Extract Pistoiafresh from the success in Trento which earned it the arithmetic qualification for the LBA Playoff UnipolSai 2024, hosts theOpenjobmetis Varese, which comes from the home defeat against Treviso which allowed them, however, to achieve salvation. The two teams have already faced each other at the start of the season, in the postponed matchday 1 on Wednesday 4 October 2023, when Openjobmetis won 83-82 with 16 points (and the decisive free throw) by Moretti. Where to see it: Sunday 5 May 2024 at 6.15pm, DAZN. Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Gabriele Bettini, Marco Catani.
Pistoia vs Varese, live
1Q – Triple by Mannion and 1/2 by Brown on the line for Varese 0-4 after 1′. Varnado shortens in the 2nd minute, Mannion extends but Ogbeide scores 4-6 in the 3rd minute. Five points from McDermott put Varese on +7. Wheatle scores two free throws, but Openjobmetis scores a 0-4 which is immediately stopped by Willis’ bomb with 4’56”. Ogbeide with a free throw and Moore bring Pistoia to -3. Varnado supports the 14-16 after Besson’s free throw, but the 0-8 with triples from Moretti and Brown hurt Brienza 14-24 with 2 minutes in which Varnado scores 16-24.
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– Previous. There are 14 precedents between the clubs, which have only faced each other in the regular season and with Varese ahead 8-6. Pistoia lost at home against the Lombards only on one occasion, on 3 May 2015 (87-103). This is the only precedent between the two coaches Nicola Brienza and Tom Bialaszewski.
– Those who are absent. In the Openjobmetis Varese Matteo Librizzi is out due to a recurrence of the dislocation of his left shoulder.
– The exes of the race. In Openjobmetis Varese Davide Moretti played in the Pistoia youth team in the 2014/15 season, the club with which he made his Serie A debut.
