RivieraBanca Basket Rimini-Real Sebastiani Rieti 64-77 (15-15, 12-13, 22-26, 15-23)
THE SCORESHEET
RivieraBanca Basket Rimini: Derrick Marks 20 (7/13, 1/6), Justin Johnson 16 (6/8, 0/1), Alessandro Grande 10 (2/4, 2/8), Simon Anumba 8 (4/6, 0/1 ), Alessandro Scarponi 5 (1/2, 1/2), Alessandro Simioni 3 (1/2, 0/3), Giovanni Tomassini 2 (1/2, 0/3), Andrea Tassinari 0 (0/1, 0 /1), Francesco Pellegrino 0 (0/1, 0/0), Adamu adam Abba 0 (0/0, 0/0), Marco Mari 0 (0/0, 0/0), Simone Bonfè 0 (0/ 0, 0/0)
Free throws: 8 / 15 – Rebounds: 40 11 + 29 (Justin Johnson 12) – Assists: 6 (Justin Johnson, Alessandro Grande 2)
Real Sebastiani Rieti: Jazz Johnson 28 (7/11, 3/4), Marco Spanghero 16 (3/7, 2/3), Nazzareno Italiano 10 (1/2, 2/6), Dustin Hogue 7 (3/9, 0/0 ), Vittorio Nobile 5 (0/2, 1/3), Lorenzo Piccin 3 (0/0, 1/3), Danilo Petrovic 2 (1/3, 0/1), Davide Raucci 2 (1/4, 0 /3), Andrea Ancellotti 2 (1/3, 0/1), Giacomo Sanguinetti 2 (1/1, 0/2), Karl markus Poom 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 14 / 18 – Rebounds: 35 7 + 28 (Dustin Hogue 12) – Assists: 11 (Jazz Johnson 4)
Game 3 RivieraBanca Rimini-Real Sebastiani Rieti 64-77, the serve
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NEWS AND COMMENTARY
Third match between Real Sebastiani Rieti and RBR Rimini at the Flaminio with Rieti ahead 2-0 in the quarter-final series of the A2 playoff. Starting quintet for RBR: Tassinari, Marks, Simioni, Anumba, Johnson.
Jazz Johnson scores Rieti’s first two points, Marks responds from the area and it’s 2-2. Houge for 2-4 and then Marks again for 4-4. 1/2 of Simioni from free throws and 5-4. Anumba for 7-4 and Jazz Johnson for 7-6. Free throw by Johnson for 7-7 and then Anumba for 9-7. Petrovic for the 9-9 Rieti. Marks for 11-9 and Jazz Johnson for 11-11. Anumba again for 13-11 with 2:34 left in the first quarter. Spanghero scores 13-13. Great for the 15-13 RBR. Italian puts the two points of 15-15 for Rieti with which the first quarter ends.
Triple by Grande for 18-15 at the start of the second quarter and two more points by Spanghero for 18-17. Overtaking Rieti 18-19 with Ancellotti. Two points from Tomassini for 20-19. 2/2 Italian from free throws and 20-21 Rieti. Three-man boots for 23-21. Houge again for 23-23. Jazz Johnson for 25-23. 2/2 of Nobile and tie, 25-25. Justin Johnson for 27-25. Triple by Nobile for 27-28 Rieti. We go to the long interval.
Start of third period with Marks making it 29-28. Jazz Johnson again for 28-31 with the triple, and then Anumba equalizes 31-31. Houge 1/2 from the line and +1 Rieti. Penetration by Jazz Johnson making it 31-34 with 7:58 left in the third period. Simioni takes the rebound and makes it 33-34. Piccin’s three makes it 37-33 with the triple. Support from Grande for 35-37. Jazz Johnson for 35-39. Marks shortens to 37-39. Justin Johnson scores 39-39 and also has the additional free throw. Johnson converts and it’s 40-39. Triple by Spaghero and 42-40 Rieti. There are 4:43 left in the quarter. Two points for Houge and 44-40 Rieti. Scarponi scores 42-44. Triple by Italian for 47-42 and RBR timeout. Another triple by Italiano for 50-42. 2:20 left in the third period. Marks for 44-50 and Marks again with a triple for 47-50. Sanguinetti for 47-52 Rieti. 2/2 of Marks from the line and 49-52. The quarter ends with Spanghero’s shot for 49-54 Rieti.
Jazz Johnson again at the start of the final period for 49-56. Marks for 51-56 and then a triple by Spanghero for 51-59. Two points for Justin Johnson and 53-59 with free throw. The shot from the foul line was scored and it was 54-59. Marks loses the ball and commits a foul. 2/2 of Spanghero 54-61. Jazz Johnson scores again with a foul immediately and we are 54-63 for Rieti. Four fouls for Marks. Six minutes to go. Johnson makes it 64-54 from the foul line, RBR timeout. Attacking foul by Simioni, 5:32 to go. Triple by Johnson for 54-67. Justin Johnson scores two points but misses the free throw following a foul, 56-67. Johnson again for the triple of 56-70, 25 points for the former Rimini player. Triple by Grande for 59-70. 2/2 Jazz Johnson again for 59-72. 2/2 by Spanghero from the line and 59-74 with 3:12 left. 1/2 of Marks from the line and 61-74. 1/2 by Justin Johnson for 62-74. Two points for Raucci 62-76 and then Johnson for 64-76. RBR timeout. 1/2 of Jazz Johnson for 64-77 Rieti. It’s the end of the match, Rieti wins the series 3-0 and goes to the semi-finals.
Game 3 RivieraBanca Rimini-Real Sebastiani Rieti 64-77, post-match
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Race 3 will be broadcast delayed on Icaro TV (channel 18) on Thursday at 11.20pm.
RBR’S NOTE
It ends like this, in race 3. After a season that started off uphill and then turned into an exciting one. Rivierabanca Basket Rimini exits the playoffs 3-0 against Real Sebastiani Rieti. The only match played at Flaminio reads 64-77, with the guests who definitively got their hands on the match during the second half. The red and whites found themselves decimated by injuries: in addition to Masciadri out and Tassinari away from the top, Pellegrino has to deal with a fever while Tomassini, after the calf problem, suffers from an ankle problem that will no longer allow him to return to the dispute. It’s time for an epilogue at Rbr, after a season that gave great and indelible emotions: because if the roster reached the playoffs with the petrol warning light on, no one will ever be able to forget the extraordinary comeback that allowed coach Sandro Dell’s men ‘Agnello to collect the sumptuous record of 13 victories in the last 15 matches between regular season and clock phase. The guests mothballed their passage to the semi-final during the second half, when Rbr suffered a physical decline. Top scorer and best scorer of the match Jazz Johnson, with 28 points scored and 66.7% shooting. Spanghero, he accompanies him with 16 personal points and 66.7% shooting from long range. For the Romagna team the top scorer is Derrick Marks (20 personal points and an overall 42% from the field). Justin Johnson and Grande, with 16 points for the first and 10 for the second, were not enough to allow Rimini to extend the series to game 4. To thank the 3,000 spectators present at the Flaminio, who encouraged the team from the beginning to end of the meeting.
Jazz Johnson in support of the scoreboard uncorks the match, Marks on the other side is not long in coming and responds immediately (6 personal points in the first 10′), but the American duo from Rieti immediately goes into full action, finding the first basket also from Hogue (4-4 at 3′). The attention of the players on the pitch on each other’s markings is such that we mainly see attacks composed of isolations after just a few slips of the ball: Anumba, triggered with his back to the basket, finds 4′ personal points, but the usual Jazz Johnson is astute to score with a floater from center of the penalty area being fouled, completing the 3-point play. Towards the bell of the first 10 minutes, Spanghero and Grande also get going, the former with a perfect stop and shot from a tight angle while the Rimini playmaker/guard with a rainbow that is both aesthetically beautiful but also concrete. On the last action Italiano closes the quarter by penetrating the rim, making it 15-15.
The second quarter opened with a 3-point shot by Grande, but Spanghero, still dynamic, immediately found his 4th personal point. The balance remains established and in every action the defensive substance of the teams on the pitch taints the offensive percentages. After a star-spangled start, the Italians on the pitch carved out a glimpse of supremacy in the central part of the second half: Ancellotti and Tomassini from the midfield, Italiano with a 2/2 on free throws, Scarponi with a triple in the corner replicated by Nobile , which triggers the first shot from behind 6.75 for Sebastiani. For Rivierabanca, it is worth mentioning the first 4′ personal points from Justin Johnson, who enters the match with a fade away and a lay up from under the boards. At halftime the score was 27-28.
After the break the teams return to the field with greater competitive spirit and offensive verve, the percentages improve and the score benefits. For Rivierabanca, Marks is the driving force, scoring 11 personal points in the third quarter alone, supported by Anumba, Simioni, Justin Johnson and Scarponi. For the Rieti players, the return to the field is sweeter and less burdened in terms of game fluidity and their shooters benefit from it: Piccin, Spanghero and Italiano score four important 3-point baskets, Jazz Johnson with his usual ball handling is constantly threatening , both individually and by creating opportunities for his teammates. The partial in the 30th minute scores a +5 for the guests, 49-54.
Jazz Johnson, beating his opponent in 1 vs 1, is the first to hit Rimini in the last half, but Marks, the last of his team to give up, tries to keep the Romagna players in their wake with a fade away in isolation. Sebastiani, however, demonstrates in this phase that she has more physical and mental energy, and with Spanghero from three first and with a three-point action from Jazz Johnson then, she makes a first attempt to gain an advantage (54-64 at 35′) . The first break from Rieti turns out to be the decisive one, the red and whites struggle to find solutions in attack capable of making a dent in the visiting defence. In this, the former player Jazz Johnson takes advantage again, increasing his score with two further triples, bringing Rieti to a safe distance. For Rimini the Americans and Grande are the last to give up and in the last quarter they control most of the balls in attack. The final from Flaminio is in favor of Rieti, which prevails 64-77 in the 40th minute.
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