Alba Berlin - Efes (Total points 164.5) The first two games of the Euroleague offered several surprises with the image of Efes and the 0/2 at home being definitely the most negative. The Turks are nothing like the team that swept everything in its path last season and still ignore the pink card of victory after the matches with Zenit and Fener, teams that in the pre-coronavirus era would have won very easily. A big role in the image of Ataman's team is played by the absence of the top player of the tournament, the American Larkin, who is expected to integrate with the rest of the team on October 25 and play for the first time on the 30th of the same month against Olympiakos without but the reason why he will be absent for so long has become known. During this time the lot falls to Misic who is called to lead in this difficult start of the Turks.
Opposite Efes will be lined up the always dangerous Alba which is famous for its fast and naive game. The Reneses players have not yet managed to win a match as they were relatively easily defeated by both Maccabi and Bayern with both games showing that the departure of some of the players who stood out last season with the colors of Alba, like Gendratis, who is now playing in Basconia, will hardly be replaced. Despite the bad start, however, the Germans have the ability to score and follow the rhythm in a match that will be at high levels and this is what I expect to happen in the game against Efes. If Larkin was present in the match then we would be talking about a game that would comfortably reach 180 points, now we just want to reach 165 to get paid since the over will be our choice.
