Basketball, Serie A playoffs: Trapani first semifinalist. Milan and Brescia on 2-1

Bologna, May 22, 2025 – Trapani Shark are the first team to snatch the pass to the semifinals of the Serie A basketball championship . The Sicilian team managed to put the events of the last few hours into the background (the Granata were sanctioned by the Federal Council with a four-point penalty to be served in the next championship for administrative irregularities) and closed the quarterfinal series with Unahotels Reggio Emilia 3-0, conquering the PalaBigi 90-83 . The stars of the team coached by Jasmin Repesa were the former player of the evening Langston Galloway (19 points), JD Notae (17) but also Chris Horton (11 points and 10 rebounds) and Justin Robinson , who almost achieved a double double, finishing with 13 points and 9 assists. The home team, on the other hand, was not enough for the turnover of Jaylen Barford (24 points) and Cassius Winston (16) to drag the team to the coup that would have kept the games open. However, the game remained channeled between the tracks of substantial balance for more than three quarters, but then Trapani, driven by the points brought home by Yeboah, Horton and especially Galloway, shuffled the cards on the table by placing the winning move. Instead , EA7 Emporio Armani Milano takes a 2-1 lead in the series, having redeemed the defeat suffered at the buzzer in game 2 by overwhelming Dolomiti Energia Trento in the first act played on the tables of the Unipol Forum in Assago with a peremptory 107-79. Coach Ettore Messina's men were the protagonists of a great ballistic performance, demonstrated by the excellent shooting percentages (69% from two and 59% from three) and inspired by the great performances of Armoni Brooks (20 points with 6/9 shooting from beyond the arc of 6.75 meters) and Shavon Shields (22 points with 3/5 from three). Shields, in tandem with Mirotic, in the second quarter began to hammer Trento's basket from long distance, inspiring Olimpia's run, which returned to the locker rooms with a +9 and 57 points to its name (56-47). Prelude to the real escape that came after the long break, when Milan started with a 7-0 and never looked back, entering the fourth quarter with a 25-point advantage after having placed a 27-11 partial and then reaching the maximum advantage with the final +28. Finally, on the neutral court in Treviso, Germani Brescia raised its head after the misstep in game 2 and once again snatched the home court advantage from Pallacanestro Trieste, beating the Giulians 80-70 thanks to a great comeback (the white-blues now lead the quarter-finals 2-1). Aided by excellent three-point shooting percentages in the initial 20' and a tough defense, in fact, the white-reds attempted to sink the Lombards, making them slip to -18 during the second quarter (31-13). Despite struggling, however, Germani had the merit of cushioning the blow and opened the third quarter with a 10-0 that brought them completely back into the game. The partial, thanks to a rediscovered defense and the solidity in attack of Ndour (17 points) and Rivers (18), then widened to 24-10, worth the overtaking. Trieste then tried not to lose ground but between the third and fourth quarters they conceded a further 10-0 which definitively turned the inertia in favor of Brescia who then reached the victory.