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Sassari’s “Banco di Sardegna” started the match off with an impressive start, with the brilliant Eimantas Bendžius becoming the most productive dueling player.
The Lithuanian shot 25 points, and Sassari’s team led at home in the fourth quarter-final match 86:73 (20: 6, 11:29, 28:24, 27:14) beat Venice’s Umana Reyer and won the series 2-2 for the second time in a row.
The fifth match in Venice will be played on Thursday.
Bendžius, who played the most for the team, including 36 minutes, made 3 of 8 shots from two points, 5 of 9 triples, 4 of 4 penalties, bounced 6 and took 3 balls and scored 27 utility points.
The hosts had already gained a convincing lead of 20: 6 in the first quarter, but in the second half they missed 29 points in their basket, scored 11 and were already 31:35 behind.
In the third quarter, the deficit of Banco di Sardegna was 9 points (50:59), but then it rushed 13: 0 and regained the initiative (63:59).
In the end, the opponents finished the section 21: 4, followed by 86:70.
Sassari’s club scored 13 of 25 3-pointers (52 percent) in total.
The winners of this pair will compete in the semifinals with the Milan Armani Exchange.
The start of the game was postponed due to an incident during the Sassari team’s warm-up, when Kaspars Traier broke the basketball court. The 21-year-old Estonian put it on her back and immediately broke the fragments.
Banco di Sardegna: Eimantas Bendžius 25 (5/9 trit.), Marco Spissu 20, Toni Katičius 13.
„Umana Reyer“: Curtisas Jerrellsas 14 (4/9 trit.), Mitchellas Wattas 13, Jeremy Chappellas 11 (9 atk. Kam.).
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