Team news
Tau CeramicaSimas Jasaitis was admitted with diagnosis "a urinary tract infection" during testing prior to his return to training. The player will remain in plant until Friday at the latest, will be unavailable fot 10-15 days.
McDonald, who will travel to Greece directly from the United States after visiting a seriously ill immediate family member, and
Igor Rakocevic, who has just suffered a disgrace staff.
James Singleton and
Linton Johnson are both injured and can't play.
Spahija had only 8 players on the last training.
OlympiacosRenaldas Seibutis and forward
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos have injuries and are questionable for this match.
Sofoklis Schortsanitis accusing it of serious overweight and probably would not play today but knowing Gershon everything is possible.
The 'giant' Jake Tsakalidis (218 m), suffer problems in the back but is probable for today's match.
Betting review
With such big roster problems it would extremely hard for Tau Ceramica to compete against Olympiacos. This Olympiacos have more quality and deeper bench (even with injuries) than this shortened by injuries and absences Tau Ceramica. Also Olympiacos players and fans should have revenge motivation for last year playoffs when Tau Ceramica beat them in quarterfinals and this factor could be important as well in this match. But main reason why I think Olympiacos is capable of winning today is their offense which is working really well and their main offensive weapons (Macijauskas, Greer & Bouroussis) should be ready today. Also Olympiacos bench and big players whould prevail today over the spanish opponents.
I think that 5.5 points handicap is close to fair one (I would give around 6.5 points) but I don't agree with public opinion which favours Tau Ceramica +5.5. Olympiacos always win at home against Tau Ceramica in regular phase and I expect this scenario to continue today with Olympiacos win today by 7-12 points.
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