VENICE
83
REGGIO EMILIA
75
UMANA REYER VENEZIA: Spissu 18 (2/5, 3/5), Tucker 10 (3/5, 0/2), Casarin 8 (2/2, 1/2), Simms 3 (0/2, 1/4 ), Kabengele 15 (5/7); Parks 6 (0/1), Heidegger 9 (0/3, 3/6), De Nicolao (0/1), Brooks, Wiltjer 10 (1/3, 2/3), Tessitori 4 (1/2). Ne: Janelidze. All.: Spahija.
UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA: Weber 9 (4/6, 0/1), Galloway 26 (2/3, 5/10), Vitali 2 (1/1, 0/2), Atkins (0/1, 0/5) , Black 8 (4/4); Smith 5 (0/3, 1/5), Grant 7 (2/3, 1/3), Uglietti 9 (2/4, 1/2), Chillo 9 (0/1, 3/4), Faye. Ne: Bonaretti, Cipolla. All.: Priftis.
Referees: Lanzarini, Giovannetti, Gonnella. (23-16, 43-29; 64-45)
Notes Tl: Fri 21/30 Reg 12/21. Refund: Fri 38 (Kabengele 8) Reg 35 (Faye 6). Meeting: Fri 21 (Spissu 8) Reg 16 (Smith 4).
Pallacanestro Reggiana does not grant an encore and sinks into the lagoon, leaving game 2 to Reyer who impacts the series (1-1). The match was for long stretches a monologue between the opponents, but the red and whites contributed substantially to this epilogue, playing a horrible first half, with 14 turnovers. Unacceptable if you want to win at this level. On the final straight, Galloway’s competitive trance gave the illusion of a comeback (78-73 with 39″ to go) which however did not materialise. The burden of the first 20′ (together with the 12/21 in free throws) was turned out to be too heavy. Well done to Venice in resetting after Saturday’s blowout, but the impression is that Unahotels is absolutely not inferior. On the contrary, the Venetians had a proud reaction yesterday, however revealing the usual limitations (the absence of a true leader) combined with a certain nervousness of his protagonists. Coach Spahija first had a heated discussion with Molin and then had a blatant argument with Tucker. Big words flew between the coach and the player, even if it happened afterwards a hug for the camera during a time-out. Goodness, the history of sport is full of teams that didn’t go to dinner together, but won on the pitch anyway, but at the moment Unahotels seems to be able to count on a more collective team. compact and a more cohesive environment. And it must exploit this advantage. Reggio, as mentioned, started badly, with 5 turnovers in the first 5 minutes and found themselves down 7 (13-6) with Priftis forced to immediately use time-outs to prevent the game from being immediately compromised. At 27′ Unahotels were at -21 (61-40) and got to -5: more with Galloway’s talent than with clarity. Now, however, Reggio will have two ‘match balls’ to close the series in front of their fans. We start on Thursday at 8pm and then continue on Saturday, most likely at 8.45pm, awaiting the official announcement from Legabasket which will arrive in these hours.
