Coach Piero Bucchi is in his 14th Scudetto playoff, two of which played against Milan. Captain Jack Devecchi is instead in his 11 playoffs, the first, in 2003, played with the Milan shirt. Dinamo are fielding two ex-experts in the semi-final series against Olimpia which starts on Saturday at 6pm at the Assago Forum. Without forgetting Stefano Gentile, also a playoff with Milan (2008) and of course the three with Sassari, plus those with Reggio Emilia.

Coach and players who know very well how to manage nervous and physical energies in a series that Banco di Sardegna hopes to extend compared to last year's semifinals, where they were eliminated by Messina's team with a dry 3-0.

In last season's team, besides Devecchi and Gentile, Robinson, Kruslin, Bendzius, Treier, Diop and Chessa also played. They have an additional motivation in a series that on paper seems already decided, but if Pesaro managed to trip the Italian champions in match three, they can try to make a surprise.

The ideal would be to win one of the two matches at the Forum (Saturday and Monday) to then play at the PalaSerradimigni where the Sassari team has always won as it started in the second round.