Fortitudo Bologna comes out victorious from the match against Treviso, in the only advance scheduled for Saturday evening for the twenty-first day of Serie A basketball. The Bolognese had to fight for 45 minutes to prevail over the Venetians, who managed to recover after having gone even down by ten points. In the first overtime the team of coach Martino seemed to have found the decisive extension, with Treviso who managed to climb up to -2 only to give in to the Bolognese who climb to 12 points in the standings thus returning to victory.
Top scorer for the white-blue Benzing with 21 points and Frazier with 20 points. Excellent performance by Gabriele Procida which closes with ben 18 points on the scoresheettogether with the 15 equally divided between Durham and Charalampopoulos. To the hosts i was not enough 23 points by Dimsa and 19 by Matteo Imbrò.
Break at the opening of the hosts (4-0), to which the effect with Frazier from the arc (4-3). Dimsa and Akele give a new mini-advantage to Nutribullet (8-3), but Fortitudo promptly replies and leveled the score thanks to Durham and Benzing (8-8). The American and the German are the architects of the counter-break placed by the team of coach Antimo Martino, who finds the +6 to -4 ′ from the first siren (10-16). Dimsa climbs on the shields, who puts two consecutive bombs thus impacting the score (16-16). Three consecutive points from Procida give back a small advantage to the guests (16-19), with Imbrò leading Treviso to -2 with 25 ″ to play in the fourth (20-22). But it is still the number 9 of Fortitudo to score the basket with which the first fraction ends on 20-24.
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Second quarter which opens with five consecutive points from Charalampopoulos, with the Bolognese trying to keep the Venetians at a safe distance (22-28). Nutribullet tries to get closer thanks to Sokolowski’s bomb which is worth -3 (26-29). Kigili does not break up and finds Gabriele Procida the protagonist of the fourth: the young blue scores on the counterattack on an assist from Benzing with a foul and an additional free kick (28-34), taking the lift for +8 (28-36) at -3’11 “from the second siren. Russell shortened from the line (32-36), but Geoffrey’s dunk at the end of the quarter fixed the score at 34-40 with which the two teams went to the locker room for the long interval.
In the third quarter it is Treviso who returns better from the locker room: Dimsa-Russell’s partial 5-0 and the disadvantage almost eliminated (37-39). Fortitudo responds with a 5-0 counter-break thanks to Benzing from the arc and Goselle from the painted (39-45). Dimsa is not there and shoots from the arc the triple of the new -3 (42-45), with the game increasing in intensity. Jones also joins the scorers’ table, placing the three points that are worth the draw (45-45). But it is once again Gabriele Procida to rise to the chair, scoring two consecutive baskets for the new +5 Bologna in the middle of the quarter (45-50). Bortolani from the free and Goselle from two allow Max Menetti’s team to shorten up to -3 (49-52), but two consecutive three-pointers by Benzing and Durham give back a safety margin to the white-blue (49-58). Charampopoulos in suspension gives the first double-digit advantage to Fortitudo when there are less than two minutes to the third siren (52-62). Chillo supports the two points of 54-62 on the scoreboard with which the first 30 ‘of the game ends.
Last quarter that opens with the furious comeback of Nutribullet: three consecutive triples marked by Imbrò-Dimsa-Chillo give the counter-overtaking to Treviso (63-62) in less than two minutes from the start of the decisive fraction. Frazier scores from the painted for -1 (65-64), but the Treviso captain has a warm hand from the bow for a triple of +4 (68-64). The Bolognese are not there and shorten thanks to the free of the number 00 (70-69). Charalampopoulos and Frazier place two bombs in a row for the new Fortitudo advantage (70-75) with -4’23 ”left on the clock, which Dimsa responds shortly after with the same coin (75-76). Sims closes the 2 + 1 for the counter-overtaking Nutribullet (80-78), but Frazier’s two free throws bring everything back in a draw (80-80). The American then misses the jump shot, with the match being decided in overtime.
Two free shots by Henry Sims allow Treviso to open the first extra half in advantage (82-80), but Fortitudo never gives up: Charalampopoulos bomb and counter-overtaking (82-83), with Frazier finding the basket of + 4 (83-87). Two triples of the American and Benzing allow the effect to go to +7, perhaps giving the decisive push to the game. Nutribullet, however, is not there, trying with the last remaining strength to remain attached to the opponents: Capitan Imbrò scores from the arc for -2 (91-93), but Charalamapopoulos’ placing and Benzing’s steady hand from the line sign the 93-99 final with which Fortitudo Bologna conquers the PalaVerde of Villorba.
THE MATCH TABLE
NUTRIBULLET TREVISO-FORTITUDO KIGILI BOLOGNA 93-99 dTs (20-14, 14-16, 20-22, 26-18, 13-19)
Treviso: Russell 13, Imbrò 19, Chillo 6, Dimsa 23, Jones 5, Bortolani 4, Sims 14, Sokolowski 5, Akele 4.
Fortitudo Bologna: Durham 15, Procida 18, Benzing 21, Charalampopoulos 15, Frazier 20, Niang, Groselle 10.
Credit: Ciamillo
