AJ Milano v Premiata Montegranaro

Premiata Montegranaro vs Olimpia Milano 73:69 10.05.2008
Olimpia Milano vs Premiata Montegranaro 78:74 01.03.2008
Premiata Montegranaro vs Olimpia Milano 82:73 04.11.2007

These teams played 3 times this season and all games were close enough however in all matches hosts prevailed over away team. Same trend was last year where teams played also 3 times and as I remember Milan won season series 2-1. This year Montegranaro looks a bit stronger and their 4th place in regular is not a surprise for me. They have experienced players like K.Garris (ex-Milan player), S.Ford, J.Tomas and these players knows how to play under stress in playoff mode.

Montepaschi vs. Upim Bologna

For sure Montepaschi is clear favorite of these playoffs series with only 3 losses this season but -16 handicap for Game 1 looks like an slight overstimation of Montepaschi. I agree that they much better team, with better matchups and mentality but -16 is too much as for me at least for playoffs.