Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù shows off a sumptuous performance and in a roaring PalaDesio clearly imposes itself on Fortitudo Bologna. Coach Cagnardi’s reasoning at the end of the match was clear: “Congratulations to Cantù, today we had little physicality to oppose, we started by trying to hold the line, then with the fouls of our American center we were left without long shots, we conceded in the area and when we we’re closed, they scored four triples. We tried to react with pride but what we put on the pitch is too little. Now a day of rest and in Cividale we’ll try to put a different face on the pitch.”
“The absences? Honestly, they had an impact because Cusin is our replacement for the big men and without Freeman we are too light. Aradori is the best winger in the championship and Sabatini would have been the one capable of building something in certain situations. But I never took the absences alibi, we could have done something better, being so physically deficient has paid off but let’s not feel sorry for ourselves. We also need something better from the bench, in addition to the fact that Freeman is smarter in using fouls since we can’t afford to play without them. of him. And greater confidence in attack, because we took and missed uncontested shots.”
THE MATCH
The news (Source Pallacanestro Cantù Press Office) – The start of the match is very balanced, in the first half of the quarter absolute balance reigns. After the first study period, Acqua S.Bernardo takes measures against the host’s attack and finds the first breakthrough with a triple from Moraschini and four consecutive points from Basile. Freeman and Gabriel try to respond, but Cantù finishes ahead 22-16.
Riismaa and Baldi Rossi open the second quarter with two triples, the Cantù lead exceeding double figures. Acqua S.Bernardo does not slow down and the Valentini-Burns duo increases their maximum lead to +20. Fortitudo continues to find no offensive solutions and Cantù can go into halftime ahead 53-29.
Bologna has a jolt coming out of the changing rooms and goes back to within twenty points of the deficit, Moraschini and Basile however re-establish the distance at the end of the second quarter. Fantinelli tries to shake up his team, but Acqua S. Bernardo always remains in control of the match. Moraschini scores the 71-49 on the siren.
Acqua S.Bernardo also started decisively in the last quarter and exactly halfway through the quarter they updated their maximum lead to +31 with Basile’s two-handed dunk. Coach Brienza can thus calmly manage the final, also granting minutes to the young Beltrami and Viganò. The final score is 89-60.
THE SCORESHEET
Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù – Flats Service Fortitudo Bologna 89-60 (22-16, 31-13, 18-20, 18-11)
Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù: Grant Basile 26 (10/12, 2/5), Joonas Riismaa 14 (0/1, 4/7), Christian Burns 11 (4/8, 0/0), Filippo Baldi rossi 10 ( 1/2, 2/2), Riccardo Moraschini 9 (2/6, 1/4), Andrea De nicolao 6 (0/0, 2/2), Matteo Piccoli 3 (0/1, 1/3), Luca Possamai 3 (1/2, 0/0), Fabio Valentini 3 (0/1, 1/6), Matteo Viganò 2 (1/1, 0/0), Andrea Beltrami 2 (1/3, 0/1)
Free throws: 10 / 15 – Rebounds: 39 8 + 31 (Matteo Piccoli 8) – Assists: 28 (Fabio Valentini 8)
Flats Service Fortitudo Bologna: Deshawn Freeman 22 (8/11, 1/1), Matteo Fantinelli 12 (6/14, 0/0), Kenny Gabriel 10 (5/8, 0/6), Fabio Mian 5 (0/ 3, 1/3), Leonardo Battistini 5 (2/3, 0/0), Leo Menalo 4 (0/0, 1/2), Riccardo Bolpin 2 (1/5, 0/1), Alessandro Panni 0 ( 0/2, 0/3), Nicola Giordano 0 (0/0, 0/0), Federico Ferrucci morandi 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 7 / 8 – Rebounds: 26 4 + 22 (Deshawn Freeman 9) – Assists: 16 (Riccardo Bolpin 7)
