Virtus Bologna, Luca Banchi is already in postseason mood
Virtus Bologna plays eighth place in direct clash
By calendar è the last game of the regular season, in fact è a playoff that will condition, for better or worse, the postseason. Virtus Bologna will play Friday night at home against Baskonia, in fact, for the eighth place in the direct clash with the Basques: a win would guarantee the possibility of playing in the upper part of the play-in (where an eventual defeat would allow a second chance for playoff access), a k.o. would, on the other hand, put the Black Vu's backs against the wall and force them to win two games instead of one to get into the quarters.
Luca Banchi, during the presentation of the challenge scheduled at the Virtus Segafredo Arena, è seemed quite clear from this point of view: "There’s a great desire on the part of everyone to prove ourselves up to such an important appointment – he said -. For both of us, this game will be the’appetizer of the play-in. It's time to take care of every little detail and control emotions".
"Baskonia plays at a high pace,” added the Bologna coach, “in Madrid they played high scoring, with a lot of possessions and they showed off their ballistic skills. It's a team of physical size and athleticism that, by characteristics, canà play a very aggressive defense. It will beà a tough and demanding competition but we are preparing ourselves in the best possible way".
In the pre-game conference Achille Polonara also spoke: "We want to close this regular season in the best way possible to prove that we deserve the postseason – said the Vu nere basketball player -. Baskonia is talented and runs very well on the counterattack: they won in Madrid and on other difficult courts. We have to start as always with defense, which will be the key to limit their strengths".
