On the eve of the match between Pallacanestro Brescia and Vanoli Basket Cremona, Coach Alessandro Magro presents the challenge: “We present the next match, the twenty-eighth of this season, on the Cremona pitch. A match that is deeply felt by both fans as it is a derby and is undoubtedly also an important match from a ranking point of view. Cremona needs a victory and will try to get it in front of their fans, who have always been capable of supporting their team, so much so that most of Coach Cavina’s team’s victories have come at home. I believe that Cremona has a rather false position in the standings, because it has lost many matches by just a few points, but it has always expressed an extremely effective game in terms of quality, not only due to the respect it has for Coach Cavina, but I like it when he plays against teams where you can really see the coach’s hand. They are a team that loves to play together and that makes playing together their strength, it is no coincidence that they are the most effective team in the entire championship in the last 4 seconds of possession, and not having among their ranks players among the best in isolation , but they love to play a lot without the ball, with blocks and have the possibility of having a center whose characteristics can resemble, for example, Bilan.
That is Grant Golden, who has the ability to pass the ball and is served many times in the pinch zones to play all the situations that can open up spaces, both to the wingers, like Wayne McCullough, who is certainly the best shooter they have and then with the new setup, Davis and Lacey are certainly two players capable of creating for themselves and others. The team is well built, excellently trained, and I am happy that an Italian player like Pecchia is proving once again that he can hold the pitch excellently in Serie A and I am sorry for what happened to Denegri because he was doing an incredible season. We don’t know if Adrian will be in the game, but they have a long package that is able to provide due to the characteristics that Zanotti and Eboua have, the possibility of playing inside-outside and therefore being able to try to stress the opposing defense throughout the possession. They are the most tactical team in the entire championship, the team that makes the most use of the zone, including the zone press.
We know it will be a difficult match because they will try in every way to put us in difficulty, they have already done it in pre-season, they did it for many minutes in the first leg match; therefore, we are aware that it will be a very difficult match and that we must not underestimate even for a second. Going in this moment of great need to play a solid game from both a defensive and offensive point of view on the pitch in Cremona would be an excellent response for me and my staff in the path we are taking towards the post-season. We must try to simply express our best version of basketball and there will be the will to try to run as much as possible even if we don’t play at home. It will take a game of great discipline from everyone to be able to bring home these two points which would be extremely valuable for our progress.”
