Guerri Napoli and Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù on the pitch for the 13th round of LBA.
Tap-off scheduled at 6.30pm, live on LBATV.
1° Quarto
Napoli starts with Caruso in the quintet, together with Mitrou-Long, Simms, Flagg and Bolton, Cantù with Bortolani and Moraschini together with Ballo, Gilyard and Sneed who opens the game with a triple from the arc, followed closely by Moraschini’s layup on the break. Napoli’s approach can be reviewed: Cantù flies to 9-0. The first Neapolitan basket is by Simms. Sneed scores the second triple of the evening, Napoli struggles to find their rhythm. Mitrou-Long tries to charge, but Cantù is infallible from the perimeter so far: 7-15 after the first 4 minutes. Cantù manages to keep the isolations of the Neapolitan wings well, thus explaining the +7 (9-16) in the middle of the first quarter. Sneed indemoniato in this start, already 9 points for the former Brindisi. Napoli tries to fix the defense to find rhythm and confidence in attack tooGilyard runs into his second solo: El Amin makes 2/2 and gives his team the -2. Cantù dirty the percentages from the perimeter, Napoli places the fifth defensive stop in a row and finds the equalizer from the line at 19-19. A balanced first quarter ends at 21-21.
2° Quarto
First home advantage arrives at 23-21, Bortolani equalizes in the approach. Balanced match. The axis between Mitrou-Long and Simms starts to take effect at Napoli, Cantù holds on with energy, 26-27 after the first three minutes of the second quarter. On Basile’s dunk, the Alcott Arena rim raises the white flag and the basket is replaced. After almost 55 minutes of suspension, the match resumes. Croswell crushes violently, eliminating the prolonged stop. Cantù equalizes immediately but Napoli seems to be more lively after the suspension: partial of 8-2 Neapolitan.
