Anadolu Efes-Fenerbahce Ulker
Two Turkish teams of Euroleague is facing each other again for the 3rd time this year at week 7 of Top 16 2014. Fenerbahce Ulker won the previous two games easily against its opponent. Both teams have 2W4L at Top 16 so far and this game will shape one of the teams’ future at Euroleague this season. The winner will keep the hopes for the next round and the loser will continue to prestige games. Last week Anadolu Efes lost against Olympiakos in Athens with 78-60. Zoran Planinic who had 13 Points,5 rebounds and 7 assists tried to make his team to stick to the game but he could not manage it. The team has a big missing at no 5 position and they let their opponents use this area effectively. On the other hand Fenerbahce had a dominating victory over Caja Laboral in İstanbul last week. Actually for the 1st time this year they were very very successfull at defending and this let them to gain a 34 points difference Win against the Spanish Representative of Euroleague. 5 players ( Bojan Bogdanovic 17 points, Nemanja Bjelica 14 points, Bo McCalebb 13 points, Luka Zoric 13 points and Linas Kleiza 10 points) scored double digits and this performance brought 98-64 victory. As a result we are expecting Fenerbahce Ulker to win once again against its opponent and they will do it with at least 5 points difference.
Prediction: Fenerbahce Ulker to Win (handicap + 4,5 points)
Highest Odds: Paddy Power @ 1,91 – bet365 @ 1,90 – BetVictor @ 1,90
Panathianikos-Olympiakos
The Big Greek derby and the most exciting game of Euroleague Top 16 week 7 game is on the Schedule for all the basketball lovers. The never ending rivalry among those two great teams will take us again to a spectacular game. Panathianikos is currently at the 4th position with 3W3L and Olympiakos is at the 2nd place of the table with 4W2L at Group E. The game is critical for both teams to place them at a good position in the Top 16 group for the next stage. Panathinaikos’ 1st priority should be stopping Vassilis Spanoulis who will share the point guard duties with Vangelis Mantzaris. Spanoulis and Mantzaris will have also hard times against the Panathinakos’ leader Dimitris Diamantidis. Moreover the Greens have also plenty of choices at the both wings with Jonas Maciulis, Roko Ukic, Mike Bramos and Nikos Papas.At last week’s games the visitors gained an easy victory over İstanbul representative Anadolu Efes in Athens and Panathinaikos lost against Unicaja Malaga at the difficult away game in Spain. Although Olympiakos is in better shape and form than its opponent, it is very very difficult to make a prediction for the winner for this kind of derby games. And when we consider Panathinaikos-Olympiakos derby this make it even more difficult. In conclusion we are expecting both teams to concentrate on agressive defence in priority.Considering this fact and previous games between those two legendary teams our betting advice will be for a total of under 139,5 points.
Prediction: under 139,5 points
Highest Odds: William Hill @ 1,91 – bet365 @ 1,90 – Paddy Power @ 1,83
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