THE HAIR is the same but the beard is different – never before seen. Shaun Stonerook had a new look as of yesterday. The player left practice early because of an ankle sprain. His presence at the Teramo match tomorrow night is in doubt, but not his presence against Olimpiakos in Greece. However, the seriousness of this setback will be evaluated in the next several hours. This is all happening at a key moment of the season, with Euroleague’s playoffs and then the championship’s. But in casa green-and-white, the future is still unexplored territory. The captain admits, “We have the Teramo match and that’s important in terms of preparing for the playoffs – it’ll be a great series. We’re very happy to be among the top 8 in Europe and hope to move forward.”  An exception this time. It’s human to be more preoccupied with Olimpiakos than Teramo, “...which is still a game not to be underestimated. They beat Treviso and have good players. We need to play well in order to get back into shape after a few days without games. We want to play and execute well to head into Olimpiakos as best as possible.” Now it’s time to expand upon the matter. “It’s a great team and they’ll have the home court advantage. It will be hard for us, for the big men and guards, and for the staff too. We have to play as a team, especially on defense, because I think that it’s defense that lets you win in theses situations. They came in first in their group and predictions say we can’t pull it off, but we’re going to Athens to win. It would be a great thing to win a game in Pireus; we’d go back to Siena with a chance to finish things off. But let’s take it one game at a time. If we’re not able to win, we’ll try to do it in Siena and go for game-5.”