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It was forbidden to disunite and Estra regrouped around the Three Tenors. But everyone puts their own brick
PAYTON WILLIS 8: There is no Estra Pistoia without its glacial calm and its ability to strike from distance. And tonight there’s no need to take the team on your shoulders too much, given that the collective plays like an orchestra. But when the ball is sent into his expert hands, the result is always satisfactory. Proof of this are his percentages and the fact that he is the best in terms of evaluation at the end of the race. 19 points scored with disarming ease.
OF THE ROSE 7.5: We would be making an unforgivable error of analysis if we didn’t look at the two triples he scored in the second quarter as one of the elements that shifted the game in Pistoia’s favor. As a leader of the people, he makes the much-loved colors reach yet another historic milestone and does so as a protagonist. Three final bombs, all taken with a personality and cleanliness in the movements worthy of those who have always had to fight and demonstrate that they are worthy of this category. Just like his Estra, “Della” ended up gaining everyone’s respect.
METSLA sv.: Final catwalk for one of the most talented products of the red and white Academy, who also takes the first winning support.
LOOTING 7: He fights, he swabs, he swabs, he puts his hand in and then he even puts in the triple from his house. Another one who has never needed drawings to understand what he can give to this team and this category. “Sacca” returns to come off the bench and, as soon as he is called into action, he puts aggression on the dangerous wingers of L’Aquila. A generous match from the first actions, like that ball that he collects from the garbage and delivers to Moore for the easiest of supports. With the red and white “second unit”, he has the merit of not lowering the quality of the game even by one degree.
DEL CHIARO 7: Let’s put aside indecision, inexperience and the resulting arguments. Because it’s okay that Cooke jumps on his head and forces him to load himself with fouls (even if doubtful) too soon, it’s okay that a few simple supports still end up in unthinkable places, but today even “Angelone” had a different look. The one of those who know they have to play the part of him (Brienza docebat). And then come the points, the rebounds and the serenity. What a year it has been for the twenty-three year old from Pietrasanta! And it certainly doesn’t end here.
VARNADO 8: The play-offs are the reward for his troubled season. Never at 100% condition, continuous relapses and physical discomfort that never gave him peace. Yet the man of the promotion, the oracle of the first hour, has never lost the desire to make an impact and in Trento he wanted to demonstrate once again that his will remains stronger than bad luck. Usual low post play on which the Eagle defenders can only foul, two killer triples and great work for the team.
WHEATLE 7: Ok you can relax today, Carl. Today the British all-rounder has only one task: to take the plate from Mooney and impose a stop. And in fact he does it well, given that the former Texas Tech player barely reaches double figures. He is seen from time to time on the other side with his shots and he is also the first to score from behind the arc of his. In short, a normal evening: as long as what he does on the parquet can still be considered normal.
HAWKINS 7: We’ve learned to appreciate and expect it over the course of this season. We also had to learn to understand what we could always contribute to the cause and today, in Trento, we had a clear demonstration of this. Intelligent defenses, right and sharp timing in attack (two supports and a bomb). The confidence that this boy who grew up in Creighton has always given to the defensive department, his basketball intelligence and his surgical hand are undoubtedly among the recipes of this undertaking.
OBBEID 7.5: Even today the customer was one of the most uncomfortable ones: a Paul Biligha who in Trento looks like Superman. Another more experienced, more famous and more illustrious opponent in a season where he has slowly climbed the hierarchy, throwing the spotlight on himself. And today, despite some obvious suffering from the aforementioned clash, he closes with a near double double of 14 + 9, to which he also adds 3 blocks. Staying on the comics theme, he is like Thanos: inescapable.
COACH BRIENZA 8: After the defeat against Brindisi and the disappointment of the finish line he almost missed, he made it clear: either everyone here gives something or it’s quick to return to Earth. His team shows that it has learned yet another lesson from the first minute in Trento and he feels the safety of his players on the pitch, sparing interventions to the bare minimum. A victory that is worth a new historic milestone, among other things in Trento where the coach from Brianza was able to take a small personal revenge in his first time as an opponent.
THE SMILE OF THE RACE IS…
CHARLIE MOORE 8.5: After some not very happy outings, from a technical point of view, he was the first to have to give answers to ensure the goal was in the hands of his team. Perhaps, since arriving in Pistoia, we first saw his many qualities and only later realized his limitations. But we knew that when this kid from Chicago decides to play the way he knows how, anything is possible. And today in Trento the first red and white partial bears his signature. The killer instinct, the ability to find the play, the points: this was needed and this was done.
The report cards of Dolomiti Energia Trentino-Estra Pistoia are offered by Cieffe Dentistryas well as the special recognition from the Pistoiasport editorial team “The Smile of the match”, which goes to the MVP of the match.
