Jesi – Livorno wins race-1 in the semifinal series, but the General Contractor And Viva, struggleand will continue to fight together with us.
Basketball battle it had to be, and expectations were largely maintained. In front of the audience of PalaMacchianumerous, hot but fair, the two teams faced each other without no shotsdemonstrating, if necessary, that he fully deserves to play for the stakes.
Libertas And Academy two diametrically opposed teams. The hosts seem like a tank: very long rotations and physicality at times overflowing. Jesi, artillery of quality but lightfocus onorganization and talent. The first round is won by them amaranthafter sweating all the wearable shirtsand a General Contractor leathery it can even bite your elbows. The overall figure is emblematic rebounds: 54-29.
Jesi’s aggressive, zonal, elongated defenses have often been folded from double, if not triple Livorno possessions (they are 17 offensive catches for Bro and company). Inevitably the people of Jesi also pay for the painful evening Lacezero points scored and a plus/minus of -20 (ready to bet that Daniel will be able to make up for it as per his own) and the power is only turned on intermittently for Marullimoreover targeted by gray t-shirtsfor no apparent reason.
Despite these objective data, which also had considerable weight, the balance was broken by details. Such as the initial partial of 13-6 for Libertas, which forced the General Contractor in pursuit constant, resilient yes, but in the long run exhausting.
Livorno maintains the momentum of the match with experience and musclesgoing to the long interval on the 46-38. A technician a coach Ghizzinardi before the siren it already sounds like a joke.
When the game resumes the canvas doesn’t seem to change but the fourth premature foul by Tiberti addresses the challenge, imposing a complication Almost insurmountable for the blue and white. Libertas takes advantage of this and extends their lead, but woe betide you to end a game early with this General Contractor, who brings out the best in difficulties. The energies are in the lightbut Valentini and his teammates believe in the comeback, built brick by brick. Bruno he finds the baskets that made him indispensable, but in the moment of maximum effort the refereeing couple sanctions in series Marulli with a technical and an offensive foul. Libertas will barely score 5 points in the last fraction, but she is too experienced to miss the opportunity to take the lead.
Just the thought that teams have just 48 hours to recover the necessary physical and mental energy it may seem utopianbut the law of playoffs is sovereign: tomorrow, Tuesday 21 Maywe return to parquetstill in Tuscany.
They will serve strong heart and nervesfor this reason we are convinced that, whatever happensthe General Contractor will respond again present.
The scoreboard
Akern Libertas Livorno 69
General Contractor Jesi 60
(21-15; 25-23; 18-9; 5-13)
Akern Libertas Livorno Saccaggi 8, Fratto 4, Williams 10, Ricci 13, Fantoni 10, Tozzi 8, Hole 2, Lucarelli 11, Bargnesi 3, Allinei. All. Andreazza
General Contractor Jesi Bruno 12, Merletto, Varaschin 5, Tiberti, Rossi 8, Casagrande 10, Marulli 10, Valentini 4. All. Ghizzinardi
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