The Greek Cup begins with the Football League 2 teams being thrown into the battle with just one official game on their feet of welcoming teams from the Football League. Remember that the games are single and if there is no winner at 90, there is a prolongation and then the penalty shootout.

Chania-Fokikos: For the first game of the National Championship, Chania fought the game at Korydallos against Progressive but they were defeated by 2: 1. They were back at the 2: 0 score in the first half, but in the rebound they reduced to 59 'with the head of Psychedakis and a little missed the tie.

Before the opening game for the championship Murat Seropian's team won a friendly match at Platanias Chania with 2: 0.

Fokikos is coming home against Panathinaikos and 1: 1. The goal for the team of Amfissa succeeded in 20 'minute Gomes after a mistake in the defense of Patras.

After four games without a victory past the bench of the team is Christophe Vasajas.

Proposal: Chania is a remarkable team when Fokikos goes without a coach to Perivolia. We will give the 2,70 @ expekt the ace.

Kalamata-Thrasyvoulos: In the derby of the Peloponnese, Kalamata got the rank at Pirgos against Panelioukos after the final 1 score: 1. He was preceded by Kanoos' goal score in 3 'minute, who mistakenly defended Panelioukos's defense and did not have difficulty sending the ball into Athanasopoulos' net. In the second half he accepted the equalizer in 62 'minute and five minutes later he played with a player less after the elimination of Tsimiklis.

Before the game for the championship he had won a friendly game with the 1 0: XNUMX.

In the derby of the rocks, Thrasyvulos stayed in a draw against Vyga Megaton on Sunday with 0: 0. Better in the long run the guests who were definitely worth a goal. At 91, Da Costa was eliminated for Thrasyvulos with a direct red.

A problem in the attack is faced by the team of Fili where after six games in the league has scored only two goals.

Proposal: The realistic goal for Thrasyvoulos is to remain in the class for another year, and the cup institution goes to second place. The Black Storm is able to qualify for this, so we will go with the ace in 2,20 @ expekt performance.

Panelioukos-Panachai: Stelios Giannakopoulos's soccer players were in a draw against Kalamata in the first leg of the 2 Football League South League with 1: 1. They can be found back in the first half but they were equaled relatively early in the 62 'with the well-placed Fragos. Then they could achieve another goal and make the overturning but were inconclusive in the final effort.

The team of Panachaiki is not doing well in the championship and after six games it has only six points, three points more than the danger zone. In the most recent game for the championship, it remained at 1: 1 in Amfissa against Fokiko. A possible victory-qualification will raise the psychology of the players while the next opponent will be Olympiakos in double games.

Proposal: The goal of Panelioukos is to fight the upswing in the Football League, Panachaiiki has the best qualifying set, so we will go with the double at 3,15 @ expekt.

Panegyalos-Panetolikos: The team of Panagialeio passed with a double from Asteras Magoulas with a score of 0: 2 with goals from Bounas (20 ') and Diamantopoulos shortly before the end of the half. For today's game against Panetolikos, the absences are many as the main goalkeeper Rizos and Argyropoulos will be absent with knee problems. Karadais, Bourlakis, Rellas and G. Papadopoulos are also absent, who did not even play with Asteras in Magoula. On the other hand, Papachristos returns, who served his sentence and was put at the disposal of Nikos Kourbanas.

For another game, Panetolikos did not manage to win the championship as he stayed in an away draw against Kallithea. It is in the eighth place of the score four degrees away from the top.

Proposal: Absenteetis are automatically favorites of Panetoliko with 1,55 @ expekt.

Rest games

Aeginian-Ergotelis: Double 1,55 @ expekt

Anat.Karditsas-Hercules: X 2.90 @ expekt

Asteras Magoulas-Olympiacos B .: X 310 @ expekt

Kranoulas-Pierikos Glory: Double 1,70 @ expekt

Eparchy-Vyzas Megara: Draw 3,15 @ expekt

National Rail-Upgrade: Double 2,25 @ expekt

Fostiras-Zakynthos: 1,50 @ expekt

Kassiopi-Renaissance Giannitson: No Bet

Odysseas Kordelio-Doxa Dramas: 4,00 @ expekt

Tellakras-Kavala: Double 1,55 @ expekt

Vatanian-Niki Volou: 4,80 @ expekt

Progressive-Hercules: 4,00 @ expekt

With the derby of Crete, 7 is closing the Super League. The team of Chania is impressive so far and in no way looks like a newcomer. Unstable but competitive is OFFI that will play in "Perivolia" without Vadinio.

** The credit to give to the Panathinaikos team that paid us the magnificent 6,00, as it scored with a penalty shootout on Mars yesterday.

Referee: Athanasios Yachos

The referee from the Chios link has whistled two games in the SuperLeague with the hosts and guests having one win. These games showed a total of twelve yellow cards.

Platanias-OFI: Platanias Chania continues to surprise and in the most recent game he has won a valuable three-point away from home and in particular Kleanthis Vikelidis against Mars with 0: 2. In 37 'Kalaidzic opened the scoring with a strong shot, while in 66' Kanakoudis pulled the tiller, the ball passed by all and Udotzi doubled the goals of his team, making 0: 2!

After the weekend results he is in the top five and with a possible victory overtakes Asteras Tripolis. Inside for this season, Platanias team is defeated with two wins and a draw with two goals from Xanthi.

From today's game 22 will be missing Leonidas Argyropoulos with a fracture in the nose, except for Nigerian Doe.

In a friendly game that gave in the interruption of the championship he was comfortably overtaken by Atalenio at the Perivoli Stadium with 4 score: 1.

In Goudi Koule, OFI hosted PAOK with the two teams staying in the 1 draw: 1. The players of Nikos Anastopoulos on their first visit to Glykou's frame opened the score with Papazoglou in 8 ', while the guests equalized ten minutes later with Fotaki.

It is located in 11^η position of the score and if today it doubles then it will be found in 7^η position, two points from the privileged first pint. Outside three games this year counts a draw with Mars and two defeats from Panionios and Corfu with the same 2 score: 1.

Giorgos Valerianos overcame his injury and will be on the team's mission, while Christos Bourbos is out.

During the interruption of the championship due to Ethniki, OFI in two friendly games won Herodotus with 4: 1 and Rouvas with 3: 0 with Nikos Anastopoulos making useful conclusions.

OFFI has failed to win the last seven away games in the Super League.

Proposal: Riddle seems to be the game as all the results seem possible. Our first choice will be the X at half time with 1,75 @ WilliamHill, and then we will take the X final at 2,90 @ WilliamHill. Probably 0: 0 or 1: 1.

Day two of 6 today with two matches. It is the derby between Anorthosis and Omonia, while in the other game the Doxa and Alky compete.

Anorthosis - Omonia (18: 00): Anorthosis welcomes Omonia to Antonis Papadopoulos, in a headquarters where tradition is with Omonia. In recent years he finds the way and wins in a once inhospitable home. Last year both teams played 4 times and got two wins from both in away games. Anorthosis is at the top of the standings, it comes with very good psychology after the double in Tsirio with Apollon. He wants a victory to stay at the top and sink the greens even more as he will increase the difference to 10 points. The only absentee today is Tony Calvo, a key player in all 5 games at the right end of the midfield. Last minute loss with Mr. Levy looking for a replacement. On the other hand, Omonia, after a very good performance in the derby with Apoel (0-0), could get the victory, today it wants to get the victory to reduce the difference from Anorthosis, to get psychology and calm for Continuity. Abraham absent today for Tony Savefski, with whom Omonia showed signs of improvement

Appreciation: Omonoia with Saevski is altered, he can do double. A game that can have any effect but I have a feeling that Omonia will take it. Close to 3,20 the double, it's worth the risk.

Doxa - Alky (18: 00): Doxa welcome Alki to Famagusta in the last two games. The two teams have made the worst start from all in the category, Glory has 3 points with a win and Alky just 1 point. Especially Alice, last year's surprise of the championship, this year started with ambitions but it's too bad. The Glory with many changes has not yet found chemistry and does not return to the pitch. With no problems the Glory, with three absences, Alky, the basic Sandamaria and Deni and Bruno Fernandes.

Both teams look for victory but I think the tie is the most likely result, we find it a little over 3,00.

The second plate for the seventh game in the Super League includes four games with Panathinaikos hosting Aris, before the match against Lazio, while Panthrakikos, Atromitos and Asteras Tripolis host PAS Ioannina, Levadiakos and Veria respectively. Let's see the games in detail:

Ώρα: 16: 00

Referee: Elias Spathas

Elias Spathas has played two games from Piraeus this year with a victory for the home side and a tie and he has pulled the yellow card from the pocket of 17 (!) And has also shown two reds. He has also scored a penalty shootout.

Asteras Tripolis-Veroia: The defeat of the Olympiacos team in Tripoli was played in G. Karayskakis with 1: 0. Of course, the Arcadians deserved something more, as in the second half they searched the goals more warmly but were not fit in the final effort. Now after six games count ten points with three victories, one draw and two defeats.

Inside for this year's two games Asteras counts as many victories against Corfu (3: 0) and Platanias (2: 1). At the end of the championship, Astarte's spare time played friendly game with the National Army where they won with 1: 0.

The only problem for the technician of the team, Sakis Tsiolis, is the injured defender Christos Pipinis, who was out of the box.

At least two goals per game score Asteras home in the last three games for the championship.

A popular saying says the team is victorious, so we could call the team of Veria as in the most recent game it took the tie of Atromitos with 2: 2. The Queen of the North had opportunities in the race, but the Peristeri opened the score at 13 'with Karamanos and 31' with Georgie's own. However, Kafes at 89 'and Barkan at 90' managed to score at 2-2, giving the grade to their rightfully deserved team.

Veroia remains undefeated in the first two games, staying at 0: 0 against Levadiakos and winning with 0: 1 the Panthrakiko.

Team technician Nikos Karydas does not count on unappointed Thomas and injured Vergoni, while Costli will be integrated into the mission directly to Tripoli, since he returned to Greece on Thursday from his obligations to the national Honduras.

Proposal:  Asteras Tripolis deserved something more with Olympiakos and in the end it did not come… Today it has all the lights to get the third consecutive victory at home against Veria, so we will go with the ace @ William Hill while we find the over 1.5 at 1,53, 4,25 in the same company. In special bets it is worth giving a red card to the game with odds of XNUMX @ Unibet.

Ώρα: 18: 15

Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis

From the Heraklion link, Michalis Koukoulakis has played two Super League games counting one draw and one victory for the guests. He has shown nine yellow cards.

Atromitos-Levadiakos: He left points in Veria the Atromitos team staying at 2: 2 with the Queen of the North, in a game that scored two goals in the last minutes of the match. Team technician Dusan Bayjevic stressed that the inaccuracy of the last few minutes cost the team three-pointers. After this loss Atromitos retreated to the sixth position with two wins, three draws and a defeat.

For today's game against Levadiakos, Dusan Bajevic does not have any problems with injured or punished players and will make the best possible bet.

In the last nine home games for Atromitos he has made his appearance under 2.5 as many times.

Heavy defeat at home was the team of Livadia with 0: 3 from Panthrakikos, staying for second consecutive game away from the points. From 37 'he was playing with a player less after relegating with a direct red card to Kyriakidis and somewhere the game ended. It is in the penultimate position of the score and away from home Levadiakos counts two defeats in an equal number of games without having scored any goal.

The left back Vangelis Koutsopoulos is injured so he will not be in the starting lineup and his place will be Medy. The team's technician Giorgos Paraschos will also have at his disposal Stefano Napoleoni, who has been struggling with the biceps. Apart from Efthimis Kotitsas.

In the last six games for the league Levadiakos has failed to score in five of them.

Proposal: Atromitos did not deserve the victory in the previous game, but the way the draw came disappointed the players. Our first choice will be the 2-3 goals with odds of 2,00 @ bet365 while then we will go to the ace with odds of 1,72 @ bet365.

Time: 18:15

Referee: Titsonis Stavros

A match has been thrown by Tritonis from the league of Athens with the hosts celebrating the victory. In this game he showed four yellow cards.

Panther-PAS Giannena:His second win this season was Panthrakikos who beat 3: 0 in Livadia, taking a significant score. For the team of Savvas Pantelidis, Papadopoulos scored 11 'minute with an accurate penalty shootout, 44' Ladakis and 91 'Villarreal finished the final result before a vacant goal.

After six games counts two wins and four defeats, while home winning the Panathinaikos with 1: 0 and defeated by Veria with 0: 1.

Savas Pantelidis team technician did not include Papadopoulos and Stathis in the mission. Doubts and their participation will be decided at the last moment are the basic Serfa and Koutsopoulos.

PAS Giannina may have opened the game with Panionios in the past but the referee's last whistle has found him to be defeated by 1: 2. The goal for Yanniotes was scored by Brna Ilic taking advantage of Peristeridis' wrong exit to open the score. The superficial run of 40 'by Goudoulakis and Lampropoulos' head at 71' gave victory to the blue-reds.

Now after six games PAS counts one win, two draws and three defeats with six goals pass.

Team technician Yiannis Christopoulos can not count on midfielder Georgiou and injured Dassio and Tzimopoulos. Normally the mission is Lila and Villa.

PAS Giannena scored at least two goals per game in the last four games against Panthrakiko in all competitions

PAS Giannena has the top hand in the games and has eight wins and two draws in ten games since the 2005 / 2006 season and thereafter.

Proposal:  We will trust the tradition and we will honor the double of PAS Ioannina with odds of 3,40 @ bet365, with the second choice being 2-3 goals at odds of 2,00 in the same company.

Ώρα: 20: 30

Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

Kalogeropoulos from the Athens League in two games that have arbitrated in the Super League this year counts one home win and one draw. He has shown 14 times the yellow card (with 7 cards per game) and has scored a penalty shootout.

Panathinaikos-Aris: Panathinaikos' last victory in an official game was at the end of August when they beat Levadiakos 0: 1. Last match he doubled his victories, prevailing with a score of 1: 2 in Xanthi with two amazing goals by Lazaros Christodoulopoulos. The ΄΄ greens΄΄ found themselves back in the score very early, while Toche missed from the eleven steps in the 11th minute, but from then on Christodoulopoulos took action.

Panathinaikos in three home games for the championship has yet to win by counting as many draws against PAS Giannena, Atromitos and Asteras Tripolis.

Zazaldo Ferreira for the fight with Mars entered Lazaros Christodoulopoulos as he participated in Friday's training

Of the seven games hosted by the "greens" on Mars, six of them ended X at halftime and 1 final in all competitions.

They have built their own tradition as they count seven consecutive wins at home against Mars while in five of these games they stayed intact.

After the heavy defeat from PAOK, Aris experienced a new defeat this time in Cleanthis Vikelidis by Platanias Chania with 0: 2. The hosts pushed, they lost opportunities, but the team of Crete was a fire in counterattacks.

Now Aris is too low in the score and has the urgent need to score points to reverse the climate. The home team has not yet won three games in a single draw and two defeats.

Past team is Makis Katsavakis and Nikos Passilis and Dimitris Bujouklis are invited to take Mars out of this difficult path.

The average Kostas Kaznaferis despite the biceps discomfort will be on the mission but most likely to start off the bench. Aris will fight against the green with 4-3-3 with three defensive averages: Koelio, Papasterianos and Captain, with Gessios and Gianniotis with Agantho at the top of the attack. On the defensive line, Margaritis is expected to compete on the left, Psihogios on the right, while the defensive twin will be Pugidos and Papazacharias, while Vellidis will sit under the goalposts.

Of the last seven games Mars has given to the Super League, the six have expired at under 2.5.

Proposal: In a very low odds we find the ace and it is not worth betting as Panathinaikos also has a game for the Europa League against Lazio. But we will go with the under 2.5 to 1,60 @ bet365 and a special bet is for the home team to score with a penalty at odds of 6,00 @ unibet.

6 is today in the Cyprus Championship with four games. Without any derby today with relatively easy confrontation for the grownups.

AEK of Larnaca - Α.Ο. Ayia Napa (18: 00) Today AEK welcomes Ayia Napa for the 6th game with the sole goal of victory. AEK has not yet conceded a goal in the league, it has a very good defense but again it has problems in the attack since it does not produce phases easily. It comes from a 0-0 draw and wants to return to victories to stay on top. Ayia Napa is an ideal opponent, one of the weakest teams in the league this year and especially away from home, it does not have much hope. The only problem for AEK is Palic, who is not counted, while on the other hand, Ayia Napa does not face any competitive problem.

Easy win for AEK today but no value near 1,40.

GNP - National Achina (19: 00): Paphos, due to its many financial problems, welcomes Ethnikos to the Paphos Stadium. Very good start in the championship for the team of Paphos, with good results and appearances but with many financial problems. She was deducted 6 points and others follow. Today, with two match problems, Giannis Topalidis, Tal, the main defender, and Demosthenous are absent. The Paphites want the victory to continue the good course. Against them, Ethnikos with a new coach, Nikos Andronikos, who did a very good job last year and this year with Hermes. With better psychology, Ethnikos wants a good result to recover and get points for the salvation of the team. With four absences today, Ethnikos, since the key players Lima, Allison and Oseni are missing, as well as Pericles.

Estimate: It's hard to predict anything for today's game, I think maybe worth the X's 3,00's risk.

AEL - Nea Salamina (19: 00): AEL before welcoming Fener for Yuropas on Thursday, today welcomes New Salamina at the Tsirou Stadium. The goal is victory and nothing else for the champions after they have lost enough ground from the top. Pampos Christodoulou has two absences of Theophilus and Makon, not in the first choices, although they fell quite a bit this year. I believe in Salamina, Ael will have no trouble returning to victories. He helped stop the rest because AEL players have been fighting since July and have been showing signs of fatigue in some games. AEL does not play well this year, but I think today will get the game. Nea Salamina comes without problems in Tsireios and has no stress to gain from the game. Very difficult target for AEL.

Estimate: 1,60 is good for today, with AEL winning easily.

ENP - Apollo Limassol (19: 00): Paralimni welcomes Apollo to the Municipal Stadium of Paralimni, where several friends of Apollo are expected to help their team. A difficult exit for Apollon who urgently wants a victory after 4 consecutive games without a win. Paralimni is undefeated in the last 4 games and wants to expand its streak with Kaanen looking for solutions after facing 3 serious absences. Ducher, Faria and Okotuva. Ducher and Faria are among the best players in the Union this year. Apollon with Merki as the only absentee, main defender wants victory and only victory. With 4 consecutive unsuccessful results he lost a lot of ground and he has to cover it with continuous victories. In the 15 days that we had a break, the coach of Apollon worked on the offensive line of the team that is in trouble since they do not score.

Apollo is looking for the victory and I think I will get it with 2,15 to be very good.

After the matches of the National Team of Greece, the Super League returns to the forefront. The need for good performances but also for points is imperative for all teams in the category. Olympiakos faces Xanthi at home, shortly before the match with Montpellier. The derby of the match is held in Thessaloniki, where the "biceps of the North" welcomes the one of the south: PAOK against AEK in a match that will judge a lot for the future of the two teams. The third game of the day is the one between Panionios and Corfu.

Ώρα: 17: 15

Referee: Dimitris Styliaras:

Two in two count Olympiacos with referee Dimitris Styliaras. This year he has whistled two games with one home win and one draw. In total, he showed eleven yellow cards and a game had a second yellow card.

Olympiakos-Xanthi: Another victory added Olympiacos to the 1 0: XNUMX of Triptera XNUMX in G. Karayskakis, although his appearance was one of the worst for this year, if not the worst. The goal scored three points in the red-white one by Holeva with a shot, two minutes before the end of the first half.

Reds are ranked first in the scoreboard having the absolute and three points difference from the second Panionios so far. Leonardo Zardim included the Andreas Tato and Panagiotis Vlachodimos for today's fight, while Ariel Imbagasa, Giannis Fetfatzidis, Tasos Papazoglou and Dimitris Siovas were left out.

Olympiacos on Wednesday fights for 3^η Champions League match against Montpellier in France.

Olympiakos has won six of its last eight home games in the league since halftime.

Xanthi has built its own tradition, while Olympiakos has been defeated in fourteen games.

Nikos Kosthenoglou did not stand with Nikos Kosthenoglou right in the Xanthi bench as the Akrites defeated the last game with 1: 2 from Panathinaikos. Markovski scored the home goal. So after six games counts one victory, two draws and three defeats and is in the low scores of the scoring. He has the worst passive in the category where he has received nine goals, as well as Corfu and Levadiakos. Her last three games have expired at over 2.5.

The young man, Manolis Bertos, is troubled by abdominal discomfort and will not be in the team's mission.

Xanthi has failed to win the last ten games away from its headquarters for the championship.

Proposal: The ace moves at very low odds and we will not buy it, but on the contrary we will go with Goal / Goal at odds of 2,50 @ bet365, while it is worth the special bet that the red and whites are behind the score and win with odds of 7,00 in the same company. Possible score 2: 1, in the coverage 1: 1.

Time: 17:15

Referee: Georgios Liahoudis

Panionios-Corfu: In the last game, the blue-crosses also passed from Zosimades, dominating PAS Giannena with 1: 2. The hosts could only open the score in the second minute, but in 36 'Gundoulakis with a penalty kick was equal to 1: 1, while Lampropoulos at 71' formed the final 1: 2 for the Panthers.

He is in second place of the score three points behind the Olympic champion and home in three games in the league counts as many victories, winning from half time.

Team technician Dimitris Eleftheropoulos is pleased to return two main players at regular training rates, namely Campbells and Kluweris.

Corporal against Corfu regardless of headquarters and organization in the last eight games counts seven wins.

The team of Corfu after the victory-win against OFI took the last game for the championship from AEK after 1: 1. Corfu, at its first chance in the match, was ahead of 31 'head of the Veneti. The game does not claim quality laurels as both teams have been aiming not to be defeated. In 74 'the Union reached the equalizer with Paul's goals.

Limit over the dangerous zone and with five points in a total of six games is the team of Akis Mantzios and away from home counts one draw and two defeats.

The return of Anestis Agritis at the top of the attack is important, while the attacker Giantsis and Simosis are injured.

Of the six away games of Corfu, the five have ended in under 2.5.

Proposal: The team of Panionios has won five of the last six games in the league with a goal difference. We will give the lead to the ace with odds of 1,75 @ bet365, while the second option will be the 2-3 goals that double our money in the same company.

Time: 19:30

Referee: Dimitris Thanos

Two races have defeated Thanos this season and both of them have won the home team. He has given so far two penalties, eight yellow cards and no red cards.

PAOK-AEK: The "Northern Bison" was left behind in the Olympiacos hunt following the draw in Gedi Koule against Ofi and 1: 1. The hosts opened the score with Thanasis Papazoglou in 8 'minute but this goal awakened Thessaloniki' black and white 'to reach the same level with Fotaki ten minutes after a nice spin of Salpingi, where it was the final result.

Five points behind the top spot is PAOK and home in three games counts as many victories. The team of G.Donis will not have the injured Georgiadis and the punished key goalkeeper Glyko. Robber is not entirely ready. Katsikas and Lawrence are backed by punishment.

Of the last seven home games for the championship that PAOK has given has won six of them.

Against AEK he has kept his home in the last three home games in all competitions.

For the sixth consecutive game, AEK left 1: 1 in Kerkyra for the sixth consecutive season, disappointing the world. He was found back in the first half but managed to get even the draw with goals at 74 'scored by Michalis Pavlis.

A new technician at AEK is Evald Linen who has a good tradition when he makes a debut in a team and in ten different teams counts five wins, three draws and two defeats. The experienced technician will team up with 4-2-3-1 without Nikos Katsikeri, Socrates Tsoukalas and Roger Gareiro.

It continues to be a leap in the championship with only two points and away from its home base counts in three games as many defeats. I do in the last six games away from home has failed to score in five of them.

Of the last nine games that the AEK team has given to the championship, the eight have ended in under 2.5.

Proposal:  AEK may be in this situation but hiring a new coach can bring new air to the team. The set of odds is unfair to the guests and we will risk with the Asian handicap +0,5 with odds of 2,50, while up close we will have to score in the game under two goals with odds of 2,50 @ bet365.

We continue with the remaining three games of the evening, and finally there was little time to write a few things.

21: 45 Cantu - Olimpia Ljubljana (+ 12.0) 1.09 - 8.0 150.0 Points

The Italians participated in the Euroleague qualifiers, the matches of which took place at their stadium and, prevailing in the order of Akademik, Nimburg and Lehmann, got the ticket for the group stage. Although on paper it seems weakened compared to last year (when, taking advantage of the home factor, it passed to the phase of 16) having lost Mitzov, Bavcic and Sermandini, it has entered the new season furiously, scoring 80 points and over all its games, having 6/6 victories so far! The Americans Brooks, Smith, Taius (with an Israeli passport) and the young Arandori who came from Siena seem to be the most important additions along with the Belgian Taboo-Empoma which proves to be a lottery. With the exception of its current opponent, it will be very difficult for it to finish above some of the other teams in such a difficult group with Panathinaikos, Real, Fener and Kimki being the other 4 teams of the group unless it takes full advantage of its headquarters and of course defeated in Ljubljana defending after the difference of its victory away from home.

If things for the Italians to qualify are too difficult for Slovenes it will be almost unlikely to happen. The only one victory they had last year maybe can not even be repeated this year being in the most difficult group of the event. Like many of the clubs, Olbia has made a number of changes with a new team (the Finnish Rannicos, with the oldest known Peugeot and Baines and Waters being the most important arrivals), which is by far the poorest roster than the other 23 teams and as he participates in the Adriatic League, it will very hardly be able to do something worthwhile. Already the year did not start ideally by losing the Super Cap from Krka and was easily defeated in Belgrade by the Red Star.

I do not think it's a question of the winner of this showdown with Kantou being in a very good shape, having begun an early preparation to be fit for the Euroleague qualifiers. For this tonight's game it is doubtful for Szekic for the Italians and Baines, Omič for the Slovenians who are in fact the only two remarkable centers of Olimpia which is anyway the most "short" team of the event. An ideal choice for this match is that the home team succeeds over 80.5 points that pay 1.83 to William Hill.

21: 45 Fenerbahce - Chime (+ 8) 1.22 - 4.50 153.5 Points

The team from Constantinople, although it had set as its ultimate goal the creation of a strong team and aspired to participate in the final four held last year in its city, failed for another year but did not stop its investments hoping to be present in the final. for London this time. As material he has one of the best in Europe bringing a package from Siena to Maccabees, Andersen and Pianizzani as coach, Sato and Batiste from Panathinaikos, Bremer from Milan but also the talented Karaman who may in the future move to the NBA and Nets who have his rights. Somehow one could compare her to this year's Lakers as the majority of players acquired may be very experienced but do not have many years ahead of them so it will be perhaps one last chance to fight to win a European title. In the recent friendly with the Celtics they showed a sample of their potential with the pluralism they have in the attack and the many solutions both near and far from the basket. If the team is well assembled by the pianist of the genre Pianijiani who, having poorer material, performed miracles in the past with Siena, then the Turks are capable of great things.

However, Chimki is also very ambitious and, after the Euro Cup, has high expectations for Euroleague. The Rivers, Davis, Ogousin and Copenhagen came to add to the existing Platinum, Fritzon, Monia and Lancetar, giving them the choice of European basketball legend Rimas Kortinitis guiding them from the bench. In particular, Plaininic seemed to find his old good last season under the guidance of the Lithuanian coach, overcoming his prolonged disintegration when he competed in CSKA. The Russians declare landing just aiming to qualify for the next stage of Euroleague, but on the basis of their grand budget the requirements are much higher and the current match is the first crush test of the season as their former Baltic opponents Both the League and the Russian Championship were of lesser value.

After the triumph over the Celtics, the climate in the Turkish team is very good and the handicap has gone up enough to reach 8 points with other upward trends. Better not to deal with this match though the news favors the hosts as Kimbo will fight without Davis being injured in the knee. It is a questionnaire which 3 players will "cut" Pianjiani to form 12a tonight and how much he will manage to keep the balance if one of the "cut" is not happy with his coach's decision. However, it is very difficult for the Turks to escape the scoring despite the plethora of choices they have in all positions so No. bet.

21: 45 Malaga - Maccabi (+ 3.5) 1.62 - 2.35 152.5 Points

Another team that virtually changed almost all of its players after the modest last season and brought a dozen youngsters trying to return to the high levels of both Spain and Europe in general. Where he is especially strengthened, he is under the baskets of Peruvian and Vassett from Barcelona and Gisht from Fener, while he also has Williams and Kalogoue in garde and Simon, Jimmedeth, Vidal, Dragitsch, Urutaş (who has the biggest time to play in the upcoming matches) and Samponiss junior in the rest of the region. All of this material is to be handled by Repeza, who personally does not regard him as a reliable solution if Unicaja's directors are aiming to raise their level and his position will be precarious after some backlash. Luckily for him after the defeat by Real managed to even save the lot by defeating Badalona by transferring the game under the basket and taking advantage of the domination of the rebounds.

Maccabi has traditionally been one of the top teams in Europe, but has also been very altered with the top addition to being the coach with Blatt's arrival, but he will not have players of similar capacity to those of the National Russia he liked her performance at the London Olympics. He is even called upon to resurrect the players' career like Logan and to get the most out of gamblers like Chikman, Caner-Medley, Roth, Matzok, Thomas, Landesberg, and Oohill who returned to Israel. However, the group is relatively prosperous and allows the "team of the people" to make a number of tests until the Blatt arrives, which is the ideal shape and if it will need additional additions to the course that is a feature of Maccabi in the past. Logically, she will fight with her current opponent for the first time and Siena is clearly weaker this year, having lost all of her stars while Salon, Procom and Alba are at least a level below in terms of quality.

The initial odds were favorites of the Israeli team, but they would be deprived of Smith's services, but rather apparently under the baskets where Sheraddin and some dubious American Americans will have the beasts of the Peruvian, Vazquez and Zoric opposite them. Of course, Blatt will be able to make use of the difference in height and volume for the benefit of his team by placing Eligay in "4" that is quite moving to stop by his opponents. Since it is a premiere, however, and is not a match for either 2 or any team, I do not believe that all the coaches' arms are visible so early in the season and especially for Maccabi, victory is not one-way. At underdoses, Malaga's victory was worth, now with the new data, there's no need to bet on it, so here we have a very nice No. bet.

Ultimately of these games we only hold Kantou over 80.5 to William Hill and we come back with tomorrow's match with the value of being on the ace with a Handicap bet before he grew even higher (it's in 8.5 from 6.5 that was opened). Good fun and good luck to bettors!

Y. C Good cases also appear Noody over 12.5 and Egg over 10.5

Today's premiere in Euroleague and we're going to take a look at Thursday's matches by writing a few words about the teams so we have an idea of ​​its potential and bet accordingly. Together with the odds with odds that change in some cases, so it would be good before you bet someone to check what's at the moment to avoid surprise. As in previous posts, we will use as a guide a set of odds from bet365

19: 00 Tessa - Lietuvos Ritas (+ 17.5) 1.03 - 10.0 148.5 points

The finalists of the Russians last year are no longer the team of the previous season after the departure of Sved, Kirilenko, Lavrinovic, Gordon and Siskafuk but he is significantly strengthened on the bench where he returned after a ministerial service to the Lakers, Etoire Messina. At the same time, Erceg, Mitsub, Wims, Nicholas and Aaron Jackson were acquired, but only a negligible quantity can not be considered. For Tessa a roster-rich player is needed because each week he gives the least 3 races while participating in the VTB Cup.

Tonight, her opponent Rita, who remains in the shadow of Zalgiris in Lithuania, also participates in the same cup. The team from Vilnius lost 4/5 of its top five with Rice, Rasic, Roberts and Valenciunas being a thing of the past while Blooms, Nedovic, Radosevic, Dulkis and Ivanov who came in their place can not even be compared. . Especially in the attack, there does not seem to be anyone who can take the team on his back, so it will probably be very difficult for them to finish in the top four.

A big handicap is literally dependent on the appetites of the home team if it is covered but let us keep in mind that there are no "second" and "calendars" since the 12 players who will be declared on the race card could all play any major European group. The Lithuanians may not have the big names but all of them are well balanced with at least 2-3 players in each position (due to the parallel obligations in the Baltic League, Lithuania and Euroleague) and their recent negative results do not show their image team and a single had left many players outside of the game against Spartacus St-Petersburg who lost hands 75-48. Tonight both teams are expected to go full, simply "cutting" some players each to fill 12a.

19: 45 Zalgiris - Cedevita (+8) 1.25 - 4.10 152.5 points

The Lithuanian champion made a lot of changes in the transfer period, and despite the departure of Wims, Watson, Reeves, Delinachiat and Calnetits managed to fill their gaps by bringing Lavrinovits, Lafayette, Darren, Fut and Jaamber and Kaukene. With a Spanish coach on the bench (formerly assistant of today's rival Malkovich), he likes a quick game with a roster of at least 2-3 players in each position. Traditionally much stronger when playing at home with 15,000 fans at her side to create an explosive atmosphere.

On the other hand, the Croats make their Euroleague debut, but have a brand new team (a feature of Malkovic to make radical changes when taking over the reins of a new club), yet it is doubtful whether he has been able to "bind". In the region with Wright, Greene, Soup, Ilijevski, Babic and Zelambal seems to be her big strength, but she has a clear weakness under the baskets, which at such a high level will logically deprive her of the qualification in the next round.

It's easy or difficult for the Lithuanians to win tonight and is probably the favorite to cover the 8 point handicap. Despite the fact that they will fight without Klimavitia and Zevtoka, they have a clear lead in the front line and with the flexible Levinovits able to pull the opponents tall in the periphery they will open corridors towards the basket to the other players of the team. Logically, Chedteva will try to impose a slow tempo in the game, but it will hardly succeed in stopping the Zalgiris enthusiastic players who have to prove to their audience that they can expect something good from this season. Marco Thomas's participation is doubtful for the guests, for many of whom this match will also mean their debut at the event.

21: 00 Olympiacos - Caha Lamboral (+ 7.5) 1.25 - 4.10 156.5 Points

The title holder Olympiacos faces the Basque for 4^η year after year, hoping for 4 / 4 since he was also the winner of previous 3 2 matches at home. With a new coach this year Barzoka and having essentially the same team as last year (came Perperoglou and Mavroidis and Pelekanos, Papadopoulos, Glynaliadakis, Kessel and the injured Vassilopoulos left) will very hardly manage to repeat last year's feat, but he is the favorite to take the lead in the group. With a low average age and players playing for the whole and not for themselves while having a strong Greek element, the Piraeus team should be a model for the rest of the way it works.

Kaha Lamboral is questioning whether Cambetas, Rocheste and Nocioni will be able to fill the gap left by Prizioni and Teletovic who have decided to try their luck at the NBA. So far there is no clear picture if we take the 2 games for the ACB, but it is obvious that this year it will be based on its periphery with most shots being mid and long distance while under the basket in the absence of a classic center points are expected from the brothers Bjelica and Lamp who lost last season due to injury.

With the only official game against this ... Kifissia for the Cup, the home side does not have the ideal degree of readiness for such a crucial match. Loy eventually managed to overcome the injury problem he was facing much earlier than expected and may have been fighting for a while but not even Perperoglou, which seems to take a few days to return to the parquet. For the Basque, Rocheste did not come to Greece limiting the solutions for Ivanovic to guard. Difficult play, Piraeus is not as easy to expect as the odds of the first match in the match for the year. Much will depend on the basics of the Basque trio and who will be asked to stop the Nocioni that can threaten so far but close to the basket. The Reds with the help of their people have won their 15 last games home to Euroleague in a group stage. The question is whether they will find Kaka in front of Zaragoza (defeat with 88-75) or against Sevilla (win with 90-70) and whether they will work their picnic under the basket that the guests have weaknesses.

21:00 Salon - Prokom (+8.5) 1.22 - 4.50 149.5 points

Dumbubus of France and finalist in last year's Eurochallenge may join Euroleague for the first time but is entitled to hope that he will finish in the top four on the basis of the other teams in the group (maybe the best of the event). After her stunning last year in France and Europe and having for 10^η For a consecutive year, Benio as a coach has very good chemistry as a team, he likes fast basketball and many peripheral shots. She kept almost all of her players while she also looks strengthened, now having the Americans Williams, Denmon and Russ in her ranks. In the premiere of the French championship, however, he lost to Lyon, being very inaccurate in the three-pointers, while he also lost Denmon, who was injured, bringing Russ in his place for as long as he is missing from the floor.

On the other hand, the Polish champion is ambitious this year to be more competitive after last season's disappointing season. With Lithuanian Kemuzura now on the bench and Kosarek and Blasingim as organizers are expected fast basketball and many three-pointers. The question is whether this team will defend itself by having already received 96 points from Kosalin in the Polish championship this year. Essentially, this is a new group that will probably still need time to get the right chemistry though its players know from their national band they are members of.

But it is doubtful whether the handicap will be covered, more secure than 150 seems to be based on the fast game of the hosts that will probably be followed by the guests. Both teams like the three-pointers, they do not have much defensive qualities, and we will naturally see great scoring in the race. The American Behind is doubtful if he will fight for Prokom.

The rest of the 3 matches are played on 21: 45 and if time is found then they will be uploaded later and the relevant previews.

For the above games I will bet 3

Zalgiris -1.5, Salon-Procom over 143.5, Osf-Cacha over 150 with 2.52 performance

Olympiacos - AEL

5 races with Olympiakos to host European AEL in GSP.

AEL on Thursday played for Giulia Lig with Marseille and today after three days to play with Olympiacos in Nicosia. He is a very good team, working, playing with passion but this year there are games that are very bad. It seems that it affects her fervor and travel for European fights. We saw it in the game with Marseille, the first half very good until 42 won with 1-0, pushing high and controlling the game. In the second half he collapsed on the court and still received 4 goals. Today he has a difficult exit to Olympiacos, Pampos Christodoulou has three absences to Karlitos, Makon and Gilbert, ie without left-back (Karlitos, Macon) and without the precious Gilbert on the middle line.

On the other hand, Olympiacos is a difficult opponent, he is a very busy team, he plays nice football. His first defeat at 4 is against the AEK champion, best in the game, but he has received a red in 72 and goals in the last minutes. Today, the punished Costa and Duarte are absent.

The AEL doubles at 2,25 but I think today AEL will have a hard time and as I see the game will lose points against the good team of Olympiakos. X is found in 3,20, a point I think of today's game.

The match that closes the curtain of the sixth game in the Greek championship is being held in Livadia between the teams of Levadiakos and Panthrakikos with the goal of a three-pointer for both of them, although even early it looks like a game to stay in the category.

Ώρα: 20: 30

Referee: Mandakis (Imathia)

Stephanos Mandakis has arbitrated a game in the Super League where he has won the home winners with 3: 0. In this fight he showed just two cards.

Levadiakos-Panthrakikos: Levadiakos stayed away from the points in the last match knowing an away defeat by PAS Ioannina with a score of 1: 0. In the first minutes and generally the first half, the team of Livadia stepped better on the field but did not transform the opportunities into goals. So he paid for it at the beginning of the second half without changing anything.

At home in the last ten games he has given for the championship he remained undefeated in eight of them. This year he has been defeated by Panathinaikos, he brought a white tie against Veria, while he easily prevailed over Panionios with 3: 0.

For the current game, the only absent player will be Pinheiro, who has been left behind on fitness.

Levadiakos has kept his home in the last three home games against Panthrakikos.

Panthrakikos lost his unbeaten in Komotini, knowing 0's 1 defeat: XNUMX from the Veroia team. Savva Pantelidis' 'band' came into play and looked for a quick goal in order to make things easier afterwards, but fell on Spanish goalie Lopez, who made the weak and kept a zero for his team.

Outside in the three games it has given it has suffered equal defeats with seven goals passive although it has gone to difficult chips like G. Karaiskakis and Toumba. In addition to Stathis and Michalopoulos.

Proposal: Can the team of Livadia take advantage of the weakness of Panthrakikos and get a victory that will give it a deep scoring breath. The ace will be our choice at 1,70 @ bet365, while as a special bet it is worth scoring only Levadiakos with odds of 2,25 @ bet365

Derby Time

Three more games today for 5 in the Cyprus Championship. It is the day of derby today as we have the derby of the Ionians in GSP between Omonia and Apel, while in Tsireios Apollo welcomes Anorthosis. 

I will start from the game Glory - Paphos and then I'll deal with the derby.

Doxa welcomes AEFafou at Famagusta Stadium at 18: 00. Neutral stadium, in another city after the Doxa stadium in Katokopia, as well as the Makareio that has been used in recent years can not accommodate first-class games.

Glory is the only team with no rank in the league, it has 4 defeats. He had a difficult schedule with 3 matches with AEL, Deel, Anorthosis and Paralimni. It takes a year of course as a team, since after the rally in the class almost changed the whole roster! Today I think against an opponent with the same goals can get even a degree.
Marios Konstantinos's coach does not have any problems and he has all the players in his disposal to make the best possible bet.

On the other hand, Paphos started the championship very well, at 4 races he has now gathered 7 points but with the penalty he had with the -6 score he has just 1. A good start has also helped the easy program with groups that have the same goals. She showed she can get points from teams that will fight for the stay and this gives her an edge over them. Giannis Topalidis has no serious problems today, only two players who are not Demosthenes and Balou are missing.

First derby of the day Omonia - Apollo.

Omonia is formally the host of the big derby today against Apoel at 18:00 in GSP. The two teams always shared the tickets in the games between them but from this year something new will be implemented. The typical host spends 3/4 of the tickets and the guest one horseshoe and 4000 tickets.

Omonoia will for the first time have Tony Savievski on the bench and the world by her side to win. The year did not start well for the green ones already found 7 points away from the top and Apel. It is clear that if you miss a current draw, the year ends when the difference will go to 10 points. Three problems for Tony Savievski, with Nuno Asis missing, punished by his top qualifiers and wounded Paulo Adrente and Abraham.

On the other hand Apelle wants the victory to finish Omonia. Ivan Giovanovic does not count on Borda and Klukovski, the first one has been in all the games so far with Zouela to take his place. Buddymir eventually deflects the derby but will probably stay on the bench. If he wins the Deer today he will be the only team with 5 at 5 and only the first in the scoring

Last game of the day Apollo-Anorthosis.

Apollo receives at 19: 00 the Anorthosis at Tsireion Stadium. For another game, a bunch of blue friends are expected to give their team a win. After the coach's change, Apollo showed signs of improvement, in the last game with Apel, he was not defeated by the defeat. He must strive more for the attack and achieve a goal if he wants to win today. Giorgos Merke, the leader of the defense, is a big defector. The coach of the team said that his team should win any victory in order not to move away from the four.

Anorthosis remains unintelligent until now and has shown many aggressive virtues. In the attack, Roni Levi's team is very strong, with many great players. Perhaps he has the best offensive line in the league. I can not say the same for her defense as she does not inspire confidence, she is prone to mistakes and readily accepts phases. The first derby of the year and a question mark is how the team will be presented to it.

Suggestions: 

In the two derby I can not say anything with certainty, I do not think Omonoia will lose today because it will be the end of the team. I believe in X today in this game as well as in the game of Doxa with Paphos. Paphos has shown that it can get results and X will not spoil it today. Finally in the other game I give the lead to Anorthosis but 2,10 has no value to me, a very difficult game.

The 5 Formula One championship of the Cyprus Championship starts with three races today.

Alki - E.N.Paralimni (17: 00):

Alki welcomes the Union at the GSZ stadium with the goal of its first victory and the first points in the championship. Last year's surprise of the championship still has no point this year. He had a difficult schedule at the beginning after giving 4 matches with the big teams of the category. The coach of Alki is facing two competitive problems as the injured Dens and the punished Santamaria are missing, both the main football players. She was relatively good in the first games but against the teams she faced she could not do many things.

The Union with a new coach for the first time on the bench wants a second consecutive victory that will remove it from the last positions of the scoring. He did not like the first games, he was nagging for the performance of the team that led to the replacement of the coach. A question mark that he will be presented tomorrow with a new coach, is a knowledgeable Cypriot champion. Two absences of Wing and Anderson.

Α.Ο. Ayia Napa - National Stadium (18: 00):

The newly-influenced team of Ayia Napa welcomes the National at a neutral stage. The team is playing at Paralimni Stadium. In the early games, Ayia Napa's team showed a lot of weaknesses, counting three defeats and one draw in four matches and receiving 10 goals. He was not good at all until now, he showed that he is a weak team and I think he will hardly miss the graduation. 

And Ethnikos, on the other hand, was not good at the first races, he is still looking for his first win this year. In the last game against Salamina he showed signs of improvement, he was good, he had to win but equals in the last minute. Alisson is the only one who misses Nikos Papadopoulos who is looking for the formula that will give him the victory.

Nea Salamina - AEK of Larnaca (19: 00):

Nea Salamina welcomes AEK in Famagusta Stadium. Salamina was very weak during the summer, had a big administrative problem and mostly lost her coach who was her great strength. Never in the history of the team failed to remain for the second year in the first category and managed last year very easily. This is weak, he is not playing well and in the last game with the National was very bad. She has no experience at the bench and does not have many qualitative solutions to her roster. A difficult task today against the first and sure AEK.

AEK is in the first place, with the absolute points and without a goal. In the latter he did not perform well but he did. Today with Salamina I expect reaction and better performance. I do not believe it will be difficult and will get an easy win. The prediction is not on the side of the last victory with Salamina except for 2001 but this year it broke two traditions and I think it will do the same with it.

Estimations:

In the game Alki - ENP, I believe Alki will win, it is a better team, with better players and it is time for the first victory. Good odds at 1,90 @ bet365.

In the game Agia Napa - National I will lead the National but 2,40 is not enough for me. Better to refrain from this game.

In the last game Salamina - AEK, AEK is a clear favorite, at 1,90 the double is good enough for a bet based on the group image, I expected it lower. For me, I feel confident AEK win.

The sixth SuperLeague racing program opens with three games that are of intense interest in both the queue battle and the playoffs. Let's see the current previews:

25 may still be around for days until the NBA is officially launched but we will have a good start from tomorrow to get a taste of some teams as it begins a series of friendly games with rival teams from the European continent.

Premiere is the Celtics-born Celtics in Istanbul where they will be faced with the renewed Fenerbahce which is one of the few teams of this year's Euroleague which is boosted in all positions and is considered one of the favorites to give it to the Final Four.

The "Celts" have made several changes, most notably the departure of Ray Allen and the addition of Jason Terry and Courtney Lee, while the return of Jeff Green after a year of absence from the field is also noteworthy. For the fans of the team from Boston it will be a great opportunity to watch all 3 rookies and especially Jared Sullinger who is able to claim a place in the top five instead of Brandon Bass. On the contrary, Fab Melo, who could even start as a center, did not convince with his performance in the games he took part in the summer league and if he does not seize the opportunity with good appearances in the friendlies, he is not expected to take enough time to participate in the official. The same goes for the third rookie of the team, Kris Joseph, for whom, however, there were no special requirements from the beginning. The goal of the NBA champions for 17 times is for this trip to have the same effect as the last one they had in Europe in the fall of 2007, to have a "tie" of the team mainly off the floor ("their mobile phones do not work and they are forced to talk to each other "said Doc Rivers). That was Garnett and Allen's first year on the team and they not only "tied" each other but they reached the championship in the following months. Will something similar happen this year? With 9 of the 16 players making up the Celtics mission as newcomers, Rivers is expected to split the time among many players to see what he can get from each of them. Bradley will definitely not play for Boston, who will be the main 2-team of the team when he completely overcomes his injury, and Wilcox, who left the training the day before yesterday.

After 4 championships in a period of 5 years, last season was disastrous for Fenerbahce κεlker since despite the transfers they managed to reach the 16 of the Euroleague while they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Turkish championship! So to compensate their fans he has very high goals for this year and tonight he will try what once seemed like a miracle, to win a team from the NBA. However, it is expected to at least show strong resistance, helped by its fans who will flood the stadium, while if the match took place later it would have much more luck since it has many new players and a new coach and has not yet tied as a team. The team of Istanbul now includes Sato and Batiste who came from Panathinaikos, Andersen and Macaleb who played in Siena and Bremer from Armani Milano. If we add to them the already existing Bogdanovic, Karaman (whose rights belong to the Nets) and Preszlinc, plus the internationals Onan, Savas, Pecker and Turksan, a very capable ensemble is created that under Pianijani's instructions is capable of great things. this year. A possible victory will give them a boost for the continuation since in a short time the games for the Euroleague will start, which is their big goal. The hosts will have a stronger motivation for the victory and for those who want to support it, we find it at odds over 4 (up to 5 in some companies), while there is greater security with the handicap being at 9 points. However, they should take into account that Fener was fighting with Galatasaray for the institution of the Cup until a few hours ago, when it suffered a 74-69 defeat without any face, however, since it had secured the qualification before the game (in which Pianijani also protected several players).

Indicatively, bwin's odds for the game are as follows:

Fenerbahce (+9.5) - Celtics 4.65 - 1.15 186.5 total points

The weekend is followed by other matches between European teams and NBAs, which we will analyze tomorrow again. For those who wish to bet well and to those who have access to the NBA TV, the race will begin at 9 in the evening of Greece.

 From the press, the match is also broadcast by OTE Sport 3 as the patrickdrd told us.

They are starting tonight the knockout games for the Olympic basketball tournament and let's see the first three of them (leaving the US game which is a special case) along with what each of 8 has done so far by putting in each match the odds set by the Bet365 which especially for these matches has lowered the rake by offering the attractive 1.95 in every two equidistant results.

4: 00m Russia - Lithuania (+ 7.0) 154.5 Points 1.29 - 3.70

 The Lithuanians, as most of them expected, managed to qualify as 4 in the group, presenting huge ups and downs in their play performance. They broke against the Argentines by eating 102 points in the Premier League after having received almost half with the Nigerians reaching a relatively comfortable victory (in the "rematch" of the Premier League only then the match was like friendly), for 3 the fight fought against France losing after a battle, and then to make the Surprise of the Games struggling equally to equal Americans (they have created something like a tradition to go well against them) being the only team that has managed to be ahead of score after their half-time, but after personal actions of Lambert James to be finally defeated with 99-94. That's where everyone was expecting to break out in the last game with the weakest team in the league Tunisia found itself losing the longest time of the match, endangering even its qualifying in the next phase but in the last season it became serious and won the win-qualification. The Lithuanians, if they are in their day, can counter any opponent as they have proven, but this is not often the case. They have a big problem in the defense and close to the basket but also in the periphery while aggressively waiting for everything from Kleisa which is very unfortunate in the trio with just 3 / 15 so far. Pleasant surprise is Songla, being the 2 scorer of the team, while Valtzicunas is disappointed with an average of 4 points.

The Russians, on the other hand, finished at the top of the group after their dramatic victory with Fritzon's three-pointer in extinction in the match against Brazil and their dominance in the fight that he was showing he would judge the group's top with opponents of the Spaniards. The other games of the group were expected to be easy against the British and Chinese with whom they faced 2 early races, while yesterday in a totally indifferent game they were defeated by Australia with a basket on the expiration of Pat Mills. For the "bears" as we are accustomed to calling them the two "wolves" of the group (as they recently signed a contract and will fight with time in Minnesota) Kirilenko and Sved. The former teammates in CSKA are the A and Z while Kirilenko is the biggest threat to the rival baskets being at the same time 1 rebounder 1 thief and 1 blocker for his team while Sved excellent organizes the game by scoring it also when he finds corridors, or when he is free from the 3 line, and he is also the first in the assists to share more than 5 in each game. Flizzon (who almost won Spain himself) is near enough, while under the basket Mosgow and Kauen dominate. The only black point of the Russians is their failure in the shooting and Monia's performance, which is from moderate to bad.

The two teams were confronted with friendly coaching skills before the Olympics, in which the Russians were relatively comfortable. The same is expected to happen today as there is a big difference near the basket with the Lithuanians not having the "heavy bodies" standing against Kirilenko, Mogov and Kauun, and they are expected to face problems in defense and attack. Also, the Lithuanians are expected to make a lot of mistakes towards the Russians who are stolen (especially something "magical" passages of Yaskevitsius are doubtful if they end up where Saras will want), their rates will hardly be at a high level against the tough defense of the Russians and their only hope is to put enough triplets themselves, to pick up many aggressive rebounds and miss the Russians many shots. The "ace" on its own is of no particular value, the handicap at 8 points is somewhat "odd" and the 155 points are judged by many, and the criticality of the match is expected to keep the score relatively low compared to the match.

6: 15m France (+ 6.0) - Spain 151.5 Points 3.25 - 1.36

After the defeat of the US against the US, the French managed to win all the other matches of the group, demonstrating that they were rightly counted as the third favorite of the tournament (together with Argentina) by the bookmakers. Especially in the match against Argentina the odds were against them but despite the failure of Tony Parker they won the victory by plumping the attack by having 5 players with a two-digit number of points. In the next match, winning with a break in the 3 season, the Lithuanians having the duo Parker Batum on a great day basically cleaned 2's position to maintain forces in the last 2 match against Nigeria and Tunisia. Despite the absence of Law, the tricolor appears strong enough in the racket with Turiaff and Seraphen, Dio makes a very quiet job on the parquet both in the rebounds and the assists while scoring is the case of Parker and Batum. The one who has not achieved the expected is De Colo who, besides mischievous, easily falls into several mistakes. The weakness of the French is also their proportions in the shots, although these are essentially only generated by Turiaff who has 5 / 16 efforts.

The team that caused the biggest comments in the tournament is the Spanish theoretically the second favorite. Once again they are not impressed during the first phase. In the premiere, the Chinese won harder than 97-80, while 82-70 won the next match and the victory against Australia. On the third game they beat the Brit in the mouth for just one point (thanks to the inability of their opponents to foul in the last seconds), showing that 1's occupation of the position was not so easy. This was confirmed in the match against the Russians who despite their amazing start with 20-2 and keeping Sved unpinned and Kirilenko at 8 points were eventually defeated with 74-77. Then the match with Brazil will determine who will finish at 2, but also leads to a semi-final against the USA afterwards. The rumors that they would not "beat" the game were confirmed, although they had the lead in 3 first bouts in the last made mistakes and misplaced shots in a way that did not show that they "give" the game (it was foreclosed by 4 badminton for deliberately reduced performance) so that 3s end up and hope they will meet the Americans in the final. In general, they have not shown a good image despite their dominance under the baskets (3's first top scorers are the 3 of the center, Gassol brothers and Ibaka!) And the many attacks they win with aggressive rebounds. Disappointing so far, the San Emeterio despite sizable playing time while the Scariolo few uses Klaver who will struggle time in the NBA.

France is poorly presented as such a big outsider based on the image shown by the two teams. Of course the last 365 calendar days has 5 defeats in respective games against today's opponents. An unbeatable factor that can make a difference is Navarro's performance, which slowly gets involved in his efforts. He was also the top player in the final that gave the title of European champion to Spaniards against the French last year with 27 points. 152 points set as a limit again seem high for such a crucial game that defense will play a very big role.

10: 00m Brazil (+ 3.5) - Argentina 159 Points 2.50 - 1.58

Brazil would probably not even expect it would end up in 2's position in the group, although it has good units and it does not work as well as a whole. At the premiere, he played a tough victory against the Australians, and it was difficult to prevail against Great Britain. After a comfortable victory against the Chinese team, he was defeated by the Russians with the three-pointer at Fritzon's exhilaration to follow the "strange" match with the Spaniards that we mentioned above. Its great weapon is the "triple" towers of Nene, Varechau and Splith with both of them playing parallel to the parquet and complementing each other beneath the basket. In the region dominates the first goal scorer of the Barbossa team and Houtier who organizes and scores at the same time. Generally, the Brazilians have only one defeat and they do not convincingly have chemistry as a team in an adventurous way. In addition to the five above mentioned, the other players who make up the roster seem helpless to actually help while there is a big gap in the "3" position with Giovanni being the only classic squadron and Maniano to try mostly 3 system short but the weak link is the bad guy in the Alex Garcia tournament. He has not offered the guys according to his class and Nene is also injured because of injuries because he did not fight in the "friendly" game with the Spaniards even though he can not play tonight.

On the other side Argentina, although 3 in the group impressed with its special appearances against the USA and Lithuania, and proved to be rightly considered one of the favorites to win a medal. It started impressively by dismantling the Lithuanians with Scola, Delfin and Ginobili to do what they wanted on the field but then landed abruptly after her defeat by the French who managed and held the score low as only Ginobili found ways to score. The other matches of the group were the defeat of the aggressive basketball team with the Olympic gold medalists in Athens, 2004 (when 3s in the group had finished) to score 92,93 and 97 points against Tunisia, Nigeria and the US respectively. In the last two games, Nocioni's performance has begun to rise so close and far from the basket, while 5 Argentine (with the future since he signed the Nick's summer) has been unknown to the NBA Prizioni. help being injured. The team's roster beyond the top five is also poor so if he wants to hope to win a medal, he must have a good day on three of his four stars at least hoping to help one of Gutierrez's bench. One only knows what to do is to shoot anchored off 6.25 line (with a strange style) while the other tries to help under the basket (John Tortoro's "save" paradoxically did a good game against the US ) usually without great success. The possible absence of Prizioni may not be particularly costly, since the one who organizes their game is in fact Ginobili who, with his speed and insight, finds easily empty corridors either for himself or for his teammates making the difference.

The big derby of Latin America is expected to be the most spectacular game of the quarter-finals. The Argentines are fairly favorites as they have a better team as a team, with Scola, Ginobili, Notsioni and Delfin staying in the stadium. Of course tonight, Scola will find Varechos opposite, while in the defense he will have to stop Splitser and Nene and his possible damage to foul can cost him. Also coach in Brazil is Argentine Manian who won the gold medal with his country 2004 and is well aware that he has to stop them individually but how to convince the Brazilians to play defense? Especially its peripherals that should stop Ginobili and the very good Delfino shooter with the latter being unstoppable if they get the first shot to try. 159 points may appear to be many at first glance, however, the aggressive nature of both teams promises great scoring, especially if they achieve a lot of three-pointers. The Brazilians are expected to win the battle under the baskets, especially in the field of rebounds (although they have fewer than average against their opponents) but are expected to pay for their defeat in both 2 and shots. The winner of this pair will only be hoping for the bronze medal, as he will face the semi-finals beyond the shockingly unpredictable with the US.

Continue today with teams in Group B that may miss the glow of the US but again will be a battle for how the first double will be formed and which will qualify as 4 to face the Americans in the next phase. Let's look at them in detail ...

Spain

The big favorite to win the 1st place. Even though Rubio is missing with the amazing start he made this year in the NBA, the Spanish team seems to be full in every position and especially close to the basket with the Gasol brothers and the NBA finalist and arguably the best defender of the year (no one does not know on what basis Chandler received the award) Ibaka while Calderon and Rudy Fernandez dominate the periphery while no one can underestimate Juan Carlos Navarro who if he proves to be perfectly healthy will be a constant threat to the opponent's basket. There was a lot of talk about the latter because he finally deserved to take part in, as everything shows, his last big event since he suffers from various injuries. Some were surprised that Mirotic was not called in instead of "la bomba", but the Spanish Federation has an informal regulation that allows only one "naturalized" to take part and the position has been taken by the Congolese center. In general, the "Fourias Rochas" are considered the 2nd big favorite of the event and many expected that they would be able to oppose the US team. In the team there are 9 players who have performances from the top league in the world or even have been drafted and can take this step in the future. But after the last friendly they gave (even without the presence of Mark Gasol who could cause problems in the Achilles heel of the Americans, the position of the center) and their defeat by 22 points difference somewhat spoiled the positive impressions that had been created after the comfortable victory over Argentina just 2 days ago. In fact, it seems that the Spaniards will win relatively easily all the matches of the group until they face the Russians. In fact, if they do not succeed, the also difficult match against Brazil for the last match will follow, which will complicate things even more. For those who think that the Spaniards will manage to make the surprise and reach the top of the world, this option pays 5.50 at bet365.

Russia

Here is the presence of the new member of Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko. The former CSKA forward is the A and Z of the Russian team in both defense and offensive. Having the fox of the stalls to guide him, David Blatt, unfolds all his virtues within the parquet, and because of his height and the ability to play in various positions it is very difficult to limit his action. The team that will do this will have great luck to beat them. For those who were accustomed to seeing Russia exhausting its attacks after 20 seconds with a constantly slow tempo in her game they will be surprised to see she play a lot of surprise, run whenever she finds the opportunity and "opens" enough the score like showed in both the pre-Olympic tournament (in which he was not scored in any game to get the coveted London ticket) and in the friendly matches he gave after violating Lithuania. A teammate of Kirilenko in the new squad for both is Svedh who will set the pace, while Monia and Kriapa also stand out in the roster, who can also compete in different places confusing their opponents. He also has Kauwn to dominate under the basket and despite his height and volume is quite kinetic and as a result he is the recipient of many "alley hoops" by his teammates. As we have said before for Spain, the critical game will be that amongst each other, which determines which of the two will not meet the US until the final. All of this, of course, if the next team of the group is not surprised. The Russians, however, show a good case for those who want to bet on them for a possible win of a medal. The performance for this event is 3.70

Brazil

Another multiplayer team with a NBA mandate, especially at the bottom of the basket where there are 3 active NBA players with a crucial role in their teams. The reason, of course, for Tiago Spliter (who is slowly seeing his spell-up time with Spurs), Nene and Anderson Varechau (proving the last two years that he can become famous beyond the heel he threw at Zissi). The matter of course is that he will share the time between the three highs and that he is not at the same time all together on the floor with Maniano having concluded that Nene will play more as a center with the other two to share the time of participation to "4". Guardian positions dominate the free until this time Leonardo Barboss who after Pears is looking to find a NBA team to continue his career and Marcelino Houtier of Barcelona who will direct the game from the position of the play maker. Where the "selenao" is somewhat lagging behind is "3" where there is no other player besides Giovanni. Although they are considered the third strongest group in the group, they have shown very good evidence in friendly and offensive attacks but also in defense, keeping the popular Americans low on the score so they are able to cope with both Spaniards and Russians. It remains to be seen whether it will come in favor of a five that will have "three short" and "two tall" in the longest duration of the race. It will be central to the match against Australia as most of them think the loser of this game based on the teams' capacity will end up in 4's position against the Americans in the quarter-finals. However, she seems to be the favorite of the show, as her victory "gives" just 1.30

Australia

The "kangaroo" as we are used to saying without having someone to impress their roster (since Bugout is injured) is predicted to be comfortable in conquering 4's position and will chase the miracle in the face of the "beast" to "8". The team's star is considered to be Pat Mills in the guards, who although he has gone through the NBA yet has not managed to justify his presence there with only a few short stacks. There are plenty of well-known names, players who have either gone from Greece (Nielsen, Newleigh, Maric, Baines) or have made a career in Europe for years now (Andersen who also had one NBA pass for a year, Ingles, Barlow). Of the aforementioned no one seems to be able to "carry the team on his back" but as a whole, they will be particularly fighting. Before going to London, they twice faced the Spaniards, losing the matches in detail (wondering why and why they played with a team that would be their opponent in the same group) and then fought against the French by surprise and taking the victory ahead of the score in longer match duration. Its advantage is the homogeneity that most of them have been playing together over the past five years, while the lack of a big star does not create "disagreements" about who needs to make the most effort, a phenomenon seen in the rest of the teams (in Brazil and Argentina, Latin Americans have another type of temperament). But they show that they will be able to finish over the next two teams in the group and we will see right away.

Μεγάλη Βρετανία

The host of the tournament will fight hard to finish in the group four but the chances seem to be against her. Although at first glance her roster is quite remarkable since in the team there are beyond Deng and Freeland and Archibald of Malaga (with the first to move to the NBA this year) and Mesa Bonso who had a good year with Besiktas. Characteristic of all (including in part Deng) that they are fighting in position "4". In fact, there is no purebred center in the team with Bonsu struggling to play in this position, since behind him there is the completely unknown Eric Boateng who, looking to find some evidence, I saw that he has also played in Greece (no, it is not D- Eric Boateng with a tenure at Panathinaikos and Kalamata) and specifically in Peristeri where he passed but did not touch since he was left very little due to an injury. It is surprising that the official site of fiba mentions him as a member of the Denver Nuggets! However, the position of the center is not the only black spot for the British, there is a problem in the guards where there are only two college kids, Johnson and Lawrence (other unknowns) and the somewhat well-known to the general public, Rinkin and Lenzley. Their ally is not even the program of the games since the first three days they will face the three seemingly strongest teams of the group before they then give the battle against Australia for who will come out 4th. As if all this were not enough, various players are facing health problems and injuries, with the consequence that not everyone can play in the friendly games they played last week and experience the crash from Belgium (which played without its top players) while they also lost Tunisia. The most pessimistic even predict that the team is not going to make a single victory in the group, losing even to China.

China

The Chinese actually went to the Olympics having to face only South Korea as a serious opponent in the Asian Championship last year which was in the middle of Ramadan which caused various tricks mainly from the Qatar team (one of the theoretical favorites of the tournament) who faked the event. continuing to foul until everyone is sent off and the matches are over. Judging by the appearances of Lebanon and Korea in the pre-Olympic tournament, Asian basketball is still far behind that of the other continents. The Chinese championship in general may have attracted a lot of attention in the middle of a lock out, since several NBAers competed in it, but this did not raise the level of the "local" athletes much. The biggest star of the team remains Yi Yianlian who, although a great talent, did not have the expected development, playing little during the period he spent with the Dallas team. Zizi Wang is still a member of the team, the center with the ease of shooting 3 points (with a tenure in the NBA before) who finished the year in the Rockets but of China and not of Houston. However, the one who is expected to attract the most interest, especially from Greek fans, is 2.06 Sun, a player who can easily play from playmaker to forward and seems to be close to an agreement with Panathinaikos, according to some reports. Sun has played (albeit slightly) for the Lakers and Knicks, and was a member of the D-Fenders in the Development League, hoping to be called up by an NBA team but without success. In the friendly games, no special conclusions can be drawn for the Chinese, in the established before every big event, the Stankovic Cup faced and defeated teams of selected players from Russia and Australia, which consisted of names unknown to the public, while they triumphed against Tunisia. They are considered the outsider of the group and will be exceeded if they manage to pass to the "8". However, I personally believe that they will finish in 5th place in front of the British who look like a team without a beginning, middle and end.

The title is equivalent to the term "Moodobasket", which in my opinion is always totally inexperienced. What matters, however, is that all of the basketball fans' eyes are now turning to London where the Olympic Tournament will begin. The question that dominates, of course, is whether a team will be able to cope with the unfortunate Americans who, after defeating their 2006 at the World Championship semifinals, only have wins in all the official events that took place.

Let's look at the participating teams starting with those of the 1 group.

USA

Needless to say. The mere fact that there are bets such as "he will be behind the score in any match after the end of the 1st half" which gives an odds of 2.10 shows with the above how strong a favorite he is to win the gold medal. Her strongest opponent will probably be her bad self but how many of her players can be in a bad night at the same time? After the two friendlies he gave with Brazil (which was "cleared" with personal actions by LeBron James) and Argentina (which was dominated by Kevin Durand), doubts began to arise whether he would finally have such an easy task. In fact, after the first 10 minutes where it started very badly having problems under the baskets, these doubts began to intensify. But it was time for a third person to be in his good day, Carmelo Anthony and lead his team to a very comfortable victory. Mentioning which players stand out does not make sense, what matters is to point out their vulnerabilities. In fact, there are only two in the mission who can play in the position of center, Chandler and the inexperienced Davis. Krizzewski (who for some reason I knew as Szyzewski in the past I do not know what changed along the way) does various experiments and uses even LeBron in this position with considerable success. However, against the Spaniards in the first minutes, they found it dark against Ibaka and maybe they had more problems if Mark Gasol was also playing, we will logically find out if the two of them meet again during the Olympics. However, statements by Coby Bryant that the current team is superior to the first and authentic Dream Team that participated in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 are considered "unfortunate" simply. They will have to drag all their opponents by 40+ points in order to be able to compare with it, but again in '92 the US opponents were much larger than this year (with the exception of Spain, of course), ie Croatia. Drazen Petrovic, Lithuania of so many stars then, the Commonwealth with various players from the other newly formed countries of the former Soviet Union and others. For those who play "usury" the odds of winning the 14th gold medal at the Olympics give 1.14 to bet365

Lithuania

The most "basketball" country in the world, with a population of only 3 million but many distinctions in all major events. "Lietuva" (derived from the "lietus" meaning rain, according to one opinion the root of the word is the ancient Greek "hetou") may not have any of the great names of the past, but as shown in the Pre-Olympic tournament in Venezuela, if he plays seriously, it will be a tough nut for the other (other than US) groups in the group. The big star of the team and heavy artillery is certain Lina Clise, the ace of Toronto Raptors, who finally shows no other injury problems and with the help of "old" Yaskevitsyu, Songila, Masuiles (the new player of PAO) of the "nouvelle vague" with the main speakers Callenic and of course Valcanciunas (member of Raptors new season). It is impressive that Nikiton did not participate, especially since the injury to Zafokas, while Kavaliauskas (with experience from A1 in Panionio initially and Kavala later without showing anything special), creating questions about the depth of the position "5". Much will depend on their relevance outside of 6.25m and on how much Kaukene and Jashais will help in the best possible situation. However, it is expected to present its well-known fast game without giving a special appeal to the defense. He will logically go into the next round as 4, since, unlike the match in Venezuela, I do not think he will "sit down" to lose again from Nigeria. The Baltic country has one audience with the US counterpart, its own "dream team" also grew up in the Barcelona Olympics where it was independent for just over a year and managed to win the bronze medal. For those who believe that 6's participation in the Olympics can accomplish something similar, so again to the podium the performance is 7.00

France

Capable of the best and worst of our national basketball player (except for the match we lost deliberately with DeColo's basket), we aim exclusively at winning a medal (3 favorite with Argentine reasonably will fight to win the 2 position of the group) and to achieve it has for the first time all the stars in the mission. Specifically, the players who are going to be fighting for the "tricklor" NBA for a while have risen to 6 and 7 (the Celtic Pierrot of Celtics) and the Fournier Rook are missing. The driving force and source of the most dangers for opponents is Tony Parker who comes from another great year, while next to him is Nicolas Batoum, who gave his credentials to the last European Championship (he recently signed a rich contract with his team Portland), while under the basket will be the champion with Meiami Turiav and the last Seraphen season. Both of them will move to the center position with Dio (who plays under the direction of Popovic and next to Parker despite his extra pounds seems to have "resurrected" as a player) playing in "4" while valuable solutions with his distant shot will be given by the new member of the San Antonio team by DeColo. Based on material, the French have 3 the best roster of all teams, but they have generally shown that they are not worthy of confidence. Proof of this and their recent defeat from Australia just ahead, a country that is not considered by the big names of the event. In the first two games they will be forced to face the US and then Argentina, the group's two theoretically stronger teams and immediately after Lithuania. Three very strong matches in 5 days are not the best program they could achieve, although they have depth on the bench to be able to cope with multiplayer situations. For those who believe they will achieve their goal and will be able to win a medal, this event pays 3.50

Argentina

Perhaps the biggest question mark in the tournament, a country that has very good units but is all too old at the age and has not been able to compete in recent years, since most of them did not present in the not too major competitions that took place in their country. But a look at her five is automatically made by the big favorites to star in the event. Przzioni, Ginobili, Delfin, Nocioni and Scola. Only Oberp is missing from the "old" in essence but there is a small problem, there are no other players other than these. Will they alone be able to lead their country high? How do they manage to stay in good shape being more than 32 years old? There is, of course, the motivation that they are the last Olympics and probably the last big event they will take part in (with the World Championship following in 2 years) so they will not be given the chance to "rejoin" and chase some distinction. Also for Scola and for Delphi, especially the Olympic tournament can guarantee them a better contract maybe the last big contract in their career as they are among the free players that many teams would like to join in their NBA potential. The image they showed in the friendly does not allow us to make safe conclusions about how high they can reach. One day they were bailed out by Spain with a tragic performance especially in the defense, while 2 days afterwards almost overtaken and beat the US by showing rebirth. Many will also be judged for Argentina at the start of the tournament, the first two games that will look for at least one victory to ensure they will be the less-thirds in the group and avoid a possible encounter with Spain at their 8 send out 4. However, they are considered together with the French the third favorite of the organization once again the performance to climb the podium is 3.50

Nigeria

The great surprise of the Pre-Olympic tournament, the African team surprised everyone initially with their qualifying in the next round (especially after her defeat in the opening match against the Venezuelan hostess) and then with her victories against Greece but also the Dominican Republic that have won the London Olympics. It is a very athletic team with a bit of "anarchic" basketball style, especially with the aggressive track, with the NBAers Dyogou and Aminos helping a lot under the basket on both sides of the court but the one that made the most of it was that when it took has found a solution by its regional players who are generally unknown to the general public. The paradox is that he does not have Acongo, a Nigerian naughty playmaker who impressed in the recent summer league with the Sacramento team as well as the old player of Panionios Elounos who could help under the baskets. Nigerians again rely on the fact that their opponents are likely to underestimate them again while their realistic goal is to make 2 victories, surpassing them and going to the next stage. The first and given is de facto required to be at the premiere against the reasonably weaker team, perhaps, of the Tunisian organization. If they do so in the next game they will face the Lithuanians again, but only indifferent will not be this time. Whatever happens, however, she has been very successful since she managed to give her a big sporting event. Her players are not expected to have anxiety, which will make them even more dangerous especially against teams that will be "burned" to beat them. 

Tunisia

The African champions (they defeated the Angolans in the final - thank you Silver for pointing out, at least it turns out some people read the texts - and got the direct ticket to London) have an unbalanced factor to face during the event, Ramadan. In fact, being in England the time between sunrise and sunset (a period in which they are "forced" to fast, not to eat or drink anything even water) is longer compared to their country, so it is even more difficult to treat especially in combination with the struggles he has to give. Of course, as is the case in various northern countries in Europe, many Muslims follow the east / west of either their country of origin or Mecca (those living in Rovaniemi, for example, should fast for 20 hours a day at this time), while in many In some cases, the religious leaders of Muslim countries allow their athletes not to observe Ramadan during its "official" duration, "debt" days of fasting for the future. It is unknown what will happen to the Tunisians but also to many countries in general during the Games. In the purely competitive part now, the North African team relies mainly on the height of 2.17 Mary, who, however, was absent from a large part of the preparation while in America, trying to find a contract from an NBA team. The odds give them as the weakest team in the tournament, although in the last friendly they gave they defeated the respective team of Great Britain. What makes them particularly dangerous is the fact that, although they do not have the required experience playing in such big international tournaments and generally not even performances from big matches with their teams (since almost all of them play in the local league), it is very homogeneous as a whole since the same players have been playing together for five years and so they know each other's game very well. Almost all of them are from 25-31 years old at the best possible age in terms of maturity but of course they will need a miracle to be in the quarterfinals. A possible victory in the premiere against the Nigerians will prove to be a huge success for them while if it is verified it gives 5.00 for those who prefer it.

The continuation tomorrow with the teams of the 2nd Group ...

After Orlando's Summer League last week, the eyes are now on the cosmopolitan Las Vegas where 23 teams are not very much involved in a very different way from the ones that will show us next season. Each of them is a matter of whether 3-4 players will belong to the team and after October, the races are mainly testing, but some conclusions have already been made in relation to this year's rookies. Besides, this year's newcomers are considered to be the best bets of players that have come out of the last decade coming from the drums, especially the many "tall" players as there is a general lack of good players in the center. Did anyone wait for Marc Gasol to become All Star last year? Especially for those who had "lived" him as a player since he played at ACB ...

The team that has left the best impressions showing that he made very targeted moves by choosing the right new players is that of the Rockets. In Houston they disbanded almost the entire team, expelling their main body to create space in the salary cap to move for Dwight Howard (better not to expand with him again, nothing new anyway) collecting quite a few peaks for the drafts from the following years, but it seems that they achieved success in this year's selections they made.

In general, the fans of "Ruketons" are excited to have Lin in their team (for the second time in essence since the first one did not keep him in their potential, being unknown to the general public then) but another Jeremy is the one who steals the show so far. So Lamb, the 12 number in the draw, has shown good scorers having 21 average points so far in the 4 matches played with 50% shot accuracy, 35% on triple and 18 / 19 shots. The official NBA site is currently ranked at the top of the rookies based on the evidence he has shown so far and for those who bet on surprises and chase long-term bets the performance to receive the Rookie of the Year is up to 34 in stan james!

In the same group, Terrence Jones, the 18 number of the trophy, has left very good impressions and, beyond the 18.5 points he achieves, he also helps in the field of rebounds by "downloading" 8.5 in every game. It is not so surprising that they used the term of amnesty to let Scola see that the Kentucky University graduate can well fill his gap while he has a very good future being just 20 years old. He is a bit more athletic as a player, and he is not afraid to attempt a shot from the middle and the long distance being quite apt (54 is his percentage) while he shoots and tripe with 2 / 5 efforts. 

But there is also a third Rockets player who has stolen the show. The reason for Motiejunas, the former Polish Procom's center, decided this year to make the transatlantic journey last night a choice in the XTRUMX (number 20, a number that is also in its shirt but preferring to "bake" a bit more in Europe to The Lithuanian had not exactly impressed with his performance in last year's Euroleague, he had not done anything special either with the 
"small national teams" in his country (as opposed to the Valanciunas who also play in the same position), with the exception of the European for 18 players, 2008 when he was declared MVP (with Greece winning gold that year Slouka and Pappa to stand out), so there were general doubts about whether he would be able to stand a worthy competitor against the top NBA players. In the first match, though friendly, he gave the best answer to his critics against Raptors. In 25 only minutes passed and put 25 points with 11 / 13 shots of which 2 / 2 three-point picking 9 rebounds while the only "black" point was 1 / 5 shots. In addition to the replies within the field, he was also impressed by his run after the end of the match in terms of how he was unsettled in his debut. He said a Lithuanian adage "if you are afraid of wolves better to avoid forests". In the next game against Wizards he was "disappeared" having just a 1 point with 0 / 5 attempts at 22 minutes of attendance. Yet yesterday and yesterday he returned to the same high levels by scoring 20 and 19 points respectively, bringing the smiles to the fans of the Houston team who were disappointed at the moment thinking they would be particularly weakened this year.

Finally, there is another player with good "letters of recommendation" who, without having made such a noticeable presence, leaves promises for the future. We are talking about Royce White, 16 number of the Draft, Iowa State graduate who finished the year being the first to score points, rebounds, assists, steals and cuts, showing that he offers all the areas of the game. White suffers from anxiety disorder as he is known from his teenage years, having many problems and often changing schools due to various disciplinary misconduct, and perhaps that was one of the reasons chosen relatively low in the twins. Although Kevin McHale did not have enough time to play, he did not contribute much to the score, being particularly inconvenient both in the field and in the shot. However, he shows other aspects of his talent by picking up several rebounds (10 and 12 in 2 last match) and he also dealt a lot of assists especially for a player who is in the "4" position (7 and 8 in the last two games).

This quadruple of new players flanked by a "bet" called Jeremy Lin, unstable Kevin Martin who may be able to "kill" any opponent in his day may well his own if he starts badly, and the promising Chandler Parsons showed good news last year, she can hope for something good, maybe her entry to the playoffs that she did not manage for the past season. Two other newcomers who can prove to be pleasant surprises in the new season are Marcus Morris (Suns Markief Morris twin brother, who is considered the best scorer) who lost the previous part of last season being injured and still trying to find his "footsteps" being somewhat reluctant and John Leuer (who has not yet played in summer league games), the few times he fought last year with Bucks, was particularly positive.

With the transfers still in progress, the "Rukketes" have a lot of space in the salary cap and it will not be surprising if they move for an exchange that will bring the team a big name. But their great desire is the well-known Howard, but there is a chance to come to the group, but letting go free in the summer to turn somewhere else into a more "commercial" city and a more competitive team in order to get a title. In this way the Houston team will have lost any rewards he has given before to bring him to the team for one single year in essence.

Let's take a look at what moves have been officially announced by the NBA teams on Wednesday when the transfer period was opened, while a few more days are expected in the next few days, especially for restricted and unrestricted free agents, as the team's timing expires to "match" offers submitted by other teams to their players. Jeremy Lin, Jason Terry, Roy Hibbert, Landry Fields, Eric Gordon, Nicholas Batum and Brook Lopez are the biggest names of them.

Brooklyn Nets, who moved to New York City and the brand new Barclays Center, want to show a remarkable set, much better than last year's 5, with the worst performance in the championship.
Their first concern was to reach an All Star (their efforts to bring Dwight Howard are still in progress) so that Deron Williams renews with the team. After the Atlanta Hawks exchange, Joe Johnson gave Anthony Morrow, Jordan Farmar (close to Efes), Jordan Williams, Johan Petro, and a first-round prankster for 2013. The two teams came out of this deal because the Nets took on a pro-class player while the Hawks managed to free up too much space in the salary cap (Johnson's contract predicted another 90 million until it expired) which would make them flexible for new transfers and the ability to make the maximum offer in the summer to a player who is free and comes from Atlanta. The name of this Dwight Howard.
Gerald Wallace's Brooklyn team renewed, and what's going to be with Brook Lopez and Chris Humphries will depend heavily on what will happen to Dwight Howard! But without it, and as long as they stay healthy, Nets are expected to be pretty much improved in the new year. Together with veteran Jerry Stackhouse he also signed the same route with Johnson but as a free and not an exchange process. They finally got Reggie Evans giving a future 2 tour picnic along with a trade exception to the Clippers.

Atlanta was relieved of another heavy contract, that of Marvin Williams (the new GM of the Danny Ferry team made many moves after his intake), sending him to Utah and bringing Devin Harris to his post. Another deal that seems to benefit both sides since the Hawks after deserting Kirk Hinrich desperately needed a point guard while the Jazz after the advent of Mo Williams (as we will see below) are covered in that position and at the same time they needed a small forward.

Mo Williams ended up with Jazz through a peculiar exchange involving three more teams. The Clippers (who acquired Lamar Odom in his attempt to "resurrect" his career by returning to the team from which he started), the Mavericks (they got the rights of Tadija Dragicevic and a trade exception) and the Rockets (they acquired the rights of Fulkan Aldemir). The Utah team with this move has a particularly dangerous player from the region at its disposal (Mo Williams has shown that he can make it to the lead in a leading team in the year that passed), Clippers in fact risk taking whether Odom's lottery would be a lot of disappointment as he competed in Dallas, while Mavericks with the trade exception gain an advantage in order to get a player, either this or the next transfer period.

Of the biggest names that have changed team so far, of course, it was Steve Nash. The Canadian and twice MVP champions moved to the Lakers versus 2 for the first round tournament of the first round and two second rounds that the Suns got. So he will have the chance to claim next to Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum (unless one of the last two leaves in case Dwight Howard comes in) a champion ring that is so much missing after 15 years in NBA.
10 assists, who have an average career span, will be able to find many recipients and greatly strengthen the Lakers team that they wanted to be helped especially at the playoffs position as Sessions used his choice of search option new group. The Phoenix team is in the process of rebuilding, so 4 extra options for upcoming tops will help to find "new blood".

Beyond the NBA's second worst team last year, Bobcats acquired Ben Gordon from Pistons and a future first-round playwright giving them Correy Maggette. In the face of Gordon they found a reliable shooter from the periphery (Charlotte was one of the worst teams in the three-point shootout last year) who helped play the role of the 6 player in particular, and have shown that they are interested in picking up as many options as possible tweets to strengthen with talented young players in the coming years. Detroit has the only benefit of this move that Maggette's contract expires at the end of the year (while Gordon has another two more years), so it will free up space on the salary cap to claim a big name.

Last year's improved player of the year, Ryan Anderson, moved to Hornets with Orlando's team taking over Gustavo Ayon. No matter how strange it may be, Magic benefited from this exchange as they could not come to an agreement with Anderson to renew his contract so they at least got something to give him and especially to the center that could be left empty if he finally left the "known unknown". The New Orleans team on the side of Anthony Davis got a player who can compete as a power forward but is distinguished by its long-standing goal and is expected to open corridors to the two Davis and Rivers rookies.

the Hornets to release space had earlier sent Emeka Okafor along with Trevor Ariza to the Wizards, taking 46's number of drums and Rashard Lewis, but he then bought the contract leaving him free (to end up with Heat after all). In fact, with this move, Hornets sent a message that Rivers and Davis will be the basis on which they will rely for years to come, and should be considered key from this year (not that there was any doubt, especially for the 1 number this year ). On the other hand, the youthful team of the capital is boosted by two remarkable players whose experience will be very useful without losing something essential as Lewis despite his heavy contract never offered the expected.
With these moves, Hornets can now refresh with Eric Gordon to "match" the offer they made, giving Phoenix Suns the highest payoff and creating a very talented youthful ensemble. With the same logic they also sent Jarrett Jack to the Warriors through a triple exchange in which Dorell Wright reached Sixers while the Hornets acquired Edin Bavcic's rights from the Philadelphia team.

Another team that is trying to free up space on the salary cap (and maybe Dwight Howard's claim) is also the Rockets. The Houston team before the twilight process sent Samuel Dalembert to Milwaukee and the 14 of the Draft to take John Leuer, John Brockman, Shaun Livingston and the 12 number in exchange for Chase Budinger, acquiring the 18 number of the tweaks from Minnesota Timberwolves. But their moves did not end there as they gave Kyle Lowry's debut last season to Toronto, getting another one of the next year's choice for the next year, while they also sent Marcus Camby to Knicks instead of Toney Douglas, Josh Harrelson and Jerome Jordan .

In exchanges completed in the last 24 hour, the Mavericks seem particularly strengthened by two moves they have made. First of all, Chris Kaman was free (another player who did not belong to the new Hornets team), exercising the amnesty clause and leaving Brendan Haywood until now, while in exchange with Pacers they got Darren Collison and his Dahntay Jones giving them Ian Mahinmi.

For players who had been released from their previous teams, Ray Allen (like Rashard Lewis) signed to Heat, Jamal Crawford to Clippers, Jerryd Bayless to Grizzlies, and Gerald Green to Pacers.

Tim Duncan with Boris Diaw for Spurs, Gerald Wallace with Deron Williams and Brook Lopez (who apparently will eventually remain in the group after the news that Magic stops talks about Howard throwing weight in finding a new coach) with Nets, while Blake Griffin did so by signing a new rich contract with Clippers. The same route (the renewal was followed by Hickson with Portland and Garnett with the Celtics.

For Thunder, the Thunderbirds have acquired the Thabeet (unknown even though the 2 number of 2009 by the Grizzlies), and Detroit signed with Vyacheslav Kravtsov from Ukraine that went well enough last year Summer league with the Celtics jersey.

Finally, the official announcement is expected to finalize Jason Terry's deal with the Boston Celtics. The two sides have given their hands over 2 weeks but somehow unknown because they have not been announced since yesterday that they opened the "window" of transcripts, and Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley with Suns, Nick Young with Sixers, Lou Williams with the Hawks, Kirk Hinrich with the Bulls and many others.

Still many fronts remain open, many discussions are in progress and since they are still more than 4 months until the start of the regular season. Also several teams will practice the term amnesty as it is the last year that allowed this. The last team that made it was Sixers who so released Elton Brand, who looked at many teams and the NBA did not have many good players left in place.

Certainly some names will not be mentioned above but since there are many more. Let's wait for the next few days to see first which of the rookies and players under test stand out in the summer leagues of both Orlando and Las Vegas, which starts at the end of the week.