Cinciarini surpasses Pozzecco: he is the best assist man in the history of Serie A

Andrea Cinciarini is in the history of Italian basketball. During the first quarter of the match against Dinamo Sassari, the point guard ofUNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia became the best assist-man in the history of A league. The one served to Hopkins for 10-14 is his assist number 1773 in the top division, one more than the previous record of the current blue coach Gianmarco Pozzecco.

The assist has become art for the 36-year-old “Cincia”, a career spent above all between Montegranaro, Cantù, Reggio Emilia, Olimpia Milano (2015-2021) and Reggio again. Cinciarini is by far the best assist man in the current championship (10.9 assists per game, second in this ranking is Julyan Stone, 7.1). By Cinciarini, shared with Luca Vitali, is also the all-time record for assists in a single game in the top flight, 18, centered during last season against Cremona. In this championship Cinciarini has reached 15 three times against Pesaro, Venice and Naples. His five of the best six performances in the specialty of the 2022-2023 season. After the decisive pass for Hopkinsthe Cincia was celebrated by the whole PalaBigi, all standing: the race was stopped for a minute, to allow the right tribute to the Emilian number 20. However, the final result did not smile at UNAHOTELS, clearly bent 99-74 by Sassari and sadly alone in last place. Cinciarini still signed 13 assists, as well as 11 points and 6 rebounds in 31 minutes on the field.