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Saturday’s preview of the twelfth day of the Serie A championship on 21 December see Pallacanestro Trieste, after the victory in Bologna, host Vanoli Basket Cremona, fresh from the knockout in Treviso. Where to play: at PalaRubini in Trieste with tap-off at 8:30 pm. Where to see it on TV: live streaming DAZN and Eurosport 1. Referees: Guido Giovannetti, Gabriele Bettini, Simone Patti. Updates with live text on planetabasket.com
TOP EVENTS – There have been 7 regular season games and 4 playoffs in previous games between the clubs, with the Giulians leading 6-5 overall and 5-2 in head-to-head home matches . Trieste lost at home against Cremona in Game 4 of the quarter-finals of the 2018/19 season playoffs. In that case the series was won by Vanoli 3-1.
THE ABSENTS – Markel Brown is out of Pallacanestro Trieste due to a knee problem.
THE EX – Michele Ruzzier played in Pallacanestro Trieste, which was in Cremona for three seasons (from 2017/18 to 2019/20 season), averaging 6.8 points and 2.5 assists and winning in the 2019 Italian Cup of Vanoli Basket Cremona Corey Davis, who will be in Trieste in the 2021/22 years (arriving in December 2021) and 2022/23, scored 12.4 points and 4.3 assists per game in 46 games in Serie A.