Bologna –
Treviso team that is waiting for Segafredo starts again from a defeat at the Taliercio in the derby against Venice, due to low percentages from 2 (17/43, 40%) and from the line (50% on 20 attempts), restarted after the change of leadership, with the old warrior Marcelo Nicola called back to put on track a team that in the last 7, Champions included, lost 5.
Signs of vitality have already been seen in Varese and at home with Brindisi, whose change of bench had produced the classic shock. Successes arrived when restless ghosts had been hovering for a long time, affecting ancient certainties. Henry Sims, who ended up on the sidelines with coach Menetti, came back to the forefront, immediately matching the decisive double-double in the blitz of Varese with the Nutribullet capable of scoring 89 points, ten more than the 79 of the season average. Even the tricolor troop remains at a high level with Bortolani’s season assumed to the third bomber of the team with 11.5 points in just 23.3 minutes. Together with him, the other prominent Italian faces are Imbrò (10.3 points + 3.4 assists) and Akele, a useful team glue. The direction guide is assured by Russell, skillful creator of advantages for himself and for the others combined with the athleticism of Jones, tactical pawn expendable both from 4 and 5, the ballistics of Dimsa and the atypicality of Sokolowski. On the perimeter, space for the debut of Californian Erick Green, this year in China, already seen in Siena but also with experiences in Valencia, Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.
