Trieste defeats Turin (83-76) in the first match of the first round of the playoffs, the club and the coach have repeated like a mantra throughout the season “only the playoffs count” ultimately it is an incontrovertible reality, but we had to see how we got there to the playoffs.
Now it seems like the kids are doing enough well physicallyof course we have to see them again on Tuesday, though some tactical situations have improvedfor example we didn’t give in at the end as happened many times in the regular season.
Certain Torino wasn’t in great shapethe injured players (read De Vico and Kennedy) paid their price, the crowd wasn’t exactly up to the level of a playoff match, but having said that Pallacanestro Trieste won with authorityespecially in the third quarter when Torino put their head forward, they didn’t disunite, they came together and took it home.
The first half was incredible where we saw two games in one: the first quarter ended 28 to 18 with a crazy 50% from three points, shooting 23 times against 14 in Turin and ending it with only one turnover. In the second quarter we were a different team, we lost the partial 27 to 13 despite shooting 13 times against Turin’s 15. The percentages were reversed (us from three points 1 out of 8, just over 12%) while they produced 5 out of 9 in the bombs, more than 50% and the prospects for the second half became worrying, moreover I found some of the coach’s changes difficult to understand, but then Jamion Christian found good intuitions and didn’t make a mistake.
Won with authority, I was saying, although the final percentages were not exciting (55% from two points and 33% from three points and 73% from free throws, but we shot a lot).
The victory propitiated her a great Brooks with 27 points (exactly 1/3 of those of the entire team) in less than 29 minutes even if the boy plays a lot on his own, constructs triples off the dribble and penetrates quickly, a solution that produced 10 free throws ( 8 made). Filloy old bastard it wasn’t very precise, but the triple from mid-court at the end of the third quarter and the following one on the scoreboard were enthralling. Reyes played an excellent matcheven if when he dribbles he gets shivers and there is always a suspense about his physical condition. Ruzzier provided 9 assiststhe best ones, however, were not counted because they were not converted into a basket by their teammates, too bad the lack of precision in the long-range shot.
From these comments it is clear that the game was played by the guards plus Reyes, who also played for a long time as a “three” while the big men were little involved also because they were very well marked.
After such a convincing victory, I have to note that we continue to exaggerate in long range shooting I have seen discharges when other solutions seemed better, but this is the connotation of our team and we must accept it (at least until the ball pierces the retina).
Now comes game 2, it won’t be easy but we can double this result, it would be putting a serious threat on progressing to the next round.
VITTORIO LEONE
