By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Pushing Virtus Segafredo Bologna off the top of the LBA UnipolSai, Dinamo Banco dis Sardegna Sassari defeated the team coached by Dusko Ivanovic, 76-68, in PalaSerradimigni on Sunday.
An illness forced Daniel Hackett to miss the Round 17 fixture, besides Will Clyburn and Ante Zizic stuck to the injury list. Among the available players, Marco Belinelli and Rayjon Tucker shared a team-high 13 points. Chasing the hosts throughout the 40 minutes, Vu Nere was forced down to 12-5.
Far from the leading teams, Sassari jumped to 7-10, three games away from the seeds leading to the Playoffs. Brian Fobbs and Eimantas Bendzius scored 16 points each, and Miralem Halilovic posted a 10-point, 12-rebound double-double in the Round 17 contest.
Earlier in Unipol Forum, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan prevailed, 87-74, over Trieste and improved to 11-6 in the Regular Season of the Italian League. Among six players scoring in double-digits, Shavon Shields put up 17 points. Fabien Causeur, Ousmane Diop, Nikola Mirotic, and Josh Nebo remained out for the team coached by Ettore Messina.
Miro Bilan posted a 27-point, 16-rebound double-double lifting Germani Brescia to a road win, 118-77, against Openjobmetis Varese. A new personal best in points for the 35-year-old Croatian center in the 2024-25 campaign led his side to 13-4. Trapani Shark destroying Estra Pistoia, 104-60, improved to 13-4 on Saturday. Going to 13-4 on Sunday, Dolomiti Energia Trento beat Umana Reyer Venice, 74-70, in Palasport Taliercio.
LBA Round 17
Bertram Derthona Tortona – UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 67-69
Openjobmetis Varese -Germani Brescia 77-118
NutriBullet Treviso – Napoli 78-90
Trapani Shark – Estra Pistoia 104-60
Vanoli Cremona – Givova Scafati 88-85 OT (74-74)
Umana Reyer Venice – Dolomiti Energia Trento 70-74
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan – Trieste 87-74
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari – Virtus Segafredo Bologna 76-68
STANDINGS: Trapani Shark 26 (13-4), Germani Brescia 26 (13-4), Dolomiti Energia Trento 26 (13-4), Virtus Segafredo Bologna 24 (12-5), EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 22 (11-6)…
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