Reggio Emilia heading into Pistoia trip: Dimitris Priftis explains what worries him
Dimitris Priftis analyzes Pistoia, Reggio Emilia’s next opponent
After last Saturday’s home loss to Brescia (68-80), Unahotels Reggio Emilia è managed to redeem itself at home to Slask Wroclaw in the Champions League, winning 73-65 Tuesday night in Poland. Now coach Dimitris Priftis and his players are called to confirm themselves in another away game, this time in the league, against Estra Pistoia, coming off two consecutive defeats.
Priftis doesn't trust the day's rivals, whom they will face Sunday at 8 p.m. at PalaCarrara: "Winning in Pistoia è always a very arduous undertaking,” he said: they are a really hot field with a fan base that always pushes them beyond their limits. To try to conquer PalaCarrara we will first have to start with our defense: play a game of great concentration and composure, a match where even the emotional aspect and control of emotions in crucial moments, within an environment like that, will be a key".
"From the technical point of view, we will not have to open up the pace of the match too much and lose trivial balls that lead them to score easy baskets,” added the Greek coach. It will be necessary to do a very good job on their game creators, above all Christon, but also to pay attention to hold the’one-on-one of athletes of great aggressivenessà such as Rowan and Forrest, without forgetting the’ambivalence of Silins, who can hit both from outside and in the post-basket".
"Childs and Brajkovic help them a lot between the lines, and the two Italians Della Rosa and Saccaggi are dangerous players becauseè they play with great pride and energy" then concluded Priftis, talking about what worries him most ahead of the competition that already at this point of the season is worth two important points to stay in the quiet zone of the standings.
