The first three shots were good ones but one was short, another too strong and one was in-and-out. When you are 21 and a virtual EuroLeague rookie three misses can shake your confidence. But Simone Fontecchio is not your regular 21-year old. “Those were good shots, that’s why the entire bench supported him and all his teammates encouraged him to keep shooting”, Jasmin Repesa said at the end. So Fontecchio kept shooting. A corner three, off a Zoran Dragic’s kick. Good. Then one long two off the dribble, a move mastered after hours and hours of solitary workouts. Nothing but net. Finally, off a Kruno Simon’s kick-out, the most difficult shot, off-balance, taken after a small hesitation. Good again. Arms pointed to the sky. A standing ovation. That was Simone Fontecchio’s coming-out EuroLeague party.

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