Panathinaikos (-5.5) - Ephesus The first Euroleague new year game is held at OAK where Panathinaikos hosts East Efes with the sole goal of winning the top spot. The greens have kept their headquarters so far and against the unpleasant surprise of the first round Efes are expected to continue their positive lead. Injured absences do not hurt Pasqual's team who saw Calathy and Pappa returning to normal training rates leaving white the Catalan coach's absenteeism.
Efes, on the other hand, started with very high expectations, but soon there were a lot of misspellings in the Turkish-born roster of the highest cost, with the result that Perassovich was a past for a few weeks. In his place came the old acquaintance Ataman, who undertook the difficult task of reorganizing and with the necessary additions sought to reverse the situation. Despite the issues, Efes remains a highly compelling opponent, and if not careful it will create many problems.
Today's confrontation with the greens is very dangerous, but with the help of the world I expect them to prevail. Ace with more than 5 points.
