Bertram, De Raffaele: “Cremona? A lady team. She will be very tough”

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TORTONA- After beating Varese, the Bertram closes the double home commitment by hosting Vanoli Cremona (PalaFerrarais, Saturday at 6pm). Tortona in the running for the playoffs. But coach Walter De Raffaele he doesn’t want to do calculations. “I’m not good at making calculations, I’ve never done them also because the tables aren’t respected. Let’s think about tomorrow’s match which will be very tough. Cremona coming from one huge victory against Venice”.

Cavina and his Cremona

“I have great respect for Demis – attacks the coach. A very prepared coach, who I know well and who is capable of making his teams play very well. They are a great team, an excellent collective that plays excellent basketball. Strength points? Many: wingers who can come out of the blocks and hurt, like Denegri And McCullough, Davis. It’s a team that defends hard, with an organization with clear objectives. It will be important to play a match that pays attention to the characteristics of the players and with high intensity both defensively and offensively.”

Strautins extension

“The extension of the contract of Strautins it is a very important movement made in April which demonstrates the club’s willingness to plan and lay the foundations to have a core of Italians who can drag the rest along.”

Playoffs: need an outside shot?

After tomorrow’s match against Cremona, second in a row at home, Bertram will travel to Brescia on 6 April. From now until the end of the regular season there are three away matches for the Bianconeri (after Brescia, Trento and Treviso). So far only one success away from Casale (in Brindisi). Is a blitz needed to secure the playoffs? “It is a fact that so far we have won less away than at home. But we were only defeated in Pistoia, the other games we lost by 1 to three points which in basketball is a missed shot. So the matches must also be analyzed for performance and the team has always been competitive away from home.”