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Mens Sana 62-67 Libertas: non bellissimi ma vincenti

Partial: (10-9, 22-26, 35-37, 62-67)

Referees: Bettarini of Florence - Pisa WINNING

The first one is gone ... not exactly great, but it's gone. Against a team very well set up, hard working, Tenice prepared (and very shrewd in the sense that it seemed quite adept at exploiting every opportunity to press our guys without him ever rest) Mens Sana Siena what the success of the opposing camp (and pitch!) might be considered as satisfying, and yet it is not full. Because it was hard, very hard ... too well: you can not fail to stress that at the beginning of the fourth time the two teams were tied and that if the defense of the owners had maintained the momentum expressed until then (especially on our long) things could have been take a rather nasty trend. It will also be true that our defense has eased a bit last quarter 'the guard (so much so that the fourth was the highest number of baskets), often taking time to reposition themselves at the end of offensive and allowing penetration on fast counter-attack with a little 'reactivity would avoid more ... The fact is' that only the broadening of the links in the opposing defense has allowed John to have the minimum necessary room for maneuver under the basket and then finally expand. Giovannone During the early days it had been "marked" to perfection by his antagonist that was shown to limit the damage from our "big guns" ... if you add that Andrew found himself very soon subject to a number of fouls he certainly unusual (if not prevented him from achieving the usual number of baskets - including where a precious 'basket and foul' by 3 points after a triple Siena - have also come to take him on the bench), it is easy to realize the difficulties encountered by our team.

should also be noted that 'James (a dry mouth for the baskets, but fundamental in defense, if only for the two breakthroughs booed the Mens Sana) I' Julie (a few points obtained in risperro attempts. .. I must say that when I asked him why he groped baskets unlikely to persist, I gave an interesting explanation, namely that when you pressed on every side and there's John in the vicinity, you may be less azzardato un tiro - per l'eventuale recupero su rimbalzo - che un tentativo di passaggio) riuscivano a procurarsi valide occasioni di segnare e lo stesso può dirsi di Simone, autore di buoni canestri ma comunque in numero inferiore ai suoi "standard": se pertanto in fase difensiva le cose funzionavano piuttosto bene, in attacco si riusciva ad incidere poco.
La Libertas però si dimostrava nuovamente Squadra con la S maiuscola, con elementi in grado di compensare le lacune... Marco (in fase di conferma di una ritrovata determinazione) e un Nazareno "risorto" (nessuna intenzione blasfema!) e in stato di grazia, si rivelavano infatti pericolosissimi per i mensanini, colpendo ripetutamente il bersaglio. Then, when the fatigue began to be felt and opposing defenses are a little 'loose, John did not miss the opportunity to put his seal the game. In the last seconds and now a result he felt suddenly acquired Libertas inclined all'elargizione gifts and reward the opponents (even combative, them) a set of 3 baskets with a minimum of foresight that could easily be avoided.

Now will the derby against Don Bosco returning victorious from a tough duel against the tenacious Montecatini to tell us what the real possibilities of gialloblù access to the playoffs for the Interregional. This is likely to a very interesting game, not only for the carica agonistica insita in ogni derby, ma sopratutto per l'importanza del risutato in prospettiva futura.