Virtus Bologna - Olympiacos

Baskonia is starting to play well. TLC is having a career season, and even with Howard out, he may be giving more positives than negatives because there was a complete hole in defense and the offense wasn't functioning. Three wins in a row at home give the Basques a positive vibe. They have beaten Dubai, Efes, and ACB Tenerife. Nothing impressive, but at home the Basques can challenge anyone, as they always have. Diallo is a great player, good at defending and difficult to stop on offense. Kurucas likes to play around, and the most important thing is that Spagnolo is finally showing his worth. Meanwhile, Virtus is, in my opinion, too weak for this game. They have only had one away game this season in Euroleague, against Asvel. They lost to Valencia by 9 points, Paris by 11, Žalgiris by 21, and Bayern by 16. They have no game. And the most important thing in these games is that last week was a double for Virtus, both away and followed by two away games in the Italian league against Trento and Varese. Against Trento, they showed signs of life, but yesterday against Varese, the game was barely won and it looked like they were struggling for survival. Five matches in nine days and all of them away, it's hard to see anything good in that.

Today we are playing with Basque Peru. The Basques have caught a good rhythm and it will be the 4th consecutive home game. They have won three in a row, including two in the Euroleague against Efes and Dubai. They also managed things well over the weekend against Tenerife. However, Virtus has fallen into a slump and has been playing poorly on the road. Let's try to take advantage of that! Good luck!

Baskonia can challenge Virtusas, just like Virtusas can feel very comfortable in this kind of basketball, having a very solid defense line. Virtusas shoots a lot of 3-pointers, while Baskonia's defense at 3-pointers is not very strong. Baskonia still remains one of the fastest teams in Euroleague. Virtusas has already shown a good offense in several games.

Baskonia can really challenge Virtusas, just like Virtusas can feel very comfortable playing in such a basketball game, with a very solid defensive line. Virtusas scores a lot from 3PT shots, while baskai's defense at the 3PT line is not very strong. Baskonia remains one of the fastest teams in the Euroleague. Virtusas has already demonstrated good offense in multiple games. Virtusas has enough weapons to break through baskai's defense, which is still not the strongest.

With a full roster, Baskai without Forrest and Howard. Even though they are on the bench, they may lack talent in the offense, but Dusko's team performs well on defense, having multiple options to stop TLC, while also being strong on offense. With more talent, they should be able to win.

I believe that the start of Paris is more of a fortunate coincidence. Paris is clearly dependent on one player, Hifi, and the entire game strategy revolves around him. It's very challenging to maintain this type of player throughout the season. Hifi can easily drag the whole team down with him. It's hard to find players who can play at the highest level for 'over' teams. Bayern is well-equipped, Mike has been in great form lately, Obst is in his career season, and they have also added Dinwiddie, who has only played one game so far, but his potential is clear - he is a top player in Euroleague. Particularly in this system. It's a great opportunity for Dinwiddie to shine against Paris, a team that plays closest to NBA style with many fast attacks. I think the odds are too high because I would rate the chances at least equal.

To reach the perfect conditions to improve his average. Not in a miraculous way like Peru, but simply to improve the average, as so far in 8 games he has scored 24 three-pointers. It's even more impressive if we look at the fact that in the last two games he only managed to score two. It was precisely against Efes that he had a "dark" day where he went 0/8. So for a player to make almost 9 three-pointers, the chances of him scoring 3 are very high, I would say in a game like that his 3-point total is more likely to be closer to 3.5 than 2.5.

Local team has already shown, they should repeat their success here. A high-paced game is expected, so they should have space, shots and it will be enough to plan. Bayern lacks sources of points, so they will have to rely on it, just throwing Peru will not be enough.