Anadolu Efes – Olympiakos
Two Classical teams of Euroleague face each other once again in Istanbul. Efes has 7W-5L home record against its opponent,but this year at Top 16 they managed to win only 2 games out of 12. On the other hand if Olympiakos will get a victory in Istanbul they will qualify to the playoffs for the 9th consecutive Euroleague seasons.
Jamon Gordon and Kostas Vasileiadis of Efes will play against their former team and they will be the hosting side’s main forces at both wings, with Cedi Osman and Birkan Batuk helping Efes with their non-ending energy. Meanwhile Olympiakos’ s Vassilis Spanoulis is fit and healthy again and he might put Jamon Gordon and Zoran Planinic into trouble during the entire game. Moreover Kostas Sloukas and Matt Lojeski of the visitors will contribute to teams’ performance with their amazing shooting skills. Under the baskets Olympiakos has an advantage over Efes also considering the fact that Semih Erden will be sidelined.
Olympiakos will start to the game with full concentration and they will continue the game same way with the help of bench. Our pick for this game is for the Win of Olympiakos.
Prediction: Olmypiakos to Win (handicap + 7,5 points)
Highest Odds: Pinnacle @ 1,92 – Unibet @ 1,90 – BetVictor @ 1,90
Partizan – Zalgiris Kaunas
Two already-eliminated Euroleague teams meet in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Partizan and Zalgiris meet in Belgrade for the first time since the 2010-11 season. Zalgiris has a 4W-1L record in their all-time series against its opponent.
Zalgiris team captain Paulius Jankunas is back in action from injury he will be leading the team from both wings together with Robertas Javtokas, Tadas Klimavicius and Mindaugas Kupsas, who are expected to experience long playing time. Kupsas and Javtokas will be ready for the battle against Nikola Milutinov, Dejan Musli and Djordje Gagic, while Jankunas must work hard under the baskets against the young talent Joffrey Lauvergne.
Moreover Partizan has to stop Zalgiris playmakers Justin Dentmon and Sarunas Jasikevicius, which is one of the biggest keys to get a victory at this game. Milenko Tepic and Boris Dallo will share the point guard duties and Sasha Pavlovic is also ready to help them with his aggressive defending skills. Without Tarence Kinsey, who is out for the rest of the Euroleague season, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Pavlovic and Davis Bertans will take more playing times at both wings.
Non of the two teams have nothing to loose and therefore we are expecting a game with poor defending concentration and many baskets. Our pick will be for over a total of 150,5 points.
Prediction: over 150,5 points
Highest Odds: Pinnacle @ 1,98 – bet365 @ 1,97 – Unibet @ 1,94
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