Venice, Trento and Brescia seek ready redemption after the debut knockout – OA Sport
Second week of EuroCup 2022-2023 basketball, and it is already time for redemption for the Italian teams involved in the continental competition just behind the Euroleague in importance. Our color holders – Umana Reyer Venice, Dolomiti Energia Trentino and Germani Brescia – will be engaged between tomorrow and Wednesday evening for the second day of regular seasonwith two home matches (for Venice and Brescia) and one away match (for Trento).
The first to take the field will be the gold-grenade, which at the Taliercio in Mestre the French of JL Mindicelice Bourge-en-Bresse (20:00). The two teams had already been included in the same group last season, with the balance of one victory on each side (Veneto success in the first leg in France and the transalpines in the Lagoon in the return leg). The team of Walter De Raffaele certainly wants to cancel the knockout remedied in the sprint for 80-81 against the Germans of Ratiopharm Ulm on the first day of this year, despite the 19 points of an unleashed Allerick Freeman and 12 of Amedeo Tessitori. The Livorno coach will entrust the keys to the game to the Sardinian playmaker Marco Spissu, who seems to be well integrated into the Venetian environment at the start of the season. Lending a hand will also be Mitchell Watt, who in his first European outing closed with 10 points on the scoresheet. Bourge-en-Bresse immediately scored a victory against the Romanians of Cluj-Napoca (88-85) in this EuroCup, thanks to the 17 points of the best attacking terminal, James Palmer Jr. Also to be kept under observation Jordan Floyd, US guard capable of scoring 41 points in his debut in Pro A (top French Serie A). Under the iron, Isiah Mike and Pierre Pelos (author of the decisive triple in the successor against Cluj) will certainly battle, while the 2001-class attacking midfielder Hugo Benitez is ready to take over from the bench.
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The Dolomiti Energia Trentino, on the other hand, flies to London to face the London Lions tomorrow evening at 20:30. Coach Lele Molin’s team tries to come out with full spoils from the match across the Channel against the English, after losing 76-89 against the Greeks of Promitheas Patrasso (Greece) on the first day. L’Aquila tries to reverse the negative trend that has lasted since last year, when in the EuroCup there was only one success conquered by Diego Flaccadori and his companions throughout the regular season. To keep morale high will be above all the former Bayern Munich attacking midfielder and above all Matteo Spagnolo. The young blue star, in fact, scored 18 points with a 27 rating (career for him in this statistical item). A good encouragement for a player with great prospects, especially for the future. Ready to arm the arm from any position Andrejs Graziulis, winner of the match against Openjobmetis in the Championship yesterday (91-94 in overtime). The London Lions are instead at their first participation in the EuroCup, remedying an away knockout against Hapoel Tel Aviv for 76-59 (24-13 of the first quarter partial for the Israelis decisive). The English roster is still under construction, with the most experienced player being the American Kosta Koufoswho also played in the NBA between Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies. The Croatian Tomislav Zubcic, a winger capable of scoring 21 points in the negative away match in Tel Aviv, was also particularly insidious. The guard department also includes Tarik Phillip, formerly of Reyer Venezia.
Wednesday 19 October, at 20:30, the PalaLeonessa of Brescia will meet again the EuroCup for the challenge between the Germans and the Ukrainians of Prometey Slobozhanske. The Lombards have inaugurated the European campaign with a away defeat for 80-63 against the Spaniards of Joventut Badalona, despite the excellent performance of the Italian duo made up of Amedeo Della Valle and John Petrucelli (26 points in two, thirteen each). Also good the performance of Troy Cupain, author of 11 points in the match on Spanish soil, and the now veteran Kenny Gabriel (who touched the double figures with 9 points). Two victories in three days in the Championship for the group under Alessandro Magro, who on Sunday bent Scafati’s resistance only to overtime (83-82). A different story for Prometey, who started the continental season with an 82-71 home win against Lithuanian Lietkabelis (Virtus Bologna opponents in last season’s round of 16). The Ukrainians are led on the bench by the experienced coach Ronan Ginzburg (Technical Commissioner of the Czech Republic) and on the field by the Canadian playmaker Caleb Agadacapable of triggering at any time on the break the comrades come DJ Stephens and DJ Kennedy. The main gun in the victory a week ago was Gian Clavell – a Puerto Rican guard who also appeared in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks – with 20 points and an 11/12 on free throws. Finally, the Ukrainian bloc made up of Issuf Sanon, Illia Sydorov, Ivan Tkachenko should not be underestimated.
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