Basketball, quarter-final play-offs for the Scudetto: Pesaro leads Milan to game 4, Sassari flies to 2-1 over Venice

Milan must postpone the appointment with the semifinals of playoffs Of A league Of basketball. Up 2-0, loses game-3 with Pesaro (88-83) and must postpone the discussion to race-4, scheduled for Saturday again in the Marches. Almost always ahead by 6 points until the beginning of the last quarter, Olimpia was surprised by Pesaro’s desire for redemption which, driven by Charalampopoulos, Moretti And Daye they made the pass and flew to 82-74 with 3′ from the end: a gap that Milan was no longer able to fill. In the team of Repesa the top scorers in the end were Tote (16 points), Tambone (13) and the Abdur-Rahkman-Charalampopoulos duo (10 each). Milan’s 24 points weren’t enough Napier and 14 of Melli.

Jones drags Sassari to race-4

In the other quarter Sassarion the other hand, takes advantage of the field factor (80-69) and overturns the series by taking up 2-1 against Venice. Banco di Sardegna made the difference at the start of the second half thanks to an overflow Jones who dragged his teammates to +20 from 41-35 at halftime. Reyer sketched a comeback by recovering at -10 with 8′ from the end with baskets from Mokoka and Tessitori but Bucchi’s men, thanks to a dunk from Dowe and a bomb from Kruslin, ended the contest prematurely. In addition to Jones (15 points), Sassari especially thanks Gentile (14) and Dowe (10). Spissu and Willis’ 15 points each and Tessitori’s double-double (11 points and 10 rebounds) were not needed in Venice. Also in this case race-4 is scheduled for Saturday in Sassari.