By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
In the first week of Euroleague Top 16 there were many upsets. This time we will try to avoid them and we bet on Barcelona, Olympiacos and the Under/Over options in the games CSKA-Laboral, Real-Galatasaray.
Olympiacos is much better than Milan which has many talented players but has lack of defense discipline and game plan. The hosts are expected to play hard defense and they will rely on that to win this game. The line is low (147,5) but we believe that both teams will not score more. Also, the Greeks can beat the Italians easily and we think that they will make it by more than 9 points.
Barcelona and Panathinaikos come from a bunch of defeats and they want to bounce back. The Catalans will have again in their roster Abrines and Oleson and at home they will win it easily. The Greens have huge problem in defending the paint and in Palau Blaugrana this will cost. We expect a home win by double digits.
The only unbeaten team so far is CSKA and we will bet on its offense again. The Russians host Laboral and in all of their home Euroleague games scored more than 87,5 points. The Basques don’t play hard defense and we believe that CSKA will score a lot of points.
In the last four games Real scores less than the average season scoring but in all of them played on road. That’s why the line of its points is low (87,5). Galatasaray plays bad defense and we think that Madridistas will score more than 87,5 points.
The betting tips
CSKA-Laboral CSKA Over 87,5 points
@Coral 1,85
Olympiacos-Milan (+8,5) 1
@Unibet 1,91
Olympiacos-Milan Under 147,5 points
@Bet365 1,90
Real-Galatasaray Real Over 88,5 points
@Ladbrokes 1,85
Barcelona-Panthinaikos (+8,5) 1
@William Hill 1,91