Fortitudo Falls in Trapani. Now there is Treviglio

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FORTITUDO BOLOGNA

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: Imbrò 5, Notae 22, Mian 5, Alibegovic 11, Horton 4, Marini 13, Gentile 7, Mobio 3, Mollura 2, Pullazzi 9, Dancetovic ne, Pugliatti ne. All. Diana.

FLATS SERVICE BOLOGNA: Fantinelli 4, Giuri 2, Aradori 10, Ogden 15, Freeman 13, Bolpin 12, Panni, Conti 9, Sergio, Morgillo 4; Kuznetsov ne. All. Caja.

Referees: Vita, Costa and Marco Attard.

Notes: partials 14-19, 38-41, 64-58. Two-pointers: Trapani 21/32; Strength 23/45. Three-pointers: 9/30; 3/19. Free throws: 12/15; 14/18. Rebounds: 32; 37.

A painless defeat. Fortitudo ends with defeat in Trapani, but still second. Udine’s simultaneous knockout with Cantù gives president Stefano Tedeschi’s club second place, access to the silver draw and the home advantage in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The first opponent of Matteo Fantinelli and his teammates will be Treviglio, a team already faced in the clock phase and capable of violating the It starts on May 4th in Bologna, repeats on the 6th, moves to Treviglio for game three on the 9th and possible game four on the 11th. It closes at PalaDozza on May 14th. A full Fortitudo presents itself in Trapani with 200 fans following. Trapani wants to redeem itself after the defeat taken in the semi-final of the Italian Cup in a match that could be a crossroads in the promotion final, but it is also the homecoming of Nicolò Basciano, the Fortitudo general manager for the first time as an opponent in his Trapani.

After a slow start, the match takes off in the second part of the first quarter, with Bolpin, 8 points in rapid succession, the protagonist. Effe’s advantage reaches its maximum at +7 at the beginning of the second half, at 14-21. The inertia changes, however, right at Effe’s best moment. Marini and Pullazzi turn the situation around and put Trapani ahead for the first time at 27-25 in the 13th minute. Conti takes care of it, with nine points in a row to keep Effe afloat. Freeman, a dominant presence under the basket, brings Caja’s team back ahead, which keeps its head ahead even at the start of the third set. Alibegovic and Marini definitively change the match thanks to an 8-0 break for 53-48 which sends coach Caja into a rage.

The challenge is in the hands of Trapani who reaches +10, at 62-52 after extending the break to 17-4. Effe tries, but the Shars go back to extend the lead in the last quarter where they score with the drop of a hat. The offensive mechanism of Caja’s team stalls, Trapani extends to +14, 75-61 in the 35th minute. It’s the decisive push in a match that no longer has history. Now a week off, then from May 4th off to the playoffs.