Zalgiris Kaunas (-4.5) - Unics Kazan (+ 4.5) I confess that I was one of the many who characterized Zalgiris as the weakest team in the tournament and I said that it would become a punching bag for the rest. Yasikevicius, however, forces us all to swallow our tongue, make a big asshole and then bow to the Lithuanian team since its performances are amazing.
The team of Kaunas counts 4 victories in the last 7 games with the defeats being at the headquarters of CSKA, in Madrid by Real and at home by Olympiakos while it comes from a really great double at the headquarters of Efes. With a victory against Unix he can catch 8th place and claim the entrance to the playoffs. The home of Zalgiris is one of the strongest in Europe and the hosts will try to take advantage of the excitement from the big double to reach another success. A last minute problem arose for the Lithuanians as their best player, Yankounas, is suffering from a virus but I believe that he will be able to play normally.
The opponent of the Lithuanians will be Unix, which comes from a great victory against Galatasaray but away from Russia loses much of its momentum. The Russian superstar, Langford, did not play against Galata, but Kaimakoglou and his teammates found the solutions and won the game. The problem of Langford's injury has not been made known if it has been solved but if the first scorer of the Euroleague does not play then the task of Unix is very difficult.
The momentum of the hosts and the possible absence of Langford lead me to the ace with over 4 points.
