The national Serie B playoffs start on Sunday 5 May and involve the meeting between the best 16 teams in the two groups, at the end of which two teams will be promoted to A2.
Rucker, who closed the regular season in fourth place in group B with a score of 23 wins and 11 losses, will meet in the quarterfinals – with the home advantage in favor – Del. Fes Avellino, fifth in group A, which closed with 38 points (19 won and 15 lost).
THE SERIES
The series is played in the best of 5 matches (two at home, two away, possibly a match at the Zoppas Arena), whoever emerges victorious will face, in the upper part of scoreboard 1, the winner between Pielle Livorno and Andrea Costa Imola.
THE OPPONENTS
On the Irpinia bench sits Alessandro Crotti (former coach of Juvi Cremona promoted to A2, Rucker’s opponent in past seasons), who after 9 days took the place of the sacked Crosariol. The winger Chinellato has also arrived from Omegna, to shore up a roster in which the wingers are Burini, Giunta, Verazzo and the shooter Vasl, the wingers Fresno and Carenza, with Nikolic and Bortolin giving weight and substance near the paint .
STATS
- Average points: RCKR 80.3 – AVE 75.4
- Average points at home: RCKR 83.6 – AVE 74.5
- Average points away from home: RCKR 76.9 – AVE 76.4
- %3: RCKR 37% – AVE 31%
- %2: RCKR 53% – AVE 52%
- % TL: RCKR 70% – AVE 72%
- Turnovers: RCKR 12.1 – AVE 13.9
- Steals: RCKR 6.8 – AVE 6.4
- Assist: RCKR 16.7 – AVE 13.4
- Total rebounds: RCKR 37.5 – AVE 38.4
- Best scorer: Gluditis 16 – Bortolin 14.1
- Best rebounder: Oxilia 8 – Bortolin 7.7
- Best assistman: Di Emidio 3.1 – Burini 3.3
- Best 3p shooter: Cacace 43% – Chinellato 44%
REFEREES
Luchi from Prato and Rinaldi from Livorno
RUCKER press office
