{"id":173489,"date":"2020-09-21T19:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=173489"},"modified":"2020-09-21T19:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:47:23","slug":"gigi-datomes-goal-has-already-been-achieved-but-the-supercup-is-not-the-ultimate-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/gigi-datomes-goal-has-already-been-achieved-but-the-supercup-is-not-the-ultimate-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigi Datome’s goal has already been achieved, but ‘the Supercup is not the ultimate goal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gigi Datome promised it since day one:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI miss winning in Italy, I won something in Siena, but I didn\u2019t have an important role, I was very young. I would like to have a significant role in the next Olimpia\u2019s wins.\u201d The first is already here. \u201cWinning the Super Cup is not the ultimate goal, but it is a start,\u201d he said immediately after the end of a competition in which Milan won eight games and has essentially never trailed in the score in the second half of any game.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the championship game, Gigi Datome offered the best of his arsenal, confirming his reputation as a \u201cClutch Player\u201d: while at Fenerbahce he was MVP of the 2016 Turkish League final, two times MVP of the Turkish Cup and once MVP of the President\u2019s Cup. He wasn\u2019t named the Final Four\u2019s MVP, but he was certainly decisive in the championship game. His personal 5-0 run in the fourth period almost definitively extended Olimpia\u2019s margin, which Sergio Rodriguez then defined. Datome\u2019s game could have been difficult, as Jeff Brooks foul troubles extended his playing time, forcing him to combine quantity with quality. In fact, in the seven previous games he had never played 27 minutes (and had never scored 17 points, as well). Furthermore, the loss of Vlado Micov due to injury, early in the game, prevented Coach Messina from implementing even a small lineup at some point, with Micov playing as the nominal 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the tournament, Datome shot 57.1% from twos, 55.5% from threes, 92.8% from the line (13-for-14), had more steals (nine) than turnovers (seven), and Olimpia was +85 with him on the court. Finally, he set his torunament-high of six rebounds in the championship game, one more great effort. \u201cBuilding a culture is what we were asked to do in Istanbul when I got there. It\u2019s a matter of staying together, working hard, every day. It\u2019s a long process, but a beautiful and motivating one. We have the tools and the human resources to achieve it,\u201d he said. Now the first step has been executed. Many more are necessary. But, yes, it is a start.
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