After the defeat against OraSì Ravenna, an authentic tour de force begins for Pallacanestro Forlì 2.015, with six games in four weeks: three at home (Ferrara, Chiusi and Eurobasket) and as many away (Latina, Fabriano and Stella Azzurra Roma ). These races will anticipate the last part of the regular season, which will end with the two challenges against Nardò and Ravenna, before the start of the pride phase (scheduled for Sunday 17 April).
The month full of appointments starts with the trip to the Latina field: the Benacquista of coach Franco Gramenzi, who in the first leg crushed the Palafiera, is going through a complicated moment and comes from 7 consecutive defeats, however matured in the final game (the gap it was never more than 6 points and, on 4 of these occasions it was 1 or 2 points). As an opponent, Josh Jackson will find himself, who moved from the Blue Star in recent weeks. There is a lot of anticipation for Kalin Lucas’ first in red and white, while Lorenzo Benvenuti and Davide Bruttini continue not to be in top physical condition.
The opponents
Latina boasts twelve points in the 19 games played, with the highest number of victories at home: 4 wins at PalaBianchini, obtained against Verona, Ferrara, Nardò and Fabriano. Gramenzi’s team travels with an average of 77.8 points, with 47% from two and 35% from three. Under the boards, Benacquista relies on the solidity of the Italian-Senegalese Abdel Fall: despite several missed matches, he is the best rebounder of the team (6.7 per game), bringing a contribution of 12.9 points per match. Another key member of the team is Davide Bozzetto (5.8 points and 5.9 rebounds).
In the control room, Aristide Mouaha alternates (8.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game) and the veteran Marco Passera, the player who distributes the most assists to his teammates (3.3) Terry Henderson is the offensive beacon of the team and scores 18.9 average points (third best scorer in the “Girone Rosso”), to which he adds 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. An excellent impact in terms of figures is also having Jackson who, in the 5 games played is traveling at 18.8 points per game (45% from three).
The wait in the Forlì house
Coach Dell’Agnello had little time to prepare for the difficult trip to Latina. Latina, the assistant coach Paolo Ruggeri points out, “is a tough team, with a lot of talent and points in their hands, good at running and with lethal shooters from the bow, but we are also happy to take the field immediately after the match against Ravenna. We must continue to concede a few points in our half, and finally insert Lucas in the engine to collect more offensively too. “
“We go to Latina aware that we are facing a real battle, against a team that is fighting and is very dynamic – confesses Benvenuti -. For our part, finally, we can say that we are complete, since it will be Kalin Lucas’ first match. we will be able to extend our rotations: we are ready to give everything to try to win the game and go home with two points “.
