Dinamo Sassari must return to racing

A useful break to breathe, recover physical and mental energy. But above all necessary to prepare for a return to the field that will see the Dynamo Sassari have two important challenges in the league, with the return of the team on the horizon Champions League and a December that promises to be difficult.

Importance

Sassari will have first Get smart and then Pesaro on the calendar, on two Sundays that could be decisive for the progress of the biancoblù. The complex start of the Sassari team, who at the moment occupy the fourteenth position but one victory away from the eighth position held by Brindisi, will force Bucchi’s team to try not to lose points easily against their direct opponents and not for the playoffs and especially for the Italian Cup Final Eight. The match against the Campania players on Sunday 20 November (two ball at 8 pm at the PalaSerradimigni) thus becomes the first fundamental step to start a new season, along the lines of what already happened in the past year with the matches against Napoli e The power of Bologna, interspersed with a national break, which were useful for coach Piero Bucchi to get in tune with the team and beyond. Challenges that despite the defeat served as a basis for the recovery of the following months.

New balances

After Onuaku’s farewell, he is expected in Sardinia Stephens (read more here), a player who could give the team more dynamism especially on the defensive side. And even more solutions to coach Bucchi, although it may be difficult to see the former Igokea play from four paired with Diop to give breath to Bendzius, who in the meantime reached qualification for the World Cup with his Lithuania. But before the new long question, which against the Campania players will be essential to lend a hand under the scoreboards given the characteristics of the opposing team (second in offensive rebounds in the Lba with over 12 on average per game), Sassari will first have to think about oiling the gears of its own mechanisms to react to the current situation both in Italy and in Europe. The first puzzle to be solved is that of turnovers: Dinamo has the worst figure in the whole championship (16.5 per game) and despite the numerical reduction in the last few games, the problem remains important. Also because one less possession is one more possession given to the opponents, but above all it means less confidence. Confidence that until now has also been lacking in shooting. Dinamo looks for itself and knows how to look for it, it is second for assist average per game despite the difficulties, but comes with poor shooting safety: at the moment Bucchi’s team shoots with the 33% from the arc against the 38.5% recorded last season, but above all he scores six points fewer on average (78 against 84 in 2021-2022). With the average number of points conceded per match exceeding the quota 81.

Data that can, however, only partially explain the moment from which Sassari will have the duty to try to get out in the coming weeks. Bucchi will have to have both individual answers, from the remaining Americans and from players like Kruslin e Nikolic appeared less ready in the last outings before the break, and collective, with a group that will have to be able to regroup after the jolt given by the departure of Onuaku. Time to react remains, but before a December where there will be challenges against Milano, Tortona e Veneziayou will need to resume your run with a certain frequency in order not to miss the Final Eight goal.

Matteo Cardia