Italian LegaDue 2011-2012

[Fortitudo]

LegaDue 2nd Week



Several big upsets. Biancoblu Bologna keep surprising with a come from behind win at Veroli against one of the main candidates to the promotion. They were trailing by 13 with just 6 minutes left in the game, but managed to post a terrific run later in the game.

We are used to fight till end,we 'll never die,BIANCOBLU is the heir of Fortitudo.
Baldassarre best Lega due player till now.

[boyd20]

LegaDue 3rd Week

Imola-Barcellona 73-89 (Cournooh 16 pts, Masoni 15 pts, Kotti 14 pts, Bruttini 14 pts + 6 rebs, Hafnar 11 pts ; Lukauskis 18 pts + 9 rebs, Phil Martin 17 pts + 6 rebs, Mike Green 15 pts + 5 rebs + 3 asts 3/3 2p, 3/3 3p)


Jesi-Brescia 73-83 (Maggioli 22 pts + 4 asts, Hoover 18 pts, McConnell 13 pts but 10 to, Brooks 10 pts ; Ghersetti 15 pts, Farioli 13 pts + 11 rebs 4/4 2p, 1/1 3p, 2/2 ft, Gergati 13 pts, Goldwire 13 pts, Ryan Thompson 12 pts + 7 rebs + 5 stls + 3 asts)


Reggio Emilia-Verona 76-67 (Dawan Robinson 20 pts, Slanina 16 pts + 6 rebs, Donell Taylor 16 pts ; Boscagin 13 pts + 6 rebs + 4 stls, West 13 pts, Vukcevic 11 pts, Renzi 11 pts)


Sant'Antimo-Scafati 68-80 (Teague 27 pts 7/11 2p, 2/4 3p, 7/7 ft, George 15 pts ; Marigney 26 pts + 4 asts 7/11 2p, 3/5 3p, 3/3 ft, Ghiacci 13 pts + 4 asts, Casini 12 pts 4/5 3p, James Thomas 10 pts + 12 rebs)


Brindisi-Pistoia 80-95 (Callahan 20 pts + 8 rebs + 3 stls 5/7 2p, 3/3 3p, 1/1 ft, Hunter 18 pts + 7 stls + 3 asts, Ndoja 14 pts ; Hardy 25 pts + 6 rebs, Bobby Jones 20 pts + 9 rebs + 3 stls, Gurini 13 pts + 5 rebs, Toppo 12 pts + 4 stls, Galanda 10 pts + 5 rebs)


Forlì-Ostuni 79-80 (Freeman 29 pts + 9 rebs, Nardi 14 pts + 4 rebs + 6 asts, Easley 13 pts + 11 rebs, Huff 13 pts + 6 rebs ; Klobuçar 26 pts 4/7 2p, 4/8 3p, 6/7 ft, Diliegro 13 pts + 9 rebs, Basei 12 pts + 8 rebs, Jurevicus 11 pts)


Piacenza-Veroli 72-68 (Dwayne Anderson 26 pts + 18 rebs + 1 blk, Harrison 13 pts, Passera 12 pts ; Gerald Lee 23 pts + 6 rebs 7/10 2p, 9/9 ft, Jarrius Jackson 20 pts, Rowe 10 pts + 6 stls)


Biancoblu Bologna had a bye week

Newcomer Brescia keeps surprising and is currently alone at the top with 3 wins in 3 weeks, two of them on the road. Apart from Reggio Emilia (2 wins in 2 games), most of the big teams are struggling as Brindisi (2nd loss at home), Veroli and Verona (0 wins) all lost, while Barcellona finally won but facing a very unlucky Imola (missing Whiting, Prato, Daniels, Andreaus).


MVP - Jaka Klobuçar (Ostuni) 26 pts 4/7 2p, 4/8 3p, 6/7 ft + 4 rebs + 2 stls- A few days after coming to replace injured JJ Williams, not only he had a great scoring night, he also scored the game-winning basket with 7" left to play.


STANDINGS
1. Brescia 6
2. Imola 4
3. Biancoblu Bologna 4 (2 games)
4. Reggio Emilia 4 (2 games)
5. Scafati 4
6. Jesi 4
7. Pistoia 4
8. Brindisi 2
9. Piacenza 2
10. Ostuni 2
11. Barcellona 2
12. Forlì 2 (2 games)
13. Veroli 2
14. Verona 0
15. S.Antimo 0

[boyd20]

LegaDue 4th Week

Veroli-Brindisi 65-76 (D. Brkic 17 pts + 9 rebs, Jarrius Jackson 14 pts, J. Rowe 12 pts ; D. Borovnjak 18 pts + 8 rebs, K. Ndoja 17 pts + 7 rebs + 5 asts, A. Renfroe 15 pts + 5 rebs + 3 asts)


Scafati-Jesi 95-65 (P. Marigney 24 pts + 5 rebs + 3 stls + 3 asts, A. Ghiacci 19 pts + 5 rebs, JM Casini 13 pts, O. Gueye 12 pts ; J. Brooks 18 pts + 4 rebs + 3 stls, M. Maggioli 16 pts + 7 rebs + 1 blk, M. McConnell 12 pts + 4 rebs + 5 stls)


Brescia-Reggio Emilia 90-94 (L. Goldwire 22 pts + 5 stls + 6 asts, F. Bushati 14 pts, M. Ghersetti 13 pts + 5 rebs, D. Busma 11 pts + 10 rebs + 1 blk, Ryan Thompson 10 pts + 7 rebs + 1 blk ; Donell Taylor 29 pts + 11 rebs + 6 asts, R. Valenti 16 pts + 6 rebs, R. Chiacig 12 pts, D. Slanina 11 pts, M. Frassineti 10 pts)


Ostuni-Piacenza 78-89 (M. Jurevicus 22 pts, Aaron Johnson 18 pts + 7 asts, F. Basei 12 pts + 5 rebs ; CC Harrison 18 pts + 6 rebs + 3 asts, G. Scarone 18 pts + 4 asts, A. Voskuil 17 pts + 6 rebs + 3 stls + 2 asts, Dwayne Anderson 15 pts + 7 rebs + 3 stls + 2 asts, L. Infante 11 pts + 5 rebs)


Barcellona-Forlì 85-80 (Michael Hicks 30 pts + 8 rebs, Mike Green 19 pts + 5 asts, M. Lukauskis 13 pts + 5 rebs ; A. Freeman 28 pts, T. Easley 23 pts + 7 rebs)


Pistoia-Biancoblu Bologna 76-61 (D. Hardy 17 pts + 3 stls, D. Mathis 15 pts + 6 rebs + 3 stls + 5 asts, Bobby Jones 14 pts + 7 rebs ; B. Blizzard 12 pts + 4 rebs + stls + 4 asts, P. Baldassarre 11 pts + 11 rebs + 2 stls + 2 asts, Tre Kelley 11 pts + 6 rebs + 2 asts, A. Pecile 10 pts)


Verona-Imola 75-73 (D. Vukcevic 18 pts, Mario West 16 pts + 4 rebs + 4 stls + 2 asts, G. Boscagin 14 pts, A. Porta 10 pts + 6 asts ; D. Cournooh 25 pts 3/3 2p, 3/3 3p, 10/11 ft, D. Bruttini 11 pts + 5 rebs, G. Hafnar 10 pts + 5 rebs)


Sant'Antimo had a bye week.

MVP - Donell Taylor (Reggio Emilia) 29 pts + 11 rebs + 6 asts + 2 stls (11/15 2p, 1/2 3p, 4/7 ft)


Favourite Reggio Emilia beat terrible newcomer Brescia in the battle of undefeated and is now the only team with a perfect record, also because Bologna lost at Pistoia. Brindisi and Barcellona showing signs of improvements, while Verona, after sacking its coach finally finds its first win in a thrilling game vs Imola. Scafati is on fire, through thrashing Jesi for its 3rd straight win. Veroli the biggest disappointment so far.

[Duncan]

so far Austin Freeman is looking more like a Serie A player. Would like to see Caserta get a shot at him

[Joško Poljak Fan]

MVP - Jaka Klobuçar (Ostuni) 26 pts 4/7 2p, 4/8 3p, 6/7 ft + 4 rebs + 2 stls- A few days after coming to replace injured JJ Williams, not only he had a great scoring night, he also scored the game-winning basket with 7" left to play.

I hope he'll gain back some confidence in lega Due. His talent isn't questionable, yet somehow he seems to be having issues in his head.

[boyd20]

Standings (4th Week)

1 Reggio Emilia 6 (3 games)
2 Pistoia 6
3 Scafati 6
4 Brescia 6
5 Barcellona 4
6 Jesi 4
7 Imola 4
8.Bologna 4 (3 games)
9 Piacenza 4
10 Brindisi 4
11 Ostuni 2
12 Veroli 2
13 Verona 2
14 Forlì 2 (3 games)
15 S.Antimo 0 (3 games)


STAT LEADERS

POINTS
1 - Austin Freeman (Forlì) 31.7 ppg
2 - Donell Taylor (Reggio Emilia) 22.3 ppg
3 - Paul Marigney (Scafati) 22 ppg
4 - Dwight Hardy (Pistoia) 21 ppg
5 - Michele Maggioli (Jesi) 19.8 ppg

REBOUNDS
1 - James Thomas (Scafati) 10.8 rpg
2 - Tony Easley (Forlì) 9 rpg
3 - Dwayne Anderson (Forlì) 8.8 rpg
4 - Michele Maggioli (Jesi) 8.5 rpg
5 - Dane Diliegro (Ostuni) 8.3 rpg

ASSISTS
1 - Mike Nardi (Forlì) 7 apg
2 - Aaron Johnson (Ostuni) 5.7 apg
3 - Carlo Cantone (Sant'Antimo) 5.7 apg
4 - Antonio Porta (Verona) 5 apg
5 - Leemire Goldwire (Brescia) 4.5 apg

STEALS
1 - Jimmie Lee Hunter (Brindisi) 4.3 spg
2 - Mario West (Verona) 4.3 spg
3 - Giorgio Boscagin (Verona) 3.5 spg
4 - Nikola Radulovic (Scafati) 3.3 spg
5 - Mike Green (Barcellona) 3 spg

BLOCKS
1 - Christian Di Giuliomaria (Verona) 1.5 bpg
2 - Michele Maggioli (Jesi) 1 bpg
3 - Shane Edwards (Verona) 1 bpg
4 - Deividas Busma (Brescia) 0.8 bpg
5 - Marco Rossetti (Ostuni) 0.7 bpg

2P SHOTS
1 - Phil Martin (Barcellona) 17/21 - 81%
2 - Mickey McConnell (Jesi) 18/24 - 75%
3 - Giorgio Boscagin (Verona) 17/23 - 73.9%
4 - Mario West (Verona) 25/36 - 69.4%
5 - Michele Maggioli (Jesi) 29/42 - 69%

3P SHOTS
1 - Juan Marcos Casini (Scafati) 11/14 - 78.6%
2 - Craig Callahan (Brindisi) 6/10 - 60%
3 - Donatas Slanina (Reggio Emilia) 7/12 - 58.3%
4 - Dawan Robinson (Reggio Emilia) 7/12 - 58.3%
5 - Ryan Bucci (Barcellona) 9/16 - 56.3%

FREE THROWS
1 - Austin Freeman (Forlì) 26/26 - 100%
2 - Patrick Baldassarre (Bologna) 11/11 - 100%
3 - Marco Passera (Piacenza) 10/10 - 100%
4 - Klaudio Ndoja (Brindisi) 10/10 - 100%
5 - Gerald Lee (Veroli) 19/20 - 95%

RATING
1 - Austin Freeman (Forlì) 33.6
2 - Donell Taylor (Reggio Emilia) 27.7
3 - Michele Maggioli (Jesi) 26
4 - Paul Marigney (Scafati) 23.5
5 - Nick George (Sant'Antimo) 21

[GIANLUCA]

Leonessa brescia

Brescia beated Verona 66 - 65.
It has been a bad game; nor Brescia neither Verona plaied well .
The fours american scored all together 14 points!!
Thompson 0, Goldiwire 5 (but he injuried early in the game), West 4 and Edwards 5. Also Busma bad.
MVP of the game has been Mario Ghersetti with 21 points and 11 rebounds but very important for Brescia also Franco Bushati. He has been determinant in 3rd quarter when seems Verona could take the W.
Eventually, Brescia won with last season team !

Forza Leonessa!

[boyd20]

LegaDue - 5th week

Brescia-Verona 66-65 (M. Ghersetti 21 pts + 11 rebs + 7 stls, R. Rombaldoni 12 pts, L. Gergati 10 pts ; A. Porta 17 pts + 5 rebs + 3 stls + 3 asts, A. Renzi 16 pts + 2 blks, G. Boscagin 12 pts + 5 rebs + 3 stls + 2 asts)


Brindisi-Barcellona 65-64 (J.L. Hunter 27 pts + 5 rebs, D. Borovnjak 11 pts + 5 rebs ; M. Lukauskis 14 pts, M. Hicks 13 pts)


Forlì-Biancoblu Bologna 72-70 (T. Easley 22 pts + 12 rebs, M. Nardi 16 pts + 7 rebs + 6 asts, A. Freeman 13 pts ; T. Kelley 18 pts, B. Blizzard 13 pts + 6 rebs + 3 asts + 1 blk, M. Canavesi 12 pts + 6 rebs)


Sant'Antimo-Pistoia 92-100 O.T. (D. Teague 35 pts + 11 rebs + 1 blk, N. George 15 pts + 4 rebs, R. Moraschini 14 pts + 4 rebs + 3 asts, F. Campbell 13 pts + 9 rebs + 3 stls + 2 asts ; D. Hardy 44 pts + 4 rebs + 2 stls, Bobby Jones 16 pts + 9 rebs + 3 stls, D. Mathis 10 pts)


Reggio Emilia-Veroli 85-73 (M. Frassineti 19 pts + 4 rebs, Dawan Robinson 19 pts + 3 stls, D. Filloy 18 pts + 9 rebs + 1 blk, R. Valenti 12 pts + 7 rebs + 1 blk, Donell Taylor 11 pts + 5 rebs + 4 stls + 3 asts + 1 blk ; G. Lee 17 pts, D. Brkic 15 pts + 11 rebs)


Imola-Ostuni 69-70 (E. Daniels 22 pts + 8 rebs, P. Prato 16 pts + 5 stls + 4 asts ; D. DiLiegro 22 pts + 16 rebs + 3 stls, Aaron Johnson 12 pts + 6 asts)


Piacenza-Scafati 80-75 (Dwayne Anderson 24 pts + 11 rebs + 2 stls + 2 asts, A. Voskuil 20 pts ; P. Marigney 27 pts + 4 rebs + 3 stls, G. Sorrentino 10 pts)


Jesi had a bye week


MVP - Dwight Hardy (Pistoia) 44 pts + 4 rebs + 2 stls (8/16 2p, 6/10 3p, 10/11 ft) in 40 minutes (rating = 37)


Reggio Emilia keeps rolling remaining the only unbeaten, though newly promoted Brescia managed to get a come from behind win vs Verona.
Brindisi and Ostuni win thanks to buzzer beaters (by Hunter and Klobuçar respectively), while Pistoia wins an incredible game on the road with many turnarounds from both sides thanks to an amazing performance by Dwight Hardy.

[GIANLUCA]

Another win for Brescia!!!! I begin to think playoffs aren't a dream!!!

[boyd20]

Reggio Emilia one win away from securing the final 1st place and the automatic promotion to Serie A. That's good, as they are a serious club, very solid financially and with good fanbase and tradition.

The other teams, from 2nd to 9th, will be fighting in the playoffs for the other promotion. Main candidates are Brindisi and Scafati, with Pistoia and maybe Jesi as darkhorses. I hope it will be Brindisi, since besides Reggio Emilia they're the most solid club, they also have amazing fans. I also appreciate they made a further effort by signing players like Kostas Charalambidis and Jonathan Gibson to have more options for the playoffs.

[boyd20]

Reggio Emilia struggled a lot but in the end beat Imola (71-67) and as expected secured the first place which means promotion. They're back in Serie A five years later, congrats for a well deserved achievement.

Surprisingly Brindisi stumbled at home against Bologna, so not only they couldn't secure the 2nd place as they were expected to, now they need to win at Scafati (unbeaten at home) in order to do it. If they lose they will end 4th or even 5th.

Bologna and Imola are both safe, the relegation now concerns only San'Antimo (18 pts) and Forlì (16 pts).

[kukulas]

Has anyone seen Dwayne Anderson of Piacenza at all? if yes is he a good defender and finally do you know roughly how big was his contract? thanks in advance

[boyd20]

Has anyone seen Dwayne Anderson of Piacenza at all? if yes is he a good defender and finally do you know roughly how big was his contract? thanks in advance

Good questions. Don't know about his salary. He had a good season, although he maybe was expected to do even better, I'd say he's a great athlete who could be a very effective defender, but we didn't see it very often as he was mostly focused on his offensive duties. Has been inconsistent, sometimes a dominating force since he can do a lot of things (he scores, rebounds, dishes the ball fairly well too) but in some games appeared very erratic. Played PF most of the time, though he's more of a SF with great athleticism and phisicality but as long as he doesn't turn into a more consistent threat from distance I think he would have problems to adjust to higher levels.

[kukulas]

Do you think he'd be effective at Serie A level and also do you think he'd be more suited to SF there? thanks for your answers man, much appreciated

[boyd20]

Do you think he'd be effective at Serie A level and also do you think he'd be more suited to SF there? thanks for your answers man, much appreciated

I see him more suited to LegaDue, where there's a lot of smallball so that he can easily move to the PF spot and take advantage of his phisicality and athleticism. I don't think he could do the same in Serie A, where he could play as a PF just in pinches due to his size, but at the same time I'm not fully convinced he could be very effective as a SF as he still needs to work on his outside shot and also has a tendency to travel with the ball.
Anyway from next season teams in Serie A will be allowed to sign up to 5 US players and not just 2/3 as now, so he will have more chances to get offers from teams that compete in that league.

Speaking of US players playing in LegaDue, Reggio Emilia had a very good duo (Donell Taylor, Dawan Robinson) that according to rumors should be confirmed for next season in Serie A. Veteran Paul Marigney (Scafati) had a breakout campaign, scored a lot and won several games hitting buzzer beaters, but I think Pistoia had the best duo (Bobby Jones, Dwight Hardy) and Dwight Hardy is one of the brightest talents I've seen in a while at this level. Needs to play more D which I'm sure he will do in a different context next to other scoring options, but offensively he's pure gold. Considering he's just a rookie I really see him possibly as the next gem coming out of this league.