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Sassari won three away games in a row

Sassari scored only 60 points in their last game, they can hardly have such a bad night on offense once again

We must admit that Roma are playing very well in the national championship. Although they fumbled in European competitions, they are doing much better in the championship and are currently ranked fifth, which is excellent. On the other hand, Sassari are doing great on both fronts, but are currently on a two game losing streak. Regardless of that, they are still second in the championship. Today they will try to catch up with Siena, who have a one game lead.

Roma played a hard game in the last round vs Reggio Emilia, who play one of the best defenses in the league. They struggled a lot on offense and spent most of the game lagging behind by about ten points, and then played a masterful last quarter (25-14), which decided the winner. Baron did especially well in that period, scoring 14 points, with only 2 in the remainder of the game. Goss played his best game so far, scoring 26 points, with Taylor adding 12 more.

-We allowed them only 27 points in the second half thanks to excellent tactical and technical performance by our team. That's the way we should be playing defense all game long, while offense was good throughout the match vs a defense such as Reggiana's- said coach Dalmonte after the game.

They are now facing another strong opponent, but with a completely different style this time. Sassari likes run and gun basketball, but have lately played a few games with very low scores.

Their last round home match vs Siena was precisely such a game. It ended 62-60 for the away team, and Sassari missed a great opportunity to take over top position as Siena were missing their main player, Hackett.

Travis Diener came back for Sassari in that game, although he was announced to return early in the new year, but not even his contribution was enough for the team to win. Both teams made comebacks on several occasions, with no leads above 8 points at any time. Sassari held +6 midway through the last quarter but Siena did better in the final moments and won by free throws from Cournooh. Marques Green had a winning three point shot for his team, but missed.

-We did not play the good passing game we usually do. Siena had good defense and it was just no our day- said Sacripanti, with Devecchi adding:

-We were motivated enough, but our shooting percentage was just too low. This was not our top performance, although we tried our best for the fans.

They will have to improve their game vs Roma, especially on the offense, as they will hardly win if their three point shooting ends up at 5/26 again. That is their strongest weapon, and if they impose their own rhythm, it will be hard to follow it.

I must admit I was surprised by this margin as I'm used to seeing Sassari in 85+ points offers. Seems to me that the bookmakers took the game vs Siena as a benchmark, one of the worst matches Sassari played so far, where they scored only 60 points. They will hardly repeat such bad game today, and Roma's is not exactly the embodiment of great defense and slow rhythm, although they did have a few games where the score was low. Sassari scored 88, 74, 82, 95, and 88 in away games so far. Five of the last six matches between these two teams went over this margin, and I expect the trend to continue today as well.