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The three days in Faenza for Libertas ends with the PalaCattani celebrating, after having won game 3 at the last minute, they were certainly hoping for a different epilogue. Closing the series would have meant a lot, but that wasn’t the case. There is therefore little point in complaining: game 5 will be played on Wednesday evening and Libertas will have to play a different match if they want to avoid ending their campaign prematurely. In this series, it now seems clear, the one who scores less than the opponent wins; the only time either team crossed the 70-point threshold dates back to Game 1, when LL scored 31 in the first quarter alone. Since match 2, Faenza has taken measures, and the matches are being decided on the details. Akern once again paid dearly for the low percentages. Faenza, for its part, certainly didn’t tear the net, but it dug its furrow thanks to Papa’s triples, not the type of player you expect to break up a game from beyond the arc. The neroverdi had tried to escape already in the second quarter, thanks to Vico and Galassi. But Libertas, after a wet start, broke free by closing at -2 at halftime. Upon returning to the field, Williams supports the basket at 34 all, and Akern even finds the advantage. It could be the moment of the decisive push, but Andreazza’s men continue to not find a stable feeling with the basket. Although the Amaranths won the rebounding contest, shooting 28% from the field makes everything very difficult. At the beginning of the last quarter everything is still to be decided, but at 49-48, with the Livorno attack at a standstill, two triples from Papa make the decisive breakthrough. 7 points, in such a low scoring match, is a good advantage. However, Libertas remains hanging by the thread of hope: at 57-53, Bargnesi’s open triple that would reopen the game goes out on the rim. Siberna and Poggi make it 4/4 from the line, Ricci’s triple 30″ from the siren is only good for the scoreboard. We therefore go to game 5, scheduled for 8.45pm on Wednesday.
Blacks Faenza – Akern Libertas Livorno 61 to 56 (15-12, 19-20, 15-16, 12-8) Blacks Faenza: Giovanni Poggi 13 (4/11, 0/4), Luca Galassi 13 (1/1, 3/5), Jessie Begarin 10 (5/7, 0/3), Francesco Papa 9 (0/1, 3/4), Sebastian Vico 7 (2/10, 1/3), Giacomo Siberna 4 (1/ 2, 0/1), Marco Petrucci 4 (1/3, 0/2), Andrea Pastore 1 (0/1, 0/2), Mitchell Poletti 0 (0/0, 0/0), Pietro Ballarin 0 ( 0/0, 0/0), Moustapha Ndiaye 0 (0/0, 0/0), Giacomo Naccari 0 (0/0, 0/0) Free throws: 12 / 14 – Rebounds: 38 9 + 29 (Giacomo Siberna 11) – Assists: 17 (Andrea Pastore 5) Akern Libertas Livorno: Tommaso Fantoni 12 (3/6, 0/0), Luca Tozzi 11 (3/8, 1/3), Antonello Ricci 9 (0/1, 3 /7), Gregorio Allinei 7 (2/3, 1/6), Leon Williams 7 (2/4, 1/4), Andrea Bargnesi 7 (1/8, 1/5), Francesco Fratto 2 (1/3 , 0/4), Andrea Saccaggi 1 (0/2, 0/2), Dorin Buca 0 (0/1, 0/0), Nicola Vicenzini 0 (0/0, 0/0), Federico Madeo 0 (0 /0, 0/0), Jacopo Lucarelli 0 (0/0, 0/0) Free throws: 11 / 16 – Rebounds: 45 15 + 30 (Luca Tozzi 18) – Assists: 15 (Luca Tozzi, Leon Williams 3)
