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Among the two heavy upsets offered by the round of 16, the one taken by Ulma in Badalona, for its blazon and high ranking (first Eurocup vs. eighth) has been maybe the most unexpected one, giving back to Segafredo a fourth home game and the third seasonal meeting with the Germans: one success each and now PalaDozza, curiously also the home of the first game, will be the place of the decisive playoff. In the competition in which, except for Venezia eliminated by Boulogne and Buducnost by Andorra, among the 8 teams still competing, 6 come from group B, Ulma is 7-2 when scoring at least 80 points and its average of 90, kept in case of victory, is the fifth in the EuroCup.<\/p>\n
However, before the blitz at Palau Olimpic, Ratiopharm had been unsuccessful under 80 points for 9 games, including the 3 in which it didn’t even reach 70. It remains that the best streak appears to be the one at 84 points or more, reached in 9 occasions and in 8 of them combined with at least 18 assists. Apart from this arithmetic effect, the quarterfinal waiting for Segafredo doesn’t seem to hide any tactics as much as showing a non-trivial adversary, at his first play off experience since the 2014 round of 16 (out with Jerusalem) of which Per Guenther remains the only survivor and is also the only one of the group to have tasted these evenings between Eurocup and Euroleague. Others, such as Cristiano Felicio and Sindarius Thornwell took part in the NBA playoffs in 2017 and 2019, even if the Brazilian center, sidelined for a long time due to injury, is unlikely to be part of the game having ended prematurely a season in which his 11 appearances had hoisted him to third place in the Eurocup for rebounds. Coach Jaka Lakovi\u010d can also count on the strong support of the aggressive play of Semaj Christon, fourth scorer of the regular season with 17.4, increased to 21 against Badalona, in addition to 6.5 assists. In the BBL, Ratiopharm is just back from the 80-73 victory in Bayreuth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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