To the PalaMaggetti of Roseto begins a series of the highest level: Fabriano meets Lyofilchem for the second consecutive year in a playoff semifinal. The blue and whites, fresh from three consecutive victories against Montecatini, are preparing to face the first force of Group B, a battleship that boasts several superior caliber elements in its roster and one of the candidates for promotion.
The match, unfortunately, begins with one of those scenes that you don’t want to see: the ex Janus, Andrea Petracca, collapses to the ground after a power stop in the middle of the blue and white area, holding his left knee; exactly one year earlier, on 19 May 2023, Andrea suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in Game 3 against Roseto, a truly mocking fate. After an initial balance, Fabrianus try to give a shock at the challenge with GnecchiAnd One hundred years (14-19), Roseto shortens with Donadoni, Before That Giombiniend the first half with a score of 18-21.
The cards on the table change in the second period: Roseto completely takes away the rhythm from the match Refreshmentwho is no longer able to construct clean and organized shots, while on the other side of the pitch the two giants Mantzaris And Santiangeli they burn the retina (9 and 10 points from 10′ to 20′). The partial (14-4) is detrimental for the coach’s boys Niccolaiwhich despite the necessary time-out continue to suffer from overflowing Lyofilchem. After e.gevening Also down by 16, Fabriano returns to the locker room with the score at 45-33.
Upon returning to the parquet, the situation is almost the same, Roseto taking charge and Fabriano chasing, trying to snag a few points from a team that seems infallible and is traveling at a very high pace. MantzarisAnd Klyuchnyk they do the good and bad weather in attack, Janus tries to respond with Bedin And Gnecchi. Some positive signs arrive at the end of the third quarter, when the players reach -6 before the dunk Thioune which is worth 65-57 after 30′.
In the last period the truth has come out Janus, hungry and determined; the blue and whites, led by a fantastic Gnecchi (13 points of the 23 total from 30′ to 40′), they increasingly close the gap, finding continuity in defense and improving offensive percentages. Race 1 is still to be defined when exactly Gnecchi makes the free throw of -2, the Refreshment recovers the ball in the next possession and has the ball for the draw/victory on the offensive throw-in: the attack bears no fruit, Roseto wins the battle. Nothing is lost, head straight to Race 2 on Tuesday at 8.45pm.
Lyofilchem Rose garden – Refreshment Fabriano 87-83 (18-21, 27-12, 20-24, 22-26)
Lyofilchem Rose garden: Vangelis Mantzaris 21 (2/3, 3/7), Mark Santiangeli 18 (2/2, 3/8), Dimitri Klyuchnyk 16 (6/9, 0/1), Alessio Donadoni 11 (4/4, 1/2), Vincenzo Guaiana 8 (2/5, 0/2), Giordano Durante 6 (1/4, 1/2), Elhadji Thioune4 (2/2, 0/0), Georges Tamani 3 (1/1, 0/0), Andrea Petracca 0 (0/0, 0/0), Ousmane Maiga 0 (0/0, 0/0), Antonio Marcucci 0 (0/0, 0/0), Brian Dervishes 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 23 / 27 – Rebounds: 25 3 + 22 (Vangelis Mantzaris 7) – Assists: 18 (Alessio Donadoni 5)
Refreshment Fabriano: Francis Gnecchi 23 (3/5, 3/4), Simone One hundred years 17 (1/2, 3/8), Nicolas Stanic 11 (2/5, 1/6), Alberto Bedin 10 (4/4, 0/0), Yannick Giombini 9 (3/4, 1/1), Matteo Negri 7 (1/3, 1/4), Patrizio Verri 4 (1/1, 0/1), Paolo Bandini 2 (1/1, 0/1), Vlatko Granic 0 (0/0, 0/1), Samuel florentine Nkotnkot 0 (0/0, 0/0), Samuele Romagnoli 0 (0/0, 0/0), Alex Carsetti 0 (0/0, 0/0)
Free throws: 24 / 31 – Rebounds: 29 7 + 22 (Alberto Bedin 7) – Assists: 9 (Nicolas Stanic 4)
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