At 49-74 at the start of the fourth quarter the game at the Allianz seemed over, with Rimini to continue his excellent moment and Urania alternated Trieste’s good performance with 30 minutes of lackluster play. Then the shock, led by a triple from Captain Piunti, continued on the wings of a Potts who had been absent until then without justification (13 points all in the last 10 minutes, overtime included) and a Beloved real energy factor to give a boost to the Wildcats.
Against, Rimini he silenced the home team’s guns with an attack that was excellently balanced between the outside and inside (Pellegrino precious, Simioni all-round, Marks on the rise and Johnson, on the other hand, started well and then faded away during the match). The partial of the last quarter reads eloquently 29-10which forces the match into an certainly unexpected and unexpected overtime.
In the additional 5 minutes, Marks’ precision in free throws is a factor, as is Tommasini’s optimal and wise management. Urania tries to respond blow for blow, but Amato’s 5th foul removes a protagonist from the match.
Now playoffs: Urania will face Tezenis Veronawith field factor for the yellow and blue.
Starting quintets
Wegreenit Urania Milan: Amato, Potts, Severini, Lupusor, Landi
Riviera Basket Rimini: Grande, Scarponi, Marks, Johnson, Simioni
First quarter
Marks from long range to open the match, Johnson then takes advantage of the mismatch against Potts. Loved like a knife in butter by the red and white defense, but Johnson is still free to shoot in the corner: 2-8. Scarponi, however, starts off very distracted, 0/2 on free throws and on the other side landslides on Severini, giving him 3 providential free throws. Johnson on one side and Severini missed a couple of open shots, with the score crystallizing at 9-10. For Rimini the man to look for is always Johnson, both in the post and outside the 3 points.
Minutes for Montano and Piunti, while among the guests inside Pellegrino and Anumba. The benches are emptied, Beverly and Bonacini also enter for Urania, coach Dell’Agnello also throws Tomassini into the fray, who is immediately found hot from a sidereal distance: 11-18 with 2′ to go. When Grande also reaches the rim with negligible ease, coach Villa immediately stops the match to talk about it.
From 6.75 Bonacini stops the guest’s half, which reached 0-7, unblocking an attack that had stalled for a good 3 minutes. Another omelette from Scarponi allows Montano to shorten the gap further with 3 free throws, to set the score at 10′ on the 17-22. Top scorer Johnson with 8, for Urania 5 from Montano and 4 from Lupusor.
Second quarter
Bonacini still precious with the acceleration to the rim, Milan’s partial extends to 8-0. Pellegrino sentence from mid-rangeUrania instead strangely struggles to find precision from long range (1/11 in the fundamental in the first 13′), the opposite of Tomassini, who scores another triple. Bonacini becomes a key factor in the Urania attack, but Johnson remains an unsolvable puzzle for the Wildcats defense: foul by Piunti and basket, first to surpass his personal double figure. Anumba’s athleticism is difficult to contain, so Villa, once again at a maximum disadvantage of 21-32, plays the second timeout.
Lupusor clears the cobwebs from his retina, making Pellegrino jump and scoring from the front: just barely the second basket in 13 long-range attempts. Amato also tries to ride the emotional wave, but Simioni has meters of space on the turnaround to support the scoreboard. Same fate for Grande, who takes all the space left to him by Johnson’s granite block. On the floaters of Amato it is Dall’Agnello who stops the dispute: 34-43 1 minute from the end.
Simioni also came out with a 6.75, giving Rimini a double-digit margin. In fact, in the 20th minute the scoreboard reads 36-46. Big difference in 3-point percentage (4/20 Urania, 7/11 Rimini), 13 points for Johnson, 9 for Lupusor and Marks.
Third fourth
Marks and Simioni immediately gave a clear direction to the match. Scarponi naively commits his third personal, continuing his unfortunate game. Yet another triple from Grande means only one thing for coach Villa: timeout after just 2 and a half minuteswith an open partial for Rimini of 0-7.
Landi takes care of stopping the asphyxiation with the frontal triple, Lupusor also tries to put his team back on track, but Rimini continues to find ample space in the Urania defense. Furthermore, Potts had a strangely impalpable evening, going 0/5 from the field in 20 minutes. Johnson’s two-handed shot has all the trappings of the ruling, Marks’ two free throws update the guest’s maximum advantage over the 43-61. Worse is Anumba’s thunderous dunk on the counterattack, worth +20 Rimini. Pellegrino also arrives to feast above the rim, with the score that he continues to score like an elastic band (for Urania first points for Beverly from the foul line). End of third quarter 49-6816 for Marks and 15 for Johnson, Lupusor for Urania puts 11.
Fourth quarter
L’alley oop with which Tomassini sends Grande to support, as well as updating the maximum advantage to +23, it forces Villa into the last timeout.
However, it was of little use, because at the restart Tomassini again sent Simioni to eat the iron. Captain Piunti joins the game with the first basket of the match, imitated by Potts (minute 33′, probable negative record).A penetrating basket from Amato tries to awaken the few present at the Allianz and on +16 it is coach Dall’Agnello who wants to talk about it.
Upon returning, Potts tries to further heat up the atmosphere: triple and -13 Urania. Marks, however, is decisive in offensive rebounding, closing a very long run for Urania. However, we entered Potts time, given that the points become 7 in as many minutes. And if Amato also starts traveling at his pace again, it will be painful for Rimini, so much so that the two consecutive triples bring Urania to -7. Even Severini imitates his companions: 72-76 And maxi partial of 33-2 in less than 5 minutes! Lupusor at the best leaves a fundamental free throw on the rim, but Grande’s penetration comes short and Urania is -3 with 25″ to go.
Potts doesn’t tremble at free throws, but Marks also scores 2/2 and remains 3 points behind. Amato’s trick, who misses the second free throw and throws himself on the rebound, allows Urania the sensational hook 5″ from the end which is worth overtime.
Overtime
Marks, Potts, Grande and Amato mistreated Allianz’s irons from long range, first minute with only errors from the field. Marks takes care of it with the shot from mid-range: Rimini hadn’t scored from the field for 7’… Amato equalized immediately, Marks committed his fourth foul and a hole opened up for Potts in the area: he overtook Urania. Fifth personal for Amato, who closes at altitude 20, Marks makes 2/2 on free throws. Tomassini attacks the unguarded Milan area: counter-overtaking, 82-84 1′ from the end. Triple by Montano on the rim, Marks with 2 more free throws closes the contest, final 82-86 Rimini.
Final scores
Wegreenit Urania Milan: Amato 20, Potts 13, Lupusor 12, Severini 9, Beverly 8, Bonacini 7, Montano 5, Landi 5, Piunti 3, Cavallero, Anchisi ne, Solimeno ne
Riviera Basket Rimini: Marks 26, Johnson 15, Grande 11, Simioni 9, Tomassini 9, Anumba 8, Pellegrino 8, Scarponi, Bonfè ne, Adamu ne
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