Bologna –
Inside the lines of these convulsive three days of regular season, the Eurocup will establish the grid of the final grand prize. For the Segafredo, who doubled the months of storms without getting smashed, the chance in Patrasso to snatch a success fighting for the best possible position. The Greeks, back from last Wednesday’s defeat against Buducnost (90-77) arrive at the crossroads with the unenviable record of 4-11.
Hoisted to such a precarious degree, the Promitheas will try to catch some uncertainty of Virtus, spying the pace with Kendrick Ray, combo-guard with 13.8 points and 3.9 assists, always in the quintet and always in double figures touching his season high of 8 assists in the recent victory against Ulma. On the perimeter he also drives Abdul Gaddy, former never too much regretted, compensating with intensity the general lack of team experience at these levels and Nikos Gkikas, director more devoted to his teammate than himself, 4.8 points and 4.2 assists mainly from the bench, whose debut was the first game against Segafredo. Even without an endless human material, in order to hide today’s hesitations, the team relies on Dimitris Agravanis, key tactical element for size and versatility (10.9 points + 4.3 rebounds) while in the area it relies on Jerai Grant (5.3 rebounds). On this interminable journey, Patras remains one of the most logistically impervious destinations, Segafredo will have to compete with an adversary that throws few balls (just 12.3, sixth in Eurocup) but not very precise, 50.7% from 2 and 32.3% from 3, in both items seventeenth.
