Trento, 28 April 2024 – Sensational al T Daily Arena Of Trent because, after two consecutive defeats (vs Toasts And Pesaro), L’Estra Pistoia find theeighth wonder away and detach the pass for the post season. There Dolomiti Energia Trentinoafter the victory of Naples which earned her the arithmetic qualification to the LBA Playoffs UnipolSai 2024 holds his own for 35 minutes of play but against the team’s shooting percentages of the former coach Brienzaraises the white flag and can’t even maintain the goal difference.
It is the second victory in the history of Pistoia in Trento but, above all, it is the 100th success of the red and whites in LBA!
The starting five For Trent is composed by Toto Forray in the direction, Mooney And Baldwin on the exterior, Alviti And Paul Biligha under the knife, while coach Brienza lines up Moore in the direction, Wheatle And Willis on the exterior and the couple Hawkins and Ogbeide under the basket.
First period, in the first minutes in which Pistoia’s defense seemed a little too soft and Trento immediately took advantage of it, moving up 7-2 with points from Alviti and Biligha. The Tuscans rotate the ball well however and with Wheatle’s triples and Moore’s seven points in a row they move ahead with a score of 11-15. With a counter-partial of 7-0 Trento regains the advantage at 20-19, but the first quarter therefore ends with a score of 20-24with very high shooting percentages (nine points from Charlie Moore) and pleasant basketball but perhaps an excessively soft defense on both sides.
Second periodthere is the first real shock from Pistoia, which manages to dramatically raise the percentages and, with a precise and flawless game, extends and closes on the score of 41-55.
Third period, hostilities resume and the third quarter is only for strong hearts. Pistoia manages to even reach +18 points, but then Trento shakes itself off and goes back to -6, with Hubb and Alviti on the shields. Pistoia still finds some oxygen from Varnado and returns to the lead by 8 points, with the quarter ending with a partial score of 26-21 and on the total
Fourth period, the teams adorn the field and, just to avoid losing the habit, they score a triple each at the start. We shoot with very high percentages, Della Rosas, Saccaggi and Del Chiaro also score continuously on one side, the usual Mooney and Hubb on the other. The two minutes between the middle of the sixth and the middle of the fourth were incredible, where Pistoia, in fact, was unable to overcome half the field except for two rapid counterattacks which yielded 4 points in a few seconds and with Trento who, despite constant pressure, suddenly it goes out and can no longer find the basket.
At the score of 78-91 we start to think about the difference in goals, Pistoia doesn’t stop and two minutes from the siren they are incredibly up by 18 points (78-98). Trento has no tremors, Pistoia wins Trento with the score of 80-105.
Pressroom
Nicola Brienza
Paolo Galbiati
“We played a very poor match, in which we struggled a lot in defense to contain one-on-ones and in which in attack we were too frantic in finding solutions to our difficulties, instead of playing together. It’s a strange championship, in which everyone beat everyone: today Pistoia was better than us, I’m angry more than worried. We are not this and I hope to prove it as soon as possible.”
Dolomiti Energia Trentino – Estra Pistoia 80-105
Partial: 20-24; 22-31; 26-21; 12-29.
Progression: 20-24; 42-55; 68-76; 80-105.
Luca Cipriani
