Unahotels, hunting for the blitz. But Treviso is a tough team. Will Faried or Goumbald play?

Hunting for the blitz to corroborate the objective playoff, with an eye on the nearby Final-Eight of Coppa Italia, the only national basketball competition that can really be challenged by the Milan-Bologna duopoly. With these objectives in its sights, theUnahotels this afternoon he goes up to the Marca Veneta to face a Treviso with a very inconsistent seasonal performance, where he has alternated good victories in sequence with series of defeats, often accompanied by poor performances.

In fact, the Nutribullet of the period, before drinking a broth at the home of the bottom team Pistoia, had put together three consecutive defeats, showing some cracks in the discrete certainties put together until the beginning of January. However, it is a square and tactically disciplined formation, as are usually those led by the expert Frank Vitucci, a difficult mix to face for the Reggio of this year. Currently ninth with 16 points, the Venetian team absolutely needs to not lose ground on home soil, so as not to see the train that leads to the post-season, currently four points away, move further away.

For its part, the Reggio Emilia basketball, after the blitz in Tortona that earned them a 2-0 lead in the direct clash with the Piedmontese, has the opportunity to do the same with today's opponents, already clearly beaten, 88-64, at the PalaBigi last October. With a Barford in great form (24 points) and Faye dominating the area: 14 rebounds. A victory on the court of the white-blues of the beloved ex Olisevicius would not only allow Winston and his teammates to make a very important leap in view of the playoffs, but would also be an excellent viaticum in view of the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup against Trento.

To achieve this, similarly to what happened last Saturday with Vanoli, the red and whites will certainly have to exploit their superiority under the basket (theUnahotels It is the team that takes the most rebounds in Serie A, over 13 offensive ones by the way, Treviso is only eleventh) and that's why in the ballot between Faried and Goumbald, Priftis could opt for the physicality of the American big man, instead of the dynamism of the Caribbean. Unless he intends to preserve the former Denver Nuggets, especially after the efforts of the European Cup (from a physical point of view "Manimal" seems to suffer a lot from the double commitment) for the match at the Final-Eight counting on the reliability of Gombauld who always does his part anyway.

For the rest, defensive intensity and 3-point shooting percentages will be the other key factors in today's contest. Reggio needs to find the best Winston, who appeared a bit sluggish on Tuesday in Turkey after returning from the physical problem he suffered. Counting, hopefully, on the grit of Barford and the talent of Jamar Smith who both in the championship match with Cremona, and especially in Bcl, showed concrete signs of recovery.