Dinamo takes the jinx . At their peak season (4 wins in 6 games), they were halved by injuries. The losses in Reggio Emilia and last night's home defeat against Saragozza, led by Sassari's Spissu (75-94) demonstrate that without four foreign players, the Sassari team has no chance of winning. And besides, aside from Bologna and Milan, no Serie A team can survive with so many absences.

Forward Marshall will be out for a few more weeks. It's important to determine whether one or two players can be immediately recovered, including point guard Buie, guard Johnson, and guard Beliauskas, because the guard department is depleted. If his return isn't imminent, at least a foreign player should be signed on a temporary basis.

The injuries came at the worst time of the season, because after the match against Reggio Emilia, Mršić's white-and-blues are facing opponents hovering between relegation and the last playoff spots: Napoli arrives on Sunday, then there's the away game in Trieste, then Cremona at the PalaSerradimigni, and an away game in Udine. With three wins and the same basket differentials compared to Napoli and Cremona, they have half a ticket to relegation. But right now, the decimated Dinamo is objectively inferior. Unless some players recover or they return to the transfer market.

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