All’Allianz Cloud Monday’s postponement smiles onOlimpia Milanwhat a bend Vanoli Basketball Cremona 91-74 at the end of a two-way race. After a complicated start and a first quarter marked by the red and white talent and physicality, the blue and whites have the merit of reacting, returning to the game several times and never stopping competing, but paying at a distance for the short rotations and Milan’s new extension in the third period.
Quintet confirmed for Vanoli Cremona with Durham, Willis, Willis, Veronesi, Niagboguwhile Olimpia Milano responds with Ellis, Booker, Brooks, LeDay e Shields. It is LeDay who opens the scoring at the Allianz Cloud, but Vanoli immediately responds with Willis and Veronesi.
The start is balanced and offers good sensations to coach Brotto, above all thanks to I’m goingwho hits two consecutive times from the arc giving confidence to the white and blue attack. At Anigbogu’s second foul comes the forced substitution with the entry of Christian Burnsone of the exes of the evening.
Milan’s first real breakthrough comes in the second part of the quarter: a couple of errors from Cremona open the field for the home team, who take the lead 16-10. Brotto inserts Casarin and Jones in place of Willis and Veronesi, asking for more ball circulation and greater intensity to withstand the red and white physicality.
Olimpia, however, raises the level on both sides of the pitch: aggressive defense, quick transition and widespread talent yield a run of 17-0 which breaks the initial balance. Cremona struggled to find solutions against Milan’s defensive web and the gap widened rapidly. The first quarter ends on 27-12. For Vanoli the factors weigh heavily 4 turnoversthe low percentage from two (2/11) and the two blocked shots sufferedsigns of a physical impact that Milan was able to impose from the first minutes.
Cremona breaks his fast on action with the press on Joneseven if every offensive possession of the home team continues to correspond to a Milanese basket. However, Vanoli reacts: the team plays with a freer head, moves the ball better and the percentages begin to improve. This is how the baskets arrive Willis, Casarin and Durhamwhich are worth the -11 (38-27) and partially reopen the game.
Cremona now fights with greater clarity, taking advantage of the good impact of Casarin and showing all the will not to concede anything, not even against a team of this level. The growth of the blue and white induces Poet to stop the game, asking his players fewer individual solutions and more sharing of the ball. The first half ends on 43-31with the feeling that Vanoli has finally found rhythm and presence, returning to the match with conviction.
The first basket of the second half is by Cremonawhich immediately returns to -10then it also arrives I’m going for the -7 (43-36) that lights up the game. The first from the Milan field instead arrives only after more than three minutes, while Vanoli makes good use of the home team’s empty passes to fully return to the match. Still I’m going hits from the arc for the -5therefore it is Burns to complete the comeback with the triple of 50-46which forces Olimpia to react. Milan’s response is immediate and heavy: partial 10-0 and game once again firmly in the hands of the red and whites.
From that moment on, Vanoli’s percentages suddenly collapsed, while Milan found offensive fluidity and continuity, stretching without leaving any more space for their opponents. The third quarter ends on 72-50with the inertia definitively turned in favor of the hosts.
The gap is now wide, but the Vanoli stay focused and still try to give continuity to your actions, leaving no stone unturned. Positive signs are thus arriving, with two triples by Sasha Grant and a basket of Anigbogu which allow Cremona to nibble on some points, returning to -14 after slipping also a -24.
In the finale there is also room for Filippo Galliin a long garbage time that accompanies the final siren. At the Allianz Cloud ends 91-74. Now head to the next one, when to PalaRadi will come Reggio Emilia.
Cristina Coppola
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