DERBY Trailblazers are hitting the road for the biggest week yet in a so-far impressive season.
The Blazers travel to in-form Coventry Crusaders for a league game today and head on down the M1 straight after it for an overnight stop ahead of tomorrow's EBL Men's Trophy semi-final against London Mets.
Both matches will present stern challenges for a Derby side who will travel with a new signing added to the roster.
They have signed 21-year-old Ryan Lewis, who was a teammate of Martyn Gayle and Joel Madourie at Birmingham A last season.
The 6ft 9in power forward has a reputation for making explosive interventions in games.
Derby beat Coventry 93-84 at Moorways earlier in the season but coach Clarence Wiggins says their rivals are much-improved since then.
"The Trophy semi-final is very important to us but we want to win our league game first," said Wiggins.
"We're going to focus on Coventry by looking at what we did well last time and reviewing the game tape we have of them.
Replica LoeweThey've added a big American - 6ft 9in power forward Matt Smith - who can really score, so we'll need to try and limit him.
"We also need to watch out for Stephen Danso because he really hurt us last time when he put a big run together late in the game."
Smith can play both inside and out and scored 25 points on his debut.
Along with Danso and fellow American John Olinger, he combined for 88 points in Coventry's recent win over Tees Valley Mohawks.
"If we were to go there unprepared, there's no doubt we would lose, as other teams have done in recent weeks," said Wiggins.
Tomorrow's Trophy semi-final tips off at 1pm.
"The match against the Mets will be difficult because they tend to put out a stronger lineup at home than they do on the road," said Wiggins.
Bally Handbags"But we'll be taking the same approach as we do for the Coventry game. We'll look at some game tape and try to identify their weaknesses.
"I don't think they have great three-point shooters and if we can keep them from getting too many offensive rebounds, I'm confident we can win the ball game.
"I keep telling the guys at every training session that we're a really good team and I think they're starting to believe it.
"But there's still room for improvement and we intend to make sure we Richard Mille Replica do between now and the end of the season. We have moments when we look really solid but we need to reach the point where we can do that for the entire game and I believe that's something we can do as the season progresses.
"Getting to a final has been one of our objectives since the start of the season so, hopefully, Sunday's game will see us realise that ambition."
Derby beat the Mets 81-48 at Moorways in December but both sides have made changes to their roster since then.
The Mets lost Mansour Mbye to Edmonton Phoenix and Laurent Irish to London Leopards over the Christmas break but have signed veteran forward Okolie Ugbana, whose most recent club was Worthing Thunder. They are also waiting on international clea
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