As for Avelino their motivation is to avoid Montepaschi in playoff until final. But according to some sources on the net Smith and Williams (both are leaders of the club) and doubtful for this game because of injuries. I am not sure about their real health status but 2 days ago there were not able to traing and doctors said that they can't quarantee that they will play today. Anyway Air Av. had complicated preparation for this battle and as A.Righetti said in his interview for them most important games are next 2 games at home against Benetton and Milano where they must take 2 wins and quarantee 2nd or 3rd spot in the table.

Sure it is bit risky to play against strong teams but here I think we have some value on home side because of strong home court, motivation and key-players injuries in opponents roster. I would set Rieti favorites here.