Buoyed by the success over Trieste in the championship, Dinamo begins the playoff phase of the Europe Cup. Tomorrow at the PalaSerradimigni (start at 20:30) Bilbao, a Spanish team, arrives. Group L is completed by two French teams, the leader Cholet and the modest Le Portel. The first two will access the playoffs.
In a phase with only six games, winning at home becomes fundamental. Banco di Sardegna will still be without winger Udom and probably without small forward Sokolowski.
Bilbao won the first phase group with full points, but objectively faced mediocre teams: BC Prievidza (Slovakia), BC Kutaisi 2010 (Georgia) and BC Balkan, (Bulgaria). In the Liga Acb, Bilbao is twelfth together with Granada, the only opponent beaten in the last five games.
A very physical team, the Spanish team has a 194cm playmaker, the Estonian Kullamae, and two 213cm centers, Jones and the Icelandic international Hlinason. Among the outside players is the former Milano Dragic.