It's hard to expect much from the port city of Peru in these games. Many injuries and a weak finish to the year, even in the Lithuanian Basketball League, do not inspire confidence in this team. Although the Italians may not sparkle on the road, they are still capable of playing a very productive game, so Neptūnas won't be able to surprise them on offense, and the Italians have a chance to win over. The solid starting five and high-quality bench players are a significant handicap for the Venice team, which I hope will be exploited against a weakened and weak Neptūnas.
Although the coefficient doesn't show it, I see a strong advantage for local Hijikata. The strongest coating for the Australian is hard, just like his results playing in Australia, and now that everyone misses tennis, I believe there will also be spectators who support their own. Misolic only broke into the ATP top hundred last year, so we can't call him stable, and when his main horse is clay, I think the Australian is a strong favorite. The new season and the form of both players is not good, but they are both of the same age and the local player, who is even stronger on this type of coating, needs to be trusted and not miss the opportunity.
Strongly scoring this season for TLC with cosmic accuracy. In the last 9 games, 8 overs. Only the previous game was an under. Against Fener, players like this usually play under and Sharas will focus on defense. I think others should take the initiative today, like Forrest coming back, and TLC is not good enough to make 20 shots, the percentages were really good, so over everything.
The last game looked bad, but they should get back to about 30 minutes. They will play against their former team, which did not believe in him, and that usually frees up high-level players. The total is not high, they could even score 20, especially when Efes' defense is not strong.
The meeting of teams with different capabilities and when the home team is stronger, I believe we should expect the most realistic scenario, which is a solid (stronger) team from Peru and an even more solid handicap. One of the best home teams, Cluj, has shown a good performance in Eurocup and their solid composition and unique basketball skills make us trust them. The Serbian club is not very strong in away games, as shown this season, so I think the home team should take care of business.
Despite lacking in defense, Andorra's pace and height may not be high, but when they have the worst defensive rating in the league, those numbers are still very poor. Girona plays at a decent pace and has enough talent in the offense this season, but their defense is also very weak. The offense should dominate here, not the defense. They have some good players in both offense and defense, good shooters.
Bayern made changes, changed trainers, but I don't know where the logic is in changing a trainer when you could add players to the team. Even more so when replacing a modern coach with an old school Pesicius, who players will certainly need to adapt to and it shouldn't be easy. This time, I don't expect a new trainer's effect, as I didn't see any problems with Herbert. Moreover, Bayern is facing Maccabi, who are in great shape and have good chances. As far as I understand, Spencer Dinwiddie is still in the USA, as I don't see any news about him returning to the team.
Milan on paper looked solid before the season, had caught good form, but in the last period did not compete in the games. But in the local league, they are doing well with solid Peru. I had already talked about Virtus in the last forecast when I mentioned that the team seems to be much worse than in the first half of the season. The team has also lost Edwards, Smailagicius, and Diarra has also dropped out.
Although the great Peru series ended with a loss to the Arsenal team, the form remained, and even at home games against Nottingham, who are fighting for survival, there is a great chance to return to the Peru series. At home, Aston Villa won 4 out of 5 times, and their record of 10 wins at home against Aston Villa shows a strong advantage, which I believe should once again be proven.
Although unable to fully compete with Benfica, Porto, or Sporting, Braga is still the 4th best team in Portugal. It is not worth trusting the average teams in the league against Braga, especially when their recent form has been very good. Braga will not have Horta, who is the team captain, but even without him, the team is significantly stronger and in good form, so they should celebrate a victory over Peru.