Basket Torino defeated Pistoia 84-77 in a Serie A2 fixture on Sunday afternoon. The match took place at the Pistoia venue and concluded with the visitors taking all three points. It was a tight affair that went down to the wire before Torino pulled clear.
And here's the thing, Pistoia started brightly enough, but the gap opened after the first quarter. The home side kept pushing, yet one mistake ends it, and they couldn't recover the momentum. Torino's defence tightened when it mattered, and they controlled the boards in the second half.
We had backed Pistoia at 63 per cent confidence, but the match went another way entirely. Torino's experience showed when the pressure mounted, and by then the home side had nothing fresh to offer. The prediction didn't come off, and that's the nature of sport.
Both sides remain without league points on the board, which tells you the standings are still being written. Pistoia sit 18th after 36 games with eight wins, while Torino occupy 12th place with sixteen victories. The table will shift once the points system takes effect.
The result extends Torino's unbeaten run against lower-ranked opposition this season. Pistoia will need to regroup quickly if they want to climb away from the bottom half. The next fixture comes in two weeks, and the gap between these sides remains clear.
