Italian League, Regular Season, Game 33: May 2, 2012 - Italy

June 20, 2013

Italian League, Regular Season, Game 33: May 2, 2012

Canadian Solar Bologna toppled Italian League leader Montepaschi Siena 69-78, while nearest rivals Bennet Cantu and EA7 Emprio Armani Milano both won to narrow the gap atop the table. However, Siena holds a two-game lead over the second-place teams with one game to go, assuring the leader a first-place finish. In the event of a two-way tie for second, Cantu holds the tie-breaker in its head-to-head matchup with Milan. Bologna got 21 points from Chris Douglas, 19 from Petteri Koponen and 16 along with 15 rebounds from Viktor Sanikidze to beat Siena 69-78, as the visitors’ outrebounded the hosts 45-25. Ksistof Lavrinovic paced the losers with 17 points, Bo McCalebb scored 12 and Rimantas Kaukenas added 11. Siena managed to cut a 53-73 deficit to begin the last quarter, but came up short. Bologna won its fourth in a row and climbed to 19-12, tied for fourth place with Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro and Banco di Sardegna Sassari. Bennet Cantu had an easy time of it against Fasbi Shoes Montegranaro, winning 81-63. Doron Perkins led the way with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, while Gianluca Basile added 14. Milan took its seventh win in a row, ousting Benetton Treviso 76-84, as Omar Cook racked up 23 points and 6 assists, Ioannis Bourousis netted 22 and Alessandro Gentile added 13 for the winners. Milano ran up a 19-28 first quarter lead, but Treviso fought back to 41-45 at halftime. The hosts got as close as 64-66 in the third quarter, but Milan opened up the lead again in the final minutes. Jeff Viggiano tallied 18 points and Benjamin Ortner 17 in a losing effort. Sardegna downed Umana Venezia 81-74 as Travis Diener and Vanja Plisnic scored16 points apiece and Pesaro edged Acea Roma 82-75 behind James White’s 25 points. Taquan Dean beat the buzzer from downtown to give Sidigas Avellino a 78-77 won over Cimberio Varese. Linton Johnson led the winners with 18 points and 18 boards. In other games Banca Tercas Teramo tripped up Novipiù Casale Monferrato 83-77, while Angelico Biella took a slim 88-84 win over Otto Caserta.

LAST GAME GAME 33 May 2, 2012
Day	Match	Result
May 2	Banco Sardegna vs. Umana Venezia	81-74
May 2	Benetton Basket vs. EA7 Armani	76-84
May 2	Sidigas Avellino vs. Cimberio Varese	78-77
May 2	Montepaschi vs. Canadian Solar	69-78
May 2	Scavolini Siviglia vs. Acea Roma	82-75
May 2	Angelico Biella vs. Otto Caserta	88-84
May 2	Bennet Cantù vs. Fabi Shoes	81-63
May 2	Banca Tercas vs. Novipiù Casale	83-77

NEXT GAME GAME 34 May 6, 2012
Day	Match
May 6	Novipiù Casale vs. Scavolini Siviglia
May 6	Canadian Solar vs. Bennet Cantù
May 6	Vanoli Braga vs. Benetton Basket
May 6	Umana Venezia vs. Sidigas Avellino
May 6	Otto Caserta vs. Banco Sardegna
May 6	Fabi Shoes vs. Montepaschi
May 6	EA7 Armani vs. Angelico Biella
May 6	Cimberio Varese vs. Banca Tercas

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Montepaschi Siena	31	23	8	2526	2251
2	Bennet Cantù	31	21	10	2318	2171
3	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	31	21	10	2435	2282
4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	31	19	12	2486	2425
5	Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro	31	19	12	2341	2319
6	Canadian Solar Bologna	31	19	12	2348	2313
7	Umana Venezia	31	17	14	2385	2341
8	Cimberio Varese	31	16	15	2346	2307
9	Sidigas Avellino	31	14	17	2385	2516
10	Angelico Biella	31	13	18	2377	2406
11	Benetton Treviso	31	13	18	2321	2409
12	Vanoli Braga Cremona	31	13	18	2265	2380
13	Acea Roma	32	13	19	2519	2602
14	Banca Tercas Teramo	31	12	19	2295	2405
15	Fabi Shoes Montegranaro	31	12	19	2425	2475
16	Otto Caserta	31	12	19	2410	2481
17	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	31	7	24	2271	2370