Real Madrid - Barcelona (+ 4.5)

Real welcomes Barcelona tonight, in its big derby 4^th of the TOP-16 of the Euroleague. Pablo Lasso (2-1)'s team beat Bamberg and Zalgiris in Madrid, while losing to CSKA Moscow in the first three laps. On the other hand, the "blaugrana" (1-2) were easily defeated at SEF by Olympiakos, "cleaned" Kimki for fun at home and left, with their heads bowed from Russia (defeat by CSKA). As for the medical report, Real is playing consistently without the injured, Rudy, while there is a chance that Yul, the best regional defender of Madrid, who is suffering in this field, will return today. Pascual does not count on the injured playmaker, Aroyo, but he is used to playing without the Puerto Rican. The bottom line is that Real - so far - is not playing well, defense is… an unknown word, while it expects almost everything from Serhiy, Carroll and Ayyon. Barcelona has principles in its game, it always enters the floor with a plan (Pascual is "sick" with tactics), but so far it has not worked out. Especially, far from its headquarters, it has an issue in the Euroleague and tonight's game is a test for many. At Christmas, he had taken a walk in Madrid for ACB, but today we are waiting to see another match. I believe that the time has come for the Catalans to play a great game - this year in the top European tournament - in a hostile environment and to prove that their roster is full and of good quality. I estimate that bodies will fall in Madrid and I play Barcelona in the alternative handicap of 4.5 points…