Friday Pick: Strasbourg - Le Mans

Written by Alleks

Friday, 17 October 2008

Strasbourg - Le Mans

2 teams with big "underish" h-2-h history and with low totals in first 2 season games. That's main reasons why we see such low total for this match. But as for me there are plenty of possibilities to see more offensive game that bookmakers (and public expect).

One of the most important reasons B.Rush who came to SIG Basket and who runs team offense at very high pace. Strasbourg plays fast basketball with many 3 pointers and I expect them to dictate tempo at home against Le-Mans.

Le-Mans is totally different team comparing to last year. They have only 2 players left from last season and also new coach however he was assistant for Vincent Collet who is now working in ASVEL. Together with preparation games they scored over 147.5 points in 10 of 14 games. And the main reason of it in my opinion is new additions like J.P.Batista, D.Spencer and D.Bluthental. They are well known players in Europe but unfortunately they never have been because of love to defensive work.

I expected to see 153-155.5 total for this game and I would not be suprised to see 160+ scoring here. They played in September and Lemans won 86-80..

Here are some results from preseason for both teams to help you in taking decision here:

MSB - Cholet : 55-53 (108)
MSB - Chalon : 71-95 (166)
MSB - Rouen : 91-90 (181)
MSB - Le Havre : 79-70 (149)
Cholet - MSB : 64-68 (132)
MSB - Roanne : 81-71 (152)
MSB - Cholet : 92-58 (150)
MSB - Orleans : 75-79 (154)
MSB - Roanne : 88-74 (162)
MSB - Lyon-Villeurbanne : 80-82 (162)
MSB - Strasbourg : 86-80 (166)
MSB - Cholet : 87-70 (157)
MSB - Rouen 73-72 (145)
MSB - Elan Chalon 82-58 (140)

the results of Strasbourg:

Vichy 60-59 (119)
Liege 62-50 (112)
Mons 81-73 (154)
Nancy 85-91 (176)
Dijon 89-85 (174)
Bourg: 77 - 73 (150)
Tubingen Tigers 62-55 (117)
Asvel 76-79 (155)
MSB 80-86 (166)
Orleanaise Entente 75-80 (155)
Vichy 73-47 (120)

Pick: Over 147.5 @ 1.90 5/10 VCBet, Sportingbet and few others..

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