Game time for a new beginning can be characterized as today as both teams come from consecutive defeats. I'm talking about the match in Russia where Khimki welcomes Maccabi.
After 4 games and 4 defeats the home side may feel for the first time this year that they are bringing down a tough team as 4 players return which largely loosen the hands of her coach. How much more so when the 3(Svend, Mickey, Tima the other Voronov) of them are considered key. It was time for Booker, Jerebko and Zaichev to catch their breath, pulling the oar in all those matches in which the team was decimated and in most matches completed only 8 points. The team, however, in almost all the previous ones started well but in the process fatally lost energy and in the end came the defeat.
On the other hand, Maccabi lost 3 matches in a row in almost the same way in the last phase, more characteristic in SEF with Harrison's three-pointer from about 9 meters in the last ten. Something shows that he is missing from Sfairopoulos' team and maybe the injuries of Zuzman, Di Bartolomeo and more of Caspi cost the team. Now he has a difficult match in Russia against a team that is thirsty for its first victory.
summarizing I think the game will be a derby and judged in detail although I give a little more hope to the hosts due to the many returns. Khimki home games are usually many with more so the Over is in our choices.
The point I choose is ... Khimki (+4.5 & Over 158.5 pts) in performance 2.30 at stoiximan.