Olimpia Milano - Baskonia (Mike James 27.5 pts / reb / ​​ast)

For the 8th day of the Euroleague, Milan hosts Basconia…

Excellent this season the Italian team and the 5-2 that it maintains in the first 7 games of the tournament exceeds all expectations of the people of the team, especially if one considers that its only defeats came against the beasts and the only undefeated teams of the tournament Real and CSKA. Tonight hosts the disappointing this year Baskonia who made a change on the bench after the tragic score of 2-5 and the defeat by Buduνοnost, bringing back Perasovi..

My bet will go to Italian team leader Mike James (19ppg, 7apg) and his total points, rebounds and assists. The American Guard is the first scorer and first assist of his team this year with 19 points and 7 assists per game. A quirky type of player who wants a ball on his own and who does not fit in molds, wanting freedom of will and movement. Characteristic that the 19 points he scores this year are the product of an accuracy rate of less than 40% on two points and less than 30% on three points, having the lowest accuracy rates of his team !!! This is the most typical example of how many attempts he takes in each game, some of them even very drawn.

Milan will again be deprived of its third best scorer and 2nd in Nedovic assists with an average of 14.3p and 3.5 assists per game. This automatically puts extra weight on scoring and creating on James' back, which means even more effort.

Milan are scoring over 87 points per game this year and Baskonia are conceding 81. Perasovic will definitely be one of the things he wants to fix but I do not know what he can do right now, in a team that conceded 99 points from Buduνοnost, who scored just 64 before the match. So I expect Milan to reach a high score again, with Mike James having the ball in his hands for 35 minutes and whenever he likes to perform or create. He also comes from a great appearance in the top derby of the Italian championship against Venezia, putting 20 points and giving 15 assists.

It is not an opportunity to reach the limit of 27.5 in the sum of points, rebounds assist of the American that is based on his averages, but I think that with the data of the match against Baskonia, he has a good chance to exceed and pay 1,87 of Stoiximan.