Olympiakos (-5.5) - Valencia

Olympiacos and Valencia are trying to heal their wounds as they both come from a failure in the institution of the cup where the red and whites lost a final that before the start looked like a standard procedure while the Spaniards were eliminated from the 1st phase of the final 8 by Tenerife. With the regular season of the Euroleague having entered the final straight, the teams with real motivation have dwindled and Olympiakos is one of them as it claims the home advantage in contrast to Valencia which is 4 wins away from the 8th and is considered unlikely to catch the train to the quarterfinals. Of course, he will not appear indifferent, but with the battle for the 2nd place in the Spanish championship raging, he may decide to throw more weight there. Olympiacos is in a transitional stage as the, completely fair, conquest of the cup by AEK launches developments and transfer moves. The Red and Whites last time in a period of crisis managed to achieve emphatic victories at home, against Maccabi (94-64) and Fener (93-78), thus giving their answer something I expect them to do and today. Serious injury problems do not bother Sfeiropoulos, who may even see Tilly reappear on the floor after several months. The red and whites know that after the great double at the headquarters of Real Madrid, they are only a few victories away from the 2nd place and a quite passable opponent in the 8th and I take it for granted that they will not make a second bad appearance in a row. For reasons of motivation and importance of the game I will trust the hosts and I will choose their victory with over 5 points that pays 1.57 in stoiximan.gr