Battle of giants in Belgrade between CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid against the backdrop of a place in the grand final of the Euroleague and the ultimate success for European basketball. The Russians start the match as the favorite mainly because of the name but the problems that plague the whole of Dimitris Itoudis raise questions. Initially, De Colo and Hines were absent for about a month from the action with both returning to last Saturday's match against Parma Perm in the VTB League. Both Russian stars may have shown that they have left the problems behind but it is a given that they will lack a competitive rhythm and in a knockout match no one knows how much they will be affected by this event. As if that were not enough, a few days ago Westerman was injured, who was the only reliable alternative behind Sergi Rodriguez, as a result of which the minutes that the Spanish player of the Russians will not play must be covered with alchemy. Real, on the other hand, is in very good shape counting 16 wins in 17 matches while taking advantage of the last, indifferent to it, Liga Endesa matches in order to rest the players who have been pulling the oar since the beginning of the year and to tie him Yul with the rest of his teammates after returning from his long absence. I take it for granted that the Spaniards will try to take advantage of Westerman's absence by hitting Rodriguez in defense and forcing him to be charged with a foul as was the case in the regular season game in Moscow where, despite being amazing, the Spaniard played only 25 minutes due to a foul. He will be targeted either with Donsic near the basket or by forcing him to chase Carol among the screens of the tall ones. Something tells me that the Madrilenians will celebrate the qualification to the final at night, but even if this does not happen, I do not think they will lose with their hands down. Double with +6.5 at odds of 1.58 on the bet.