 in the second quarter) and is -5 in the 18th minute. Gentile and Bendzius shake up the team which, however, struggles without longs, with Treier acting as a pivot, even -6.
In the third quarter, Banco continues to struggle, after a turnover by Robinson Reed goes to crush: 44-36 in the 23rd minute. Diop keeps his players afloat and Jones' triple ends the break of 7-0 for 44-43. But Diop was called back to the bench and Sassari finished at -14 in the 29th minute with the quintet losing a lot of balls .
Brindisi is now exalted, Sassari is depressed: Mezzanotte, Harrison and Burnell rage from the arch. The gap becomes humiliating.
The tables
Happy Casa Toast : Burnell 15 Reed 15, Bowman 6, Harrison 19, Vitucci ne, Mascolo 10, Bocevski ne, Mezzanotte 9, Riismaa 8, Bayehe 2, Perkins 8 All. Vitucci
Banco di Sardegna Sassari : Jones 5 Robinson 4 Dowe 16 Kruslin 3 Devecchi, Gandini ne, Treier, Chessa, Stephens 6 Bendzius 11, Gentile 4, Diop 9. All. Bucchi
