Bologna –
Having climbed to fourth place by winning 6 of the last 8, UnaHotels Reggio Emilia is today one of the most frightening teams in our A Series. In Italy and also in Europe, having to play in the FIBA Europe Cup semifinals on March 30 with the Danish Bakken Bears.
It happens rarely, but with Osvaldas Olisevicius (16.2 points+4.6 rebounds) and Mikael Hopkins (13.5 points+7.8 rebounds) it can happen a little more often, even if the Lithuanian with Segafredo will remain in the box because of the Achilles tendon inflammation suffered in the last championship round. So they’ll have to focus even more on Andrea Cinciarini who, with 11 points, 9.8 assists in 33.2 minutes, beyond the numbers sends flashes of deep leadership and Stevie Thompson who, after a few dull nights, was decisive in the last outing against Sassari. Find continuity Reggio would have added another important arrow to his bow. But it is in the details that the championship of the red and white is telling the most important stories, related to 10.7 offensive rebounds (4th), 29.4 assists (2nd) and the very few 10.5 turnovers (2nd), for a change. No one can say if these values at the end of the season will still be there, meanwhile in Reggio Emilia they enjoy the moment. The possible return of Crawford from his wrist injury would give Attilio Caja an extra ball carrier, in the meantime for this last third of the season the market has given him the play/guard Tyler Larson, out of Pesaro and already coached in Varese in the 17/18 season. Because today the rotation goes with few men and a lot of courage: in the last 45′ with Sassari they rotated in 8, all above 22 minutes of use.
