Play-off, game 3 Canusium-Molfetta. Like a final, for a final. The match between the first and fourth place in the single C series regional championship must have a winner, now game 3 will break the reigning balance between the league leaders Canusium and Pallacanestro Molfetta. The rossoblu had deluded themselves that by winning game -1 (90-63 the final result) they had put the play-off semi-final for the leap into inter-regional Serie B on the right track, but the success of Solimini’s team (79-75) in the game -2 called everything into question. «The winning weapon on Thursday evening was trust – said Andrea Chiriatti in the pre-match -. We’re not the same as race 1, sometimes mistakes are made, but in race 1 we weren’t united. We have shown that we want to play together and defend, we have some important individuals, but defense has been our strength since September.”
The red and whites in Trinitapoli. Third match in seven days, for coach Gesmundo’s team, which in match 3 will face for the fifth time a quintet, that of Canosa in Puglia, which has proved to be an authentic bête noire for the red and whites: Canusium, in fact, he won in the regular season in the first leg (86-80) and also in the second leg, 80-84, imposing himself with an eloquent +27 also in the match that opened the series. Sunday evening, as mentioned, will be the third match in seven days for both teams that Pavimaro is preparing in these few hours «certainly recovering energy: the playing time, in fact, was high during match 2 also due to foul trouble among some. I respect Canusium a lot, which deserved to come first in the rankings, but I think that our worst enemy – said Chiriatti – is ourselves. We are lucky to play games like Sunday’s, in my opinion many would like to play it and this should be honoured.” The appointment with race 3 is for Sunday 5 May at the PalaPertini in Trinitapoli at 7.00 pm.
Sunday 5 May 2024
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