Germani did her duty, returning to winning by a large margin – without Petrucelli, who is still resting as a precaution – against Brindisi (already relegated) 94-75 in a PalaleonessaA2A which brought over 4600 spectators despite a match that was only an appetizer of what we will see in a week, when the highly anticipated championship play-offs begin. In the last round, Brescia’s final position had to be decided after 30 days which saw them almost always in the lead before the final decline, which coincided with defeats in Cremona and Milan in the last matches.
By a whisker, second place slipped away: Cremona needed a victory in the Lombard derby, against Olimpia, but with one second remaining a “bomb” from Melli allowed the Italian champions to win with a one-point margin. Brescia therefore finished in third place, with 21 victories and 9 defeats: in the quarter-finals they will face Pistoia (in all probability, game 1 and game 2 at Palaleonessa will be on Sunday 14th and Tuesday 16th, then in Tuscany on Friday 19th the third game and the possible fourth on Sunday 21st) with the advantage of the home field factor, in the possible semi-final the clash will then be with Milan or Trento and, if the Scarpette Rosse were to respect the prediction, only the third match within friendly walls would be guaranteed.
On the other side of the board, however, Bologna (first) will challenge Tortona (eighth) and Venice (fourth) will face Reggio Emilia (fifth).
