{"id":81089,"date":"2024-10-05T16:08:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/?p=81089"},"modified":"2024-10-05T16:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T14:08:58","slug":"against-sassari-olimpia-wants-to-regain-its-defensive-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/against-sassari-olimpia-wants-to-regain-its-defensive-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Against Sassari, Olimpia wants to regain its defensive identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coming off a couple of tough losses, in Trieste and Monaco, Olimpia failed to build on momentum created by winning the Italian Supercup in Bologna and now for its home opener has to play with humility and sense of urgency despite the injury that will affect its starting center, Josh Nebo, for a few games. <\/strong>Sassari has been a traditional opponent for the last ten years or so. They are coming off a hard home loss with Scafati in the first round so the mood will be more or less the same. Olimpia will play for the first before its fans and will celebrate the 31<sup>st<\/sup> Italian league championship won last June and, at halftime, will pay homage to its legendary coach Dan Peterson for his recent induction in the FIBA Hall of Fame. Without Nebo, more playing time is expected for Ousmane Diop, the center coming from Sassari: \u201cFor me it is like playing against home. I spent five great years in Sassari and built relationships that are great and still active. For me a lot has changed. The most complicated part is to be mentally ready to play even when I\u2019m on the bench and be aggressive. There\u2019s no time at this level to wait for the game to come to you,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have an excellent mix of talent, with Bibbins and Fobbs and experience, especially Bendzius and Sokolowski \u2013 assistant coach Mario Fioretti pointed out \u2013 What\u2019s important is to regain our defensive identity, our cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip-off time will be on Sunday at 18:15.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><u>SASSARI OUTLOOK<\/u><\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Dinamo has changed its roster but not its coach with Nenad Markovic remaining at the helm of the Sardinian team. The roster has been deeply renewed with the return of only two players, the point guard Alessandro Cappelletti and the power forward Eimantas Bendzius. The point guard is Justin Bibbins, 1.73 mt tall, coming off two years in Nanterre where he won the French Cup; the guard is Brian Fobbs coming from Bonn, Germany. The guards\u2019 department is fortified by Cappelletti and a guard who is now a veteran, the shooter Matteo Tambone, in recent seasons in Pesaro. The small forward is the Polish Michal Sokolowski, 30 points in the first round against Scafati, MVP of the Final Eight of the Italian Cup last February when he was in Naples. Bendzius returned after a serious injury and is one of the best shooters with size in recent years (he is shooting 44.1 percent from three in his career in Italy). The Bosnian Miralem Halilovic is the center: he played for a long time in France, but last year he was at Galatasaray. The multi-purpose forward Nate Renfro, who has been in Greece for the last two seasons, and Mattia Udom complete the forward department. Among the wingers there is also the small forward Giovanni Veronesi who is a rookie in Serie A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54011437290_3946661733_k.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ousmane Diop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off a couple of tough losses, in Trieste and Monaco, Olimpia failed to build on momentum created by winning the Italian Supercup in Bologna and now for its home opener has to play with humility and sense of urgency despite the injury that will affect its starting center, Josh Nebo, for a few games. 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