At 5.30 pm the people of Sassari pay a visit to the Bertram Derthona. After Clemmons’ farewell, last exam for Mekowulu too
SASSARI. Hunting for points, confirmations and indications. Dinamo works for the present and for the future and this afternoon in Casale Monferrato they will try to give continuity to the movement of pride put on the field five days ago. After the Champions League success against Riesen Ludwigsburg, the Sassari will contend with the newly promoted Bertram Derthona, who from Tortona is forced to emigrate to PalaFerraris for the home matches.
Demis Cavina rediscovers his past and a little bit of his recent nightmares: the Banco di Sardegna coach led the Derthona for three seasons, from 2014 to 2017, leading him to the achievement of promotion to A2 and two qualifiers to the playoffs. But last season, at the helm of Turin, he failed to jump into the top flight by losing the final series against the Bianconeri in a daring way.
The present, for Cavina and his Dinamo, is made up of decidedly new perspectives after a very complicated month both from the point of view of results and management of the group. Clemmons’ farewell leaves the team without the starting point guard for the second consecutive game, and it is also for this reason that all the little ones will be asked for an extra effort to manage this momentary emergency situation. While Massimo Chessa will return to the report after almost a month of absence, all eyes are on Christian Mekowulu: it is also on the basis of the type of response that the Nigerian center will give this afternoon in Piedmont that the company will decide what to do at market level. Yes, because at this point, a cut by the former Treviso player cannot be excluded (even his performance against the Germans was absolutely negative) and on the basis of this choice the “profile” of the new play could also vary.
The hope of the biancoblù environment is of course to see a great reaction from Mekowulu, who today under the basket will have to deal with a tough nutshell like center Tyler Cain and winger Mike Daum, one of the revelations of this beginning of season.
Dinamo and Derthona arrive at this confrontation on equal points, with a balance sheet of three wins and four losses each. The Sassari, however, have not won in the league for almost a month (17 October in Treviso) and want to definitively close the black period, which led to knockouts in the series against Brescia, Milan and Trieste.