By Lefteris Moutis / moutis@eurohoops.net
The teams of the Euroleague still haven’t found their form and surprises lurk around every corner. For this week’s betting tips we are counting on the wins of Olympiacos and Laboral over Milano and Limoges respectively.
Eurohoops.net’s betting column was unlucky last week as two tips were right and two more were missed for half a point and the under in the Nizhny-CSKA game was actually missed for half a point in overtime…
Limoges is a combative team but in no way do they get close to Laboral in terms of quality. The Spaniards are much better, they can be imposing and in fact they can do so easily even if they’re still unconvincing – because of their inexperience – as to whether they have the personalities to handle the good start they’ve made in their season. The handicap of 3,5 points impels us to bet on a win for Laboral.
Among the Euroleague teams, Khimki and Crvena Zvezda have the second and fourth largest numbers of possessions in their games. The threshold of 155,5 points is relatively large but they’ll probably exceed it.
On the other side, Malaga and Darussafaka love to play in a slow tempo and they probably won’t go beyond the limit of 144,5 points. However, it is presumed that the Spaniards will control the rhythm for most of the game and will keep the overall score low.
Olympiacos is coming from a bad performance and a loss to Laboral and they definitely want to bounce back against Milano. The red-and-whites can keep in check the Italians offensively, but perhaps the “deuce” is safer because Olympiacos is a better team even when they’re not at their very best.
The big derby in Istanbul is expected to be close, but it’ll be high-paced and both Fenerbahce and Real Madrid will score a lot. The European champions score incessantly in every game and they will likely drive the score high. In total, the two teams can score more than 158,5 points.
The tips
Limoges (+3,5)-Laboral Kutxa 2
@Stoiximan 1,90
Khimki-Crvena Zvezda Over 155,5 points
@Bet365 1,90
Fenerbahce–Real Madrid Over 158,5 points
@Sportingbet 1,90
Malaga-Darussafaka Under 148,5 points
@Coral 1,91
Milano-Olympiacos (-2) 2
@William Hill 1,91