After five games both teams knew each other too well. And so Venezia was able to clog the middle and eliminate Esteban Batista post-ups, while Kruno Simon was limited mostly by foul trouble that plagued him all night long. Alessandro Gentile had an all-around game to make up for his struggle at shooting the ball, consequence of the surgery performed on his right hand. But this time Venezia didn’t have an answer for Mantas Kalnietis combination of drives and jumpers, or against Oliver Lafayette playmaking. Mostly they defitinely didn’t have an answer for Bruno Cerella hot shooting night. Brunito took kis three-point shots with incredible confidence, made four of them including two straight in the fourth quarter used by Olimpia to get away and win 78-67 in a game that was dominated from the start but for many reasons wasn’t in the bag untile the last couple of minutes. Olimpia is now one win away from a return trip to the Italian League finals ma game 6 is scheduled to be played in Venezia on Sunday. And it’s going to be anothe battle.

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