Real Madrid (-10.5) - Khimki European basketball is experiencing unprecedented situations with teams being forced to compete with teenagers in the games of the top inter-club competition in order not to be zeroed. The management of the Euroleague is silent and the cases of coronavirus are constantly increasing. Khimki is one of the teams that has suffered the most from the pandemic but also from injuries but traveled to Madrid for the match for fear of zero. Svend and Jovic remain out with injury issues and beyond that the list of absences consists of players who have been affected by covid-19, Tima, Miki, Monroe, Voronov and Baraskov are in quarantine while Macolum has not yet managed to go to Russia from the United States of America. The start of the Russians is tragic with 2 defeats in an equal number of matches, but when they are suffering from so many problems, who can malign them? For the match with Real, 8 players traveled, the minimum number allowed to avoid zeroing Kimki, one of whom is a teenager and the other is doubtful due to injury (Bertrans).
Real, on the other hand, have no injury problems and are expected to line up completely in this game that will look more like a farce with the Euroleague management being solely responsible due to its obsession not to postpone games. The Spaniards have made one of the worst starts in their history with two very easy defeats in as many games and the match against Khimki was a final from the beginning. I expect them to dominate their troubled opponents from the start and secure big differences early on that will allow Lasso to try out faces and shapes.
My choice from this match is the ace at half time with over 10 points at odds of 1.65
