Reyer-Lietkabelis in the Eurocup, the orogranata win at the photo finish

A victory arrived at the last corners

They are the postcards of the last curves, the ones in which Venice dates back dal 61-69 al 74-71 del gong. Great victory, well done to them but we put our heart into it in the last 3-4 minutes, says Watt, author of 19 points plus 8 rebounds and a heavy job on Griciunas. It should be said that even this strength. Because Reyer, fresh from the defeat of Varese in the championship, wins a game where he shoots with 36% from the field and loses 17 balls. A match characterized by little offensive continuity, which is reflected in certain interrupted circulations, in fragments of the match with an excessively stationary ball. Enough to authorize the Lithuanians of Canaksecond in their championship with a 7-2 record, believing they can bring home the first Eurocup external blitz (where their balance sheet is 2 won and 3 lost). Or at least, this outcome foreshadowed the course of the match until just before the final rush. A match approached by Venice without Bramos due to the cervical problem, and by Lietkabelis without Sakic, his second scorer in Europe.

Slow start, the final race towards the third Eurocup victory

Here then is the undertone incipit, Venice not very reactive, partly slow, the guests instead more effective in the 1 against 1 and in the interpretation of the adjustments of Parks and associates. An incipit well told by the first basket on action orogranata arrived after 4’20” (first, the incident on the tap-off: involuntary elbow by Watt costing referee Pastusiak a tooth). Even trivial errors, shooting, for Venice, despite even happy game constructions, for example the triangles against the Canak area. Faced with 3/12 from the arc to the 20th minute, Lietkabelis went to the break strong with a more relaxed rhythm, and precisely with that formation in the zone capable of creating several setbacks in Venice.

Orogranata cynicism compensates for the initial mistakes

A Venice forced to correct itself given the problems of fouls by Spissu (1/5 from the field and 4 assists, for him) and Watt. But above all a Venice in difficulty with Morris, perhaps the main architect of that abundant half hour of play in which Lietkabelis managed the rudder. Even De Raffaele, at a certain point, began to draw from the area to dirty Canak’s mechanisms. An attempt that is not entirely successful because, on the other sidethe other mouth of fire on the perimeter, that is Kullamae, began to rise in tone and in the meantime Reyer added Parks’ fifth foul (1/4 shooting, 7 rebounds, 2 assists) to the list of problems. Problems that lasted until the match seemed to run away, at -8 just over two laps from the finish line. The symbol of the cynicism gold grenade on the credits can be Willis, up to that moment 1/8 in the conclusions, stuff that he could have discouraged in many. Not him, not this Reyer which now focuses on the anticipation of Saturday, with Trento, still here at the Taliercio.

The scoreboard

REYER VENEZIA-LITEKABELIS PANEVEZYS
Partial: 17-14, 16-24, 19-17, 22-16

REYER VENICE: Spissu 5, Freeman 17, Parks 6, Willis 14, Watt 19, De Nicolao 0, Granger 7, Brooks 2, Tessitori 0, Moraschini 2, Sima 2, Chillo. All.: De Raffaele
THE FLUID CABLE WILL BREAK: Morris 25, Peno 2, Murauskas 0, Goloman, Griciunas 16, Lipkevicius 7, Maldunas 5, Rubstavicius 1, Kullamae 11, Vasiliauskas 0. All.: Canak
Referees: Pastusiak, Konstantinovs, Van Den Broeck
Note: Venezia two-pointers 14/38, three-pointers 9/25, free throws 19/25, rebounds 46, assists 14. Lietkabelis two-pointers 16/34, three-pointers 7/20, free throws 18/25, rebounds 31 , assists 15.

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