After breakfast we head to the Air Canada Center, two hours before the match.
We go through the Media Pass which gives us the ability to access any area of \u200b\u200bthe building. Today is Day
Italy, 10,000 dolls with the big head of Andrea are distributed at the entrance, Italian music playing in the Arena and the Raptors play with the same tank used in Rome, with the tricolor on the sides.
The teams are already in the field for heating and power while waiting to take pictures along with Bargnani and Belinelli know two nice people: the photographer of the raptors that I have made calls for exhibitors, and a gentleman Argentina who claims to be the uncle of Scarone
... They call us in the middle of the field for photos, one of which is then output to the Journal on Monday. Both Andrea
that Mark is very tense and concentrated, feeling the event and the game for different reasons is crucial for both teams.
We greet with a hug and a heartfelt good luck! Go Raptors!
It 's time to sit and wait for the start of the match.
They leave the Canadian and American anthems, followed by the presentation of the teams: Mark is on the bench without a doubt but the absence of Andrea Nesterovic could be a quintet.
In a blaze of lights, fireworks, musicians and dancers are presented Raptors, Maceo Baston, but unfortunately the man chosen by Sam Mitchell to complete the quintet with Ford, Parker, Bosh and Moon.
bad start, the Raptors, also under 10, thanks to baskets of the shooters of the Warriors.
Golden State: the team that makes the run and throws his strong point, Mark tells us that coach Don Nelson decided the few patterns just before the game.
Towards the end of the first quarter a roar in the field welcomed the Magician! Now
offensive foul, the desire to break the match is so great, but the first ball shoots the bomb Andrea useful!
It 's good impact on the match which marked the Magician 8 points in the first half of the game, the second only Ford with a stratospheric 21.
E 'in the second quarter that are encountered in the field for the first time two Italian players in NBA enters and Belinelli has been an excellent shot from the arc, but is short.
few minutes, with little involvement in the game for him and called him back before half-Nelson on the bench where he remained until the end of the match.
Match point to point, with one hand, the only Ford to make the basket and the other good evidence from Jackson and Biedrins.
The second half of the magician is not brilliant, with some oversight of defense too and decides to Sam Mitchell will face the decisive parts of the game with Bargnani on the bench, preferring to use Moon and Delfino from 4 to 3. Who decides
the game is perhaps the best talent in the field: Baron Davis, who wakes up in the last quarter and driving its success.
Across all important shots are missed, because made by Moon and Delfino, perhaps not best placed to assume their responsibilities.
The Golden State Warriors Marco Belinelli win their second consecutive race, imposing the Toronto Raptors 106-100. For Belinelli 4 'with 0 points and 0 / 2 from the field. Good contrast, the performance by Andrea Bargnani, the Raptors second scorer with 12 points in 19 'with 5 / 10 from the field, 1 / 2 from three and 3 rebounds.
the Raptors could win by pulling a bit 'better from the arc where they were disastrous, and maybe harder to defend by relying on a real play, Calderon, and not to a centralized game, Ford, ine of the match.
discuss some choices of Mitchell on the rotation of men and the choice of using the zone defense from the outset of the match.
After the match we go in the locker room: later in that of warriors where peace is interviewing Mark, happy for the victory and perhaps a little 'less for a few minutes on the court.
The Warriors come out quickly from the palace awaits a flight to New York, just in time to greet and see up close Belinelli Don Nelson and Baron Davis.
now await the release of Andrea from the locker rooms, the wait is long because the mood is low.
The first to go are Bosh and Moon, with expressions that perfectly express their mood.
Ghearardini comes to greet us, a good luck for the season is obvious, and he walks away smiling and saying they have their own needs right now.
Quiet After the interview released by changing the Mage, they too are leaving today to Dallas, I greet him and thank him for this weekend, we salute you with a hug and I hate being saluted with "the next Magician."
pity for the defeated, but the weekend was wonderful.
First Italian Derby in the NBA, I was there.
Next: at California in March, almost ... almost ...
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