Irrespective of the date and day, euroleague is normally held and for its makers, the holy days of Christmas are second to none. So five games on the agenda, but the one that stood out is the game being played at Lyon's Astroball where Villarban welcomes Himki.
The host showed her teeth once again against Alba and proved that at its headquarters you must exaggerate yourself to have a chance of winning. Although half time we can say that Alba almost controlled the match the second half was another affair with the hosts clamping down on defense and completely disrupting the opposing players leaving the defenseless for quite some time with the third period ending with impressive 31-14. Somewhere there the modest ceremony ended with the hosts managing and maintaining the difference that even reached 20 points. Payne has also returned, giving the painter an extra solution.
On the other hand, Himki made it clear and won the bad Zalgiris so far and kept the 8th position and the last one to send you to the playoffs. Her strength is her home base where she has won 6 of her 8 wins. Except for most of them, both of her wins are in the weak spots of Bayern and Zenit.. The main factor of bad away performances is lack of defensive commitment and in combination with lower survival rates bring about defeats. A truest example of the game at Faliro with Olympiacos where they failed to hold a 9-point lead in the last 72 '' with poor defense options and worse offensive options (he wanted to win Svend on his own and forgot to play with others 4 together) managed to lose a game of their own. Nice return to Tima.
summarizing I find it wrong to give Himki a favorite in such a difficult place and in such odds the choice of a home win is in my opinion a one-way street. I'll get a little Over as in the last matches of the home team the score goes up and given the ease of the host in this area the prediction will be verified.
The point I choose is ...Villeurbanne (-1.5 & Over 160.5 pts) in performance 3.50 in bet365.