The most obvious and indigestible pairing. The eleventh time out of twelve in the playoffs is against Venice. The start on Saturday at 19.30. Reyer will enjoy the field factor (first two and possibly fifth home game) thanks to just one point of difference in the direct matches, seasoned with controversy over refereeing, as it seems to be the habit since the two clubs clashed for the Scudetto in 2019 .
At Taliercio Venice won by 10 points with coach Bucchi sent off, the second in over a thousand matches between Italy and Europe. At the PalaSerradimigni the biancoblù prevailed by 9 lengths by throwing away the ball of +14 and giving the guests possession which Bramos transformed into the triple which made the difference in the classification with equal merit.
Two seasons ago the same starting grid with Venice which took advantage of the home advantage by winning 3-2, however with the minimum difference of 93-91. Instead, in the championship final, Reyer prevailed in the seventh game, but at least Banco managed to hit Taliercio in game two.
The big difference is that now the Sassari point guard Marco Spissu plays for Venice.
Whoever wins the quarter-finals will face the winner between Milan and Pesaro, who finished first and eighth respectively.