Zalgiris - Barcelona (-3.5 & Over 157.5 pts) Saronas returns to his home after Barcelona is hosted by Zalgiris.
Zalgiris comes from 5 consecutive defeats and the former champion is just below the middle of the standings. Prolonged deformation then or very fast formatting at the beginning ?? Whatever the answer, the fact is that the roster is poor and only 2-3 players have the experience or the personality if you want for Euroleague games. However, he tries to play fast as there is a problem in 5 against 5. In the game set there is a problem and the solution tries to be given by the three points. When these come in (as at the beginning of the year) all is well, otherwise the defeats follow one another. Apart from the well-known absentee Garino, there is no other absence.
On the other hand, Barcelona has started to make "waters" as after the unexpected defeat (and easily in fact) from Villeurbanne came a defeat for the Spanish league at home, in fact from Valencia. In these two games, the negative protagonist is her defense since after 80 points from Villeurbanne (71.75 average until that match) she received another 100 from Valencia, which is very unusual for her games so far. No problems the team is expected to line up complete.
Summing up I think that will be an open match with the attacks having the first say. I will go with the victory of the guest because it has a better team and a more experienced one and why 3 consecutive defeats fall a lot for a team like Barcelona.
The point I choose is ... Barcelona (-3.5 & Over 157.5 pts) in performance 3.48 at stoiximan.
