"We wanted to win one at the Taliercio and we succeeded" said coach Piero Bucchi after the coup-masterpiece. Of course, Dinamo's clear victory 81-55 must not deceive Venice crashing into the second half as in game two, but having drawn the series means being able to play game three (Thursday) and game four of the quarterfinals (Saturday ) in front of the audience of the PalaSerradimigni. A small advantage for a Banco who has always won in front of their fans in the second round.

For her part, Reyer knows that just winning one is enough to earn her fifth game at the Taliercio, so a tough and bad opponent is to be expected.

Venice can certainly play better, as demonstrated in the first game. However, Sassari also has at least a couple of players who have so far remained subdued in attack. The first is Bendzius: it had never happened in three seasons that the Lithuanian winger ran out of threes in two games in a row. And we're talking about a player who has never dropped below 38% from the arc in three seasons. Even Gentile can give a little more in attack.