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Mascolo sinks Rome, relief Bertram

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A dunk of the play decides game-1 of the semifinal with the guests almost always ahead but overcome in the final

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Ball to Mascolo, penetration and dunk for the best possible finish. Under one point 34 ”from the end, the Neapolitan play decided game 1 with the Eurobasket Roma, puncturing the defense and finding the undisturbed way to the iron. Bertram beats 67-66 an orderly Roma that leads the match led by its longs to the end. Mvp Mascolo with 19 points supported by Cannon’s double double (16 points, 11 rebounds).

The return of the fans

It cannot be the PalaOltrepo of great occasions, but the five hundred spectators allowed bring back an air of almost normalcy after more than a year without an audience. Outside, everything takes place in an orderly manner, with volunteers and stewards from the Tortona society monitoring the passage and indicating access. The glance is patchy, but the limited supporters make themselves heard already from the pre-match when the speaker announces the players. The cry “Lions! Leoni ”that the players missed so much gets up after Fabi’s first bomb. With Olasewere and Magro (both in double figures after the first half), Roma is a tough nut to crack. Sanders and Mascolo raise the intensity, Gazzotti asserts himself under the basket with several second possessions, but the game remains balanced after the first period (18-17 for Rome).

A tough nut to crack

Eurobasket does not have big names, but it is compact, relies on Olasewere’s physicality and varies many defenses to take away the pace. The former Viglianisi scores from the long shot, but it is the pair of long Romans who continue to be a problem for the Lions: Skinny for the presence, Olasewere because he does so many things by moving the defense. The eight-meter Cannon bomb and the American’s stubborn basket, which tears two rebounds before scoring, blows up the building with the Lions ahead 35-33 at the long siren. The Eurobasket continues with the zone and manages to move forward 41-39. The race becomes more and more physical, the lights are focused on the Cannon-Magro duel that lights up in the painting. The balance remains throughout the quarter (46-46), with the attacks leaving room for defenses until the end of the match. The first chapter of the challenge is decided in the last 10 ‘. With two bombs from the former Cepic, Rome tries the shoulder (10-3) that is stitched up by Sanders and Mascolo. The game has a low score: the Tortona attack goes out and when there are three minutes left the Lions have to chase (55-62). Too hasty choices lead Tortona to bad shots, Bucarelli scores in penetration in the third offensive possession, but Tavernelli scores 5 consecutive points (65-66) and everything is decided in the last 34 ”. Magro’s infraction of footsteps gives the Lions the last chance, then ends in the most spectacular way possible: Mascolo’s penetration with a dunk.

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Silver Scoreboard (semifinals): Turin – Verona 95-83, Tortona- Rome 67-66. –

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