Varese-ScafatiLately, it’s never a trivial game. Last year it was the last home game of the season in which the Openjobmetis salvation was on the line: it was a victory in a sold-out arena with consequent permanence in Serie A, after the harsh blow of the penalty, which the red and white team masterfully overcame.
This year the people from Campania will arrive under the Sacro Monte, on Sunday 19 November at 5.00 pm, with a valuable scalp like the one of Olimpia Milanodefeat in the last round of the championship at Pala Mangano while Varese is fresh from a burning last-second defeat against Napoli, which came after an excellent performance from coach Bialaszewski’s boys.
The warmth of the audienceItelyum Arena it will be an additional factor to push a Varese team that is undoubtedly improving as the days go by. To beat the team of the good coach Sacripanti they will be needed defensive organization e ability to remove various reference points of Givova from the center of the game.
Starting from the control room where we find two super players Gerald Robinson e Janis Strelnieks. The Latvian joined Scafati during the championship and in 3 games he produced 10.3 points on average with a resounding 63% from 3 points and 4.3 assists. The career speaks for him where after the beginnings in his homeland at Ventspils he toured Europe with 3 years at Bamberg of Trinchieri (3 championships, 1 cup and 1 super cup), two all’Olympiacos and two more at Cska: many Euroleagues for a super luxury addition despite being 34 years old. Robinson is now a veteran of our Serie A having arrived at Pesaro in 20/21, played two years in that year Sassari and now the Scafatese experience. Player with a solid physique, good defender on the perimeter and with excellent vision of the game.
On guard we find the eternal Logan, currently the Campania region’s second scorer with 12.7 points on average and 41.5% from the arc. He has traveled far and wide across the country and his characteristics are well known: be careful to leave him space for his deadly shot. Together with him in position 2 there is Reddish. The Italian has started very well again this year with 10.4 points on average and a superb 65% from 3 on 3 attempts per game. After last year in which he demonstrated that he was well worth a place in Serie A, he is confirming himself as one of Scafati’s certainties.
At small forward there is the couple Rivers–Gentile. Well built, both over 2 metres, Rivers is also the man most used by Sacripanti with an average of 30.3′ on the parquet. Like Gentile, they are two players who can also play as a 4, the American has athleticism, dynamism and knows how to help rebound in attack as well as having both penetration and outside shooting in his skills. Gentile is having an intelligent season and even against Milan he played a careful game, punishing the Milanese players on defensive changes using his body near the basket. 7 points with 57% from 2 his business card.
Moving under the boards there is the power forward Kruize Pinkins which we talk about in “Watch out for”, the centre-forward John Nunge and the blues Quirino De Laurentiis and Giovanni Pini. Of Lawrence he arrived in Serie A last year at the age of 30 after a long apprenticeship in Serie A2 and has earned confirmation with a constant performance when called upon. Nung he is a long white player of 2.13m with an imposing physique and a good hand as well as being a more than good blocker. He is capable of playing both front and back to the basket and a modern big man capable of playing both inside and outside the area.
Occhio a…Kruize Pinkins
Pinkins he is a strong winger in his second season at Scafati and his fifth overall in Italy after his experiences in Casale Monferrato and Turin. A player with good offensive talent and an educated hand from 6.75 as demonstrated by his 39.5% from beyond the arc last year, he is strong in rebounding and is certainly an important player on the Campania tactical board. Released from San Francisco Don’s Collegehis first European experience took place with the Germans of Born, a group born only in 2013, with which he remained for two years. Then he always stays in Germany and signs with Central German before arriving at Casale in 2018/19. In A2 with the Novipiù travels in double-double on average 16.6 points and 10.5 rebounds. His performances earned him the call from Torino where he remained for two years, always achieving double figures. From here comes the French opportunity in Serie A with Limoges where he closed with an average of 5.6 points before arriving in Scafati where he had an excellent season in terms of performance which earned him confirmation.
Matteo Gallo
2023-11-18 11:03:02
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