The first quarterfinal of the day and I don't expect this game to be as easy for China as odds represent. Belarus is 3rd team in Europe and they are showing good basketball here. They are playing smart basketball with great defense, tacticaly they are very strong and with many players playing in Russian Superleague they have needed experience. Also they survived in much stronger group than China. They played against strong teams like Brazil, Russia, Australia, Latvia and also South Korea which was tough opponent for all teams in group A excluding Australia. 

China on other side is playing at home but they lack experience and winning mentality I suppose. For sure they will have great support but with their bad offense and defense working around 60-68 points it will be very hard to blow out Belarus which has almost the same averages but against much stronger teams than China played so far. I would set 69.5-65 line here with China favourite but only because they are playing at home. On neutral ground I would put Belarus as favourite to win this game.

Equal game is expected by me here with a lot of defensive work. I would not be suprised with Belarus winning this game.

Pick: Belarus +8.5 @ 1.94 PinnacleSports

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