Old Wild West: here is Pistoia, it will be a battle

Clash at the summit at Carnera. The former Antonutti shows the way: “Team of great aggressiveness, we need a super proof”

UDINE. Another tough test for the Apu Old Wild West. Saturday 6 November at 8.30 pm at Carnera the bianconeri host Pistoia, one of the most brilliant teams of this start of the season.

The two teams are on equal points in the wake of leaders Cantù, for Udine it is important to win to start a November full of head-to-head clashes in the best possible way.
Boniciolli’s team fielded its brightest star in front of a friendly public for the first time in the league: Trevor Lacey immediately showed what he is made of in the debut in Piacenza, now for him there is the “acting” in front of him to the Carnera audience, people who have a fine palate when it comes to American players.

For the APU this is the first home commitment of a certain depth, given that Casale and Biella have proved too fragile in the presence of Cappelletti and associates. In short, at home from Udine, the reasons are strong, also because after Treviglio’s slip there is a desire to beat one of the big names.
Another highly anticipated player is Michele Antonutti, who wore the Pistoia uniform in Serie A from 2015 to 2017, competing in the quarter-finals of the Scudetto play-offs twice in a row. Just the “Cigno di Colloredo” is the spokesman for the Old Wild West on the eve: «For me it will be a pleasure to face a team where I played in the past, reaching great goals.

From the Tesi Group I know Wheatle well, with whom I shared the experience in Biella. We know that Pistoia is a team with a strong identity, they are very aggressive, so we expect a battle from a physical point of view ».
If Lacey and Antonutti are the most anticipated men among the Udinese, the Tuscans have the most representative man in Jazz Johnson (19.7 points per game). The main theme of the competition, however, is the challenge between two very solid collectives.

One fact above all: the teams with the two least perforated defenses of the Green group face off. To win it will be necessary to overcome the 70-point bar against a team that focuses heavily on defensive intensity, just like Treviglio.
Apu Old Wild West-Edilnol Biella will be broadcast at 20.30 as usual in live streaming on the website of the National Basketball League for LnpPass subscribers. Updates every quarter on the official Apu social networks.