No eighth wonder for Germani. Flop in Treviso. And first place now falters

After seven consecutive victories, the race of the Brescia basketball. In the next few hours, against Cremona, Trento could once again return to +2 at the top of the standings, without ruining the patron's winter title dream Mauro Ferrari forty minutes from the end of the first half of the season.

But it's still another night to remember for the men of Pepe Poet, down by 16 points against a team that was playing its last cards for the Final Eight in Turin after the defeat with Olimpia Milano, but recovered in a science fiction ending with two triples by Burnell and two by Della Valle in the space of a few seconds. Frank Vitucci, home coach, attacked the referees for the expulsion of Ky Bowman (pictured with Ivanovic).

"We deserved to win by a bigger margin, too many whistles from the protagonists", but the essence is that it was a bomb from Harrison that guaranteed the new +4 for Veneto with just over a minute to play, and that Ivanovic fired the winning shot against the backboard at the buzzer after a possession that wasn't managed at its best.

Here, a team of instinctive nature lacks a bit of clarity, as does the presence of Miro Bilan, who on a key possession fails to read the attack and goes to the basket in the third period, then blocked by Paulicup, granting the throw-in to the opponents.

And now let's move on to the numbers, where one shines Amedeo Della Valle 25 points, 3 in the first half, with 7/10 from 3. Following, a 20-point Ivanovic with 8/8 from the line and 8 assists. As mentioned, an evening not to remember for the Croatian center, 8 points and 11 rebounds with 2/8 shooting. Noteworthy is the 45-33 rebounds for the home team, of which 16 offensive, and the 11 turnovers of the Brescians. These are two factors that condemn Poeta's team beyond the incidents, together with the 4 of Rivers and a Burnell who is a factor only in the final of the game. Last day Saturday 11 January against Trento. At the Palaleonessa a success will be needed to take a historic winter title. Nothing is lost.

TREVISO BASKETBALL-BRESCIA BASKETBALL 86-84 (26-13, 24-21, 21-28, 15-22)