So the Apu started again: Lacey and a lot of group, but we can do better

The Old Wild West is playing well and the USA is a great fit. However, there are still at least three problems to be solved

UDINE. Veni Vidi Vici. Trevor Lacey introduces himself to Giulio Cesare and the Apu Old Wild West returns to victory, archiving Treviglio’s misstep. The excellent debut of the Juventus number 55 helped to solve some problems at Apu, who showed all his offensive potential at the Bakery.

POINTS IN THE HANDS

Udine was a team with over 80 points in the hands even without Lacey, but it is clear that with the graft of the American guard the offensive maneuver gains us in unpredictability.

Until the previous round, APU was too dependent on Cappelletti and Giuri, who shared almost half of the Juventus shots. In Piacenza, things have changed, with shots and points well distributed among the main guns of Udine, also because Lacey is not a game centerer: in some situations he was the ball carrier and served 3 delicious assists to his teammates.

ALL A BOUNCE

Another strong point of the HCL team is physicality, with a physical size well above the average in Serie A2.

It follows that Apu is dominating by rebound in all the games with the contribution of all: none in double figures, as Foulland had accustomed us last year, but as many as 9 players have signed up on the scoresheet for a total of 37 carom. won against the 25 of the opponents. No team, in this green group of A2, can afford to put it on physicality against Udine.

THE USUAL DEFECTS

From the away match in Piacenza, the Apu Old Wild West also brings with it some well-known and currently unresolved problems. Walters who comes in and out because he is charged with fouls (with related protests and technical fouls) is now a chronic case. The same can be said of turnovers, as many as 16 against the Bakery: a waste that was not paid dearly, also because the Emilians shot with 20% from three, far from the usual 40%. Finally, the problem of the wings that do not fly.

Ebeling was deployed in the quintet, an injection of confidence that was not enough to shake him from the torpor of these first months in Udine. Not even Esposito, who has done the homework and nothing more, takes off. The figures speak for themselves: 19 minutes on the pitch for the two (8 Ebeling, 11 Esposito) and so the 35-year-old Antonutti had to spend 30 minutes on the court. Something still does not add up.