{"id":457721,"date":"2025-08-31T23:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=457721"},"modified":"2025-08-31T23:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:03:11","slug":"italy-beat-bosnia-96-79-behind-fontecchios-39-point-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/italy-beat-bosnia-96-79-behind-fontecchios-39-point-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy beat Bosnia 96-79 behind Fontecchio\u2019s 39-point masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"f86d9cf1-73c2-4845-acbd-7aa367cd55c0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3ac13933-a99d-4f28-9b05-ebaf4be84601\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1822\">Italy secured a crucial 96-79 win over Bosnia to stay in the race for the top spots in Group C. NBA forward Simone Fontecchio stole the show with an incredible 39-point performance, setting the tone early and never letting Bosnia fully recover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"2127\">After a slow start, Italy answered with a 10-2 run powered by Fontecchio, who had 12 points in the first quarter alone, closing it 22-21. At halftime, despite Bosnia\u2019s dominance on the boards (21-13, with Nurkic scoring 9 and grabbing 5 rebounds), Fontecchio was already at 21, keeping Italy up 44-40.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2129\" data-end=\"2474\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The second half opened with Pozzecco\u2019s ejection, which sparked a Bosnian comeback to 54-54. But Italy responded with Melli, Spissu and Fontecchio, pushing the lead to 72-61 by the end of the third. In the final quarter, Italy closed the deal, riding Fontecchio\u2019s hot hand to a decisive 96-79 victory that strengthens their position in Group C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spectacular night for Simone Fontecchio lifts Italy, while coach Pozzecco is ejected early in the second half<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":457717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,98,131],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-457721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bosnia","category-eurobasket","category-italbasket"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Fontecchio.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457721"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=457721"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=457721"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=457721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}