Germani in the block-team version runs with the strength of a group in the plural

BASKET

The 104-93 scored in Venice, with Della Valle scoring just 2 points, reiterated the Leonessa’s idea of ​​collective basketball: Rivers’ 14-11 action, after a pinball action that went viral, is the manifesto of Cotelli’s thought

It happens in football. Goals that come after a long series of passes are not that rare: the Barcelona of Guardiola’s time is not needed to admire a play of pure possession that leads to a goal usually built starting from the defense. In basketball it happens a little less. Especially in today’s basketball, where exasperated physicality and systematic three-point shooting have suffocated the idea of ​​collective and circulation play.

It is therefore not surprising that the most viewed, reviewed, clicked and shared action of the last round of Lba, which went viral in the space of mid-afternoon, is that of 14-11 nailed by Rivers in the face of Venice. 5’51” minute of the first quarter. Defensive rebound by WithDella Valle collects and flies to the tip, fakes a triple and unloads on the Croatian’s penetration, immediate opening on the right side for the hands of Rivers, extra pass for Burnell on the arc, ball that returns to Della Valle on the tip and then ends up between Ivanovic’s fingertips: burning fake on the first step, incursion by the Montenegrin and assist to reward the cut on the baseline and the dunk by Rivers. PalaLeonessa in delirium and Venice in doll.

Pure entertainment. To tell of a Brescia that with 104-93 over Reyer, seventh victory in a row within the impregnable walls of PalaLeonessa (which has not fallen in the regular season since last March 15th, since the 73-79 scored by Olimpia Milano), eleventh success in thirteen rounds exactly like in Peppe Poeta’s year of miracles and better than Diana’s record-breaking season (2017-2018, 10/13), he is flying again thanks to the team-block.

Of course, the individuals. With the over the top performances of the heroes of the moment which are fundamental (see the 22 points of Riverswith that 6/8 on the heavy shot which was more than decisive), but This Germani’s idea of ​​basketball in the plural always comes before anything else. Take victory over Venice. In a game where your best scorer and goaltender scores the first basket midway through the fourth quarter (Amedeo Della Vallewho still found a way to be useful but stumbled into one of those bad games in which you wouldn’t be able to score even if the basket was one of Saturn’s rings), 51 points arrive in the first 20′ and even 104 at the fourth siren (equaling the season high of 104-94 achieved by Cantù). All against the best attack in the championship (93.8 per game against Brescia’s 90.2) and in a shooting match in which you decided to play it openly, accepting the challenge of Reyer to the eye for an eye and tooth for tooth of the offensive flow. Give me a real band and I’ll lift your world.

With maximum satisfactionjustified pride and extreme enjoyment of a Matteo Cotelli increasingly at the center of the Brescia village and increasingly launched towards other phenomenon numbers. There are two games left to play before the first leg and the idea of ​​closing the first half of the regular season with a sensational 13/15 (no one has ever achieved this in these parts) is not so far fetched. On Sunday at 4pm Germani will be on stage in Sassariguest of a Dinano team that is always an ugly beast at home and that at PalaSerradimigni has been on a positive streak for four rounds, it’s true, but it’s not doing sensational things in a 5/8 championship. The banana peel on Sunday 11th was more insidious, when Tortona will arrive at PalaLeonessa. The Piedmontese are fourth and have everything they need to stay at the top (remember to believe the 98-106 of January 19th almost a year ago). But this Germani who thinks in the plural, who always finds a way to make games go the right way, to think about what is happening on the pitch to adapt to the type of match, cannot help but aim for two out of two.