The 15th championship in Serie A for Sassari starts on Saturday at PalaSerradimigni. The opponent is Scafati and must be beaten because the next round is the prohibitive away match in Milan. The club has set itself two goals: to restore enthusiasm in the fans and improve on the results of last season, where Dinamo remained out of both the Coppa Italia and the playoffs for the Scudetto.
The first goal was missed: the defeat in Bonn prevented access to the Champions League regular season, even if the Europe Cup, the minor European cup of FIBA, remains as a consolation.
The pre-season and especially the two games of the Qualification Round in Turkey have shown that the defense is a fairly solid base in the team set up by coach Markovic. So far any opponent has been held under 80 points. It would also be good if the attack was able to exceed 80 points and instead it has not been so far.
Starting guard Fobbs has put together a paltry 6 points in two games, showing little danger in attacking the rim. Big man Renfro has provided no offensive contribution and the defense certainly cannot be enough. These are the two players who most of all must increase their contribution in attack, otherwise it becomes difficult to win, even with a solid defense, which however will have to eliminate the dangerous blackouts shown both against Juventus Utena and against Bonn.
