Milano are in a must win situation as they travel to Turkey where they will face already in the Playoffs, 4th seeded Anadolu Efes in hopes of potentially getting into the playoffs themselves!
Totals
Efes have covered 50% of their total point overs this season at home (7-7). The total for this game is 174 points which will be the highest home total Efes have had all season. The closest that they’ve had to a 174 point total was a 171 point total against Real Madrid which ended with an Under in a 82-84 loss.
Milano have covered Euroleague’s best 78.6% of their total point overs on the road this season (11-3). Milan have not had a 174 point total but have had a close 176 point total twice which both resulted with Overs against CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid in 101-95 and 92-89 losses. Milan have had 4 consecutive (8 of last 9) overs entering this game.
Handicaps
Efes are the best Handicap covering team at home this season at an extraordinary 92.9%! (13-1). Efes only lost Handicap was their first home game so they’re on a run of 13 straight covered Handicaps at home. They’ve 3.5 point favourites and they’ve had a -3.5 Handicap at home once before against Baskonia which they covered in a 96-85 win.
Milano have covered 57.1% of their Handicaps on the road which is 2nd best in the Euroleague this season (8-2-4). They’ve not had a +3.5 Handicap but have had a very close +4 Handicap on the road twice before against Maccabi and Zalgiris. They covered it against Maccabi in a 94-92 loss and failed to cover it against Zalgiris in a 83-78 loss. They also had a +3 Handicap against Khimki which they covered in a 88-90 win.
Recent H2H in Istanbul
Efes have straight up owned Milano at home having won 12 straight Euroleague home match ups against them entering this game.
Efes most recently beat Milano 73-68 last season when they met in Istanbul. Despite losing, Milano did covered a +5.5 Handicap while total 164 points ended with an Under as the teams totalled just 141 points.
Injury Report
Anadolu Efes: Metecan Birsen is expected to be out again, however Bryant Dunston is on track to return but isn’t officaly announced available yet.
Milano: Arturas Gudaitis is of course out with a Torn ACL, Amedeo Della Valle hasn’t played since game 22 so he’ll likely also still be out, but no official word yet.
TIP OFF – 4th April 2019 – 6:30pm UK Time
