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4′ Extraordinary play by Nikolic who finds two very difficult points and the foul that leads to the extra free throw. 65-52. Free scored and 66-52.
4′ Ikangi from two.
3′ Hickey from three! Race closed virtually. 63-50.
2′ De Laurentiis finds the scoreboard under the basket.
2′ Moraschini comes in for Burns who explodes the building with a dunk.
2′ Great action built by Alibegovic and Caroti with a series of passes and the 7 from beyond the arc is unforgiving. 61-48.
1′ Nikolic from the corner! There’s no game tonight. 59-45.
1′ We start again.
THE THIRD QUARTER ALSO ENDS HERE! CANTU’ AHEAD OF UDINE 56-45
10′ Technical foul called against Bucarelli for “flopping” (simulation ed.). Udine possess and free throw scored by Alibegovic.
10′ De Laurentiis scores two points. 56-44.
9′ Alibegovic responds by positioning himself in the corner on Udine’s next action and making no mistakes from three. 56-42.
9′ De Laurentiis loses the rebound fight with Young and Berdini punishes.
8′ Berdini’s free throw: 0/2.
8′ Alibegovic! First basket for Mirza from the arc. 53-39.
7′ Carrots in for Cannon who finds two points. 53-36.
7′ Monstrous hickey in penetration, manages to evade the interception attempt by Monaldi and Da Ros.
6′ Gaspardo manages to find space inside the area and puts it in. 51-34.
6′ Great maneuver by Cantù with Bucarelli who after a series of passes from the corner shoots from three.
5′ Ball lost too superficially by Caroti, Cantù starts again with three men on the counterattack, also playing on the velvet until 7 himself commits his third foul and sends Burns to the line. 1/2 and 48-32.
4′ Young vs Cannon wins the duel. 47-32.
4′ Caroti finds Ikangi in the corner who shoots the triple. 45-32.
3′ Cannon! He plays well with his pivot foot and scores. 45-29.
3′ Udine’s defense sleeps, Hickey serves as a rebound for Young’s cut which easily passes the basket. 45-27 and timeout called by coach Vertemati.
2′ Baldi Rossi from three! Cantù tries to escape. 43-27.
1′ We start again with a ball lost by Monaldi and Hickey who punishes on the counterattack. 40-27.
THE SECOND QUARTER ALSO ENDS HERE. TEAMS AT LONG RANGE AT 38-27
10′ Hickey in mid-range away. 38-27.
9′ Two shooting errors by Udine who tried to shorten. Now Cantù tries to pass the time.
8′ Da Ros responds immediately from the arc. 36-27.
8′ Baldi Rossi invents a spell on Moraschini who fires a triple at the siren. 36-24.
7′ Cannon exploits physical contact with Young and scores two points with a hook with his right hand. 33-24.
7′ Attacking foul by Young breaking through on Monaldi, Udine possession.
6′ Bucarelli! 4/4 from the arch. 33-22.
5′ Monaldi from three! Udine is alive. 30-22.
5′ Nikolic was lucky to take advantage of a rebound and score from two. 30-19.
5′ Monaldi comes in for Cannon who crushes with two hands. 28-19.
4′ Cantù graces Udine with several shooting errors. Foul by Bucarelli on Caroti and timeout called by coach Cagnardi.
3′ Caroti goes to the line after the foul suffered: 2/2 and 28-17.
3′ Ball lost by Gaspardo, Cantù punishes on the counterattack with a triple from Gaspardo. 28-15.
2′ Gaspardo fights to the basket and after two attempts manages to score two points. 25-15.
1′ Alley-oop Moraschini-Nikolic after the ball recovered by Cantù. 25-13.
1′ We start again.
THE FIRST QUARTER ENDS! CANTU’ AVANTI 23-13 ABOUT UDINE
10′ Foul by Cannon on Moraschini who scores 2/2 with free throws.
10′ Berdini’s passing infringement, Apu possession.
9′ Foul by Hickey on Caroti who goes to the line: 2/2. 21-13.
9′ Step-back by Burns on De Laurentiis. 21-11.
9′ Super action by Ikangi who eludes Moraschini with a fake and then penetrates between the two and finds the basket with his right hand.
8′ Moraschini sees Young coming out and shoots a triple from the perimeter. 19-9.
7′ Hickey in for Burns who cuts out Da Ros and scores two points. 16-9.
7′ On fire Bucarelli! Third consecutive triple of 21. 14-9 and timeout called by coach Vertemati.
6′ Alibegovic comes in for Caroti who manages to find the rim in penetration and two points. 11-9.
6′ Hickey still in possession, Bucarelli comes out of the blocks well and shoots the triple. 11-7.
5′ Cannon messes up and fights under the basket, finding the scoreboard. 8-7.
4′ Hickey attacks and unloads for Bucarelli who scores from three. 8-5.
4′ Young tries an alley-oop for Hickey who manages to put it in. 5-5.
3′ Cannon in the low post sees Arletti outside the area who makes no mistake from three.
3′ Hickey inside for Nikolic who finds the scoreboard under the basket in reverse.
3′ Fight under the basket between Cannon and Young with Cantù’s 33 who commits a foul and sends the Juventus player to free throws. 2/2 and 1-2.
2′ Foul by Gaspardo on Baldi Rossi who scores 1/2 on the line.
1′ First minute with many errors, match on the same lines as Game 1.
1′ Off we go!
Everything is ready for Game 2 between Pallacanestro Cantù and Apu Udine. The Bianconeri will try to equalize the series after the home team’s success in the first act 64-61. Coach Vertemati will still not have Jason Clark available, struggling with a calf injury. The Friulians will try to improve the percentage from three to try to reverse the trend of the match.
