Rbr, the curves are back for the derby. But the biggest danger is Ahmad

This time you won't hear the shoes scraping on the parquet in a surreal, laboratory-like start to the match. Rimini and Pesaro fans will be present and loud from the start, but also before the tip-off. That 76-82 of November 10, matured in an unusual Vitifrigo Arena and without the curves, will leave room for a completely different game. Even on the field, because that Carpegna Ham it is very distant relative from the current one. Not so much for the players, but for their performance.

There is always driving Spiro Leka, who is at home in Romagna due to his spells on the benches of Morciano, San Marino and Santarcangelo between 2003 and 2009. The 60-year-old coach has managed to raise the performance of a talented group but which in the first weeks of the season had had a productivity well below expectations. The diamond is Khalil Ahmad, best scorer of the team and also of the whole A2 with 21.3 points. The only one above twenty on average among all the players in the championship.

The 28-year-old Californian, who also has Iceland, Israel and Belgium in his overseas past, is a true talent, often unstoppable. A play-guard who scored 38 in the first leg and who also outdid himself a few weeks ago against Ozrinuovi, when he scored 45. It is clear that marking him will be crucial, but it must also be said that the rest of the company is anything but to be underestimated. For example, the other American, the wing VJ King, who brings 14.7 points and 5.2 rebounds to the cause. Also keep an eye on Octavio Maretto, Italian-Argentine winger born in 2004 in dizzying growth, a promising element with a recent past also in the Pesaro C with Loreto. For him 5.8 points, in addition to freshness and defense. Also in the quintet are the wing Lorenzo Bucarelli (7.2) and the center Simone Zanotti (5.4).

And the bench? Lots of quality. First of all with the playmaker Matteo Imbro, protagonist of Trapani's climb a year ago and now author of 8 points with 3.2 assists. Then with Quirino De Laurentiis, center with 8.5 points and 4.7 rebounds, a high-level player between A and A2. Finally, important minutes for the wings Danilo Petrovic (6.9+2.3 rebounds) and Eric Lombardi (6.5+4.4). It should be remembered, it will be the RivieraBanca Day and season tickets will not be valid. Tickets for tomorrow's match can be purchased at tobacconists T'Immagini, Pruccoli and Millennium, but also at the company headquarters in Flaminio during opening hours (today from 9 to 12.30:17 and from 19 to XNUMX).