Treviso and Pesaro remain in the running for salvation, Brindisi bids farewell to Serie A, Pistoia and Reggio Emilia in the playoffs

• Varese: Mannion 29, Moretti 11, McDermott 21, Brown 2, Spencer 10, Gilmore 9, Ulaneo 1, Woldetensae, Besson 12, Okeke ne. All. Bialaszewski.
• Treviso: Robinson 9, Bowman 18, Harrison 18, Olisevicius 23, Paulicap 12, Zanelli 2, Faggian, Mezzanotte 2, Allen 16, Torresani none, Scandiuzzi none, Camara none. All. Vitucci.

Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro-Vanoli Cremona 91-86

• Toasts: Morris 14, Malaventura ne, Laquintana 4, Sneed 22, Laszewski 7, Smith, Seck ne, Lombardi 7, Bartley 9, Riismaa ne, Bayehe 17, Washington 4. Coach Sakota.
• Venice: Spissu 23, Tessitori 5, Heidegger 6, Casarin 2, O’Connell, Janelidze ne, Kabengele 19, Parks 1, Brooks 2, Wiltjer 11, Barbero ne, Tucker 11. All. Spahija.

After wasting the first match point in the painful home defeat against Brindisi, Pistoia scores the second. Doubly difficult. Going to conquer the Trento parquet in the direct clash of the penultimate day. Estra thus returns to play the post-season seven years after the last time, when it went out in the first round, defeated 3-1 by Reyer Venezia, then Italian champions.

Pistoia wins in its own way, setting the match to a high, almost frenetic pace and score. Breaks the balance by scoring 31 points in the second period alone and launches himself onto the +13 at the long interval (42-55). Then, after having absorbed the predictable nervous reaction of the Eagle upon leaving the locker room, she plunges her blade into the final quarter, where, holding the home team to only 12 points scoredspreads in the final, reaching triple figures on the scoreboard.

Pistoia enjoys the majestic performances of its big names: they lead Payton Willis And Charlie Moore with 19 points each, followed by 15 by Jordon Varnado and from the 14th of Derek Ogbeide. For Trento the 19’s are not needed Paul Biligha and the 14th of Davide Alviti And Prentiss Hubb.

• Trent: Alviti 14, Forray 5, Biligha 19, Mooney 10, Baldwin 10; Ellis 5, Hubb 14, Conti, Diarra, Cooke 3. All.: Galbiati.
• Pistoia: Willis 19, Moore 19, Wheatle 6, Hawkins 7, Ogbeide 14; Della Rosa 9, Metsla 2, Saccaggi 3, Del Chiaro 9, Varnado 15. Coaches: Brienza.

Out of the playoffs after winning the Italian Cup. Despite themselves, GeVi Napoli follows the path already traced last season by Germani Brescia, fading into an increasingly tragic spiral after the triumph at the end of February in Turin, culminating with the decisive defeat of PalaBigi on the penultimate matchday.

UnaHotels, which in turn takes a big step forward to conquer the seeded #5 in the playoffs, breaks the balance of the first half of the game (40-38) with a great defensive third quarterwhere the GeVi a suffocates only 15 points scored to launch yourself onto +10 to the last rest (63-53). Then, in the final period, coach Priftis’ team has the composure to manage the margin and steer themselves towards success. Thanks to Trento’s defeat against Pistoia, Reggiana will now be certain of fifth place in the playoff grid by winning next Sunday in Sassari.

• Reggio Emilia: Weber 4, Galloway 16, Faye 24, Vitali 3, Chillo; Bonaretti, Cipolla, Uglietti 9, Atkins 16, Black 7, Grant 9. All.: Priftis.
• Naples: Zubcic 9, De Nicolao 2, Owens 9, Brown 3, Sokolowski 23; Pullen 10, Ennis 17, Sinagra, Lever, Biar, Ebeling. Ne: Bamba. All.: Miliic.

Givova Scafati-Banco di Sardegna Sassari 74-99