By Lefteris Moutis / moutis@eurohoops.net
Our suggestions have been consistently positive lately, in games in the Euroleague and in national leagues. The third games of the playoffs are sneaky, but we’ll tread… carefully.
The Maccabi–Fenerbahce game is open to predictions so we will focus on the rest of the games. So, Panathinaikos hosts CSKA and they will definitely be better compared to the games in Moscow. However, it’s almost a certainty that CSKA’s productivity will not drop under 81 points. Besides, this has happened only a few times this season. And this is unlikely to happen at OAKA against the poor defensively Panathinaikos.
Efes were good against Real for a quarter in the first game and for almost… an entire game when they met for the second time. The Turks can confront the Madrilenos once again and the 5,5 points in their favor are definitely adequate.
In Olympiacos’s game against Barcelona, the outcome is difficult to predict, but the score will probably be low once again. Besides, we saw that the pace is similar when the Spanish team is controlling the game and when the Greek team is doing so. The threshold is falling all the time, but even 146 points might be enough and probably won’t be exceeded.
Apart from these, we can suggest two options for the most open-ended pair in the playoffs. According to the prehistory http://www.eurohoops.net/el/2015/04/dribbling-el/86798/ Olympiacos can only advance with two wins at home, while Barcelona is more likely to get the qualification in the fifth game. If then the other two possible outcomes were excluded, these two versions would offer a nice pay-off.
The betting tips
Panthinaikos-CSKA M. CSKA M. Οver 81,5 points
@Unibet 1,85
Olympiacos-Barcelona Under 146 points
@SBObet 1,92
Efes (+5,5)-Real M. 1
@Ladbrokes 1,85
Barcelona-Olympiacos 3-2
@Stoiximan 2,65
Barcelona-Olympiacos 1-3
@William Hill 3,25