Wolves aim to roar back with win
8:30am Saturday 29th March 2008
WORCESTER Wolves head coach Skouson Harker be-lieves tonight's British Basketball League clash at Leicester Riders is one of the biggest games of their season.
The play-off chasing Wolves return to the court (7.30pm tip-off) at the John Sanderson Centre after a break of 20 days and Harker's side will be looking to complete a league treble against the Riders having already beaten them at the University of Worcester 92-85 in October and 67-66 in February.
But Wolves will have to make do without Ivan Brosko due to the centre sustaining a broken finger.
"In my mind this is one of the biggest games of the year for us momentum wise," said Harker.
"With a 20 days break in between our last BBL games the players will be anxious to get back into action.
"We had a very focused and positive break. We even played an inter-squad game last week that was very intense.
"From everything I see within the team, we feel we can move further up the table in our last six matches. I fully expect that we will build on our recent six-game winning streak and move up the table in the process.
"Sixth is a possibility if we can keep winning most of our games and hope the other two clubs slip up. We have to play Sheffield, and the winners of that will have the head-to-head, plus the game at Guildford on Setanta will be interesting. But there's been many strange results, you can't take any game for granted."
The Riders, like the Wolves are eyeing a place in the top eight and coach Martin Ford knows his side need to slow the Wolves down if they are to win the game, "We need to contain Anthony Paez and James Life, but Shaun Durant has been the main problem for us. He knows his job, he pulls down the rebounds, and lets the other two guys play."