At 12 noon today 16 April, the classic that has always offered electrifying clashes for great goals Sassari seeks the link to the lagoon to improve its grid in the playoffs
SASSARI. If in front of us there are two now historical rivals like Dinamo and Reyer Venezia, it can only be high noon: the one that is now a classic of Italian basketball and that has given endless emotions opens the pre-Easter day at 12 and promises sparks, like always. “I would like to give all our fans a beautiful Easter, we will try in every way,” says coach Piero Bucchi. And in a moment like this, with a ranking that opens the door to any solution for the playoffs and salvation, these are points that weigh: the lagoonians are fifth with two points more than the Sassari, sixth. Sassari could hook the Venetians (on which he is currently ahead thanks to the 70-76 success, protagonists Robinson with 20 points and Logan with 12) and also Tortona who has a difficult engagement with Varese.
“It will be a very demanding game – explains Bucchi – and we arrive there with the awareness of our work in the gym, we will always try to have the same defensive identity that has allowed us to shoot our season and to have that continuity to finish the regular season. in the best way. I watch game by game, in the end we will draw conclusions, Venice represents a good test bench to be able to play another great game like Milan, aggressiveness and an impact like the one with Treviso ». The play-pivot axis proposes crucial duels such as the one between Robinson and Theodore, with opposite characteristics, and between Bilan and Watt (but De Raffaele also has Echodas and Morgan). The defenses on the shooters will be decisive, the use of zone and pressure across the board is predictable. Kruslin (growing) could go man on Tonut, Burnell could crossbreed with Bramos.
«Sassari is a team of great quality – says de Raffaele – which has grown a lot and whose organization and coach we respect. Bilan’s arrival gave Dinamo an even more important internal dimension. They play very physical basketball with a great rebounding presence and it will be important for us to reduce their chances of running on the pitch as they have shown they know how to do in the last few games and have an impact in terms of physicality “
“We have tried to recover mental and physical energies – replies Bucchi – and we are ready to fight, the contribution of our public who has given us a great hand is fundamental”.