Incredible 4th place hook. Unieuro, fight between playoffs and play-in

Five teams in fourth place: if the championship had ended yesterday evening, two would play the playoffs with the advantage of the home field advantage in the quarterfinals, two would even have to play the play-in to get in with a one-off match. This is the incredible situation in the standings generated by the defeats, in yesterday evening's advances, of three teams that were ahead of Unieuro who thus joined the crowd. Today Verona can be added (but will have one more match) and virtually there is also Avellino (yesterday they rose to -2 with one less match). Fortitudo, which hosts Nardò, can instead break away from the others but unlike Forlì for example, they have no make-up matches to play.

In short, many favorable results. Starting with the defeat of Cividale (54-56) at home against the very fast Turin: the 23 points of Kevion Taylon were decisive, the error of Redivo on the last three-pointer was fatal. Then the fall of Urania Milano (expected in Forlì in 7 days) in the Lombard derby against Vigevano 63-70. The 22 of Alessandro Gentile were in vain. To complete the picture, the blitz of Avellino in Rieti: 92-93 after an overtime. An unleashed Sarto (35 points, 7/11 from three) had tied it at 40', but two more three-pointers in the last minute of the overtime were not enough. In fact, the Irpinia native Jaren Lewis (34) was also very hot. Forlì will measure him on Wednesday, when the points will weigh not double but triple.

Ranking: Udine* 46; Rimini* 42; Cantù* 40; Fortitudo, Rieti, Milan, Forlì and Cividale° 38; Avellino, Verona and Pesaro° 36; Brindisi and Turin° 34; Orzinuovi 26; Cento 24; Cremona*, Livorno, Vigevano° 22; Nardò* 18; Piacenza° 12. (*: one match less; °: one match more).

Oggi: Fortitudo-Nardò, Brindisi-Cantù, Cremona-Udine, Verona-Orzinuovi, Livorno-Cento.