Rome’s Serie A basketball derby returns after 46 years

Two Rome teams are meeting in Italy’s top basketball league for the first city derby in 46 years.

The game is renewing interest in basketball in the capital after six years without a Serie A team.

BC Roma’s honorary president says the project wants to last, whether it joins the EuroLeague or a proposed NBA Europe competition.

The game matters because it puts Rome’s basketball history and future back in the spotlight.