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Azovmash Mariupol v BC Khimky Moscow Khimki is hottest team these days in Russian Superleague. They still don't know what is defeat this season and their roster is for sure one of the best in this region. They have some problems with big players because Lampe is injured and Morgunov is ill but it's not a problem because they still have Wilkinson, Veremeenko and Shabalkin on these positions (also Morgunov should be on the bench too but he is not a main option in rotation). Team is motivated only for a win because it is a top club with big ambitions.
Ukrainian team is a class lower team than Khimki even with this roster. Today their coach Brazis have many problems inside the team: Licshouk (leader of the team) injured, Van den Hare have problems with a back, Harper sent off from the team by coach decision, Buford is a new face in the team, Edney was ill last week, Archibald and Meshiarikov have no substitution. Also Azovmash already won "their" game in Poland and it's hard to imagine them winning against this Khimki today simply because they don't enough power to achieve this goal. I predict hard battle in the beginning of the match but deeper Moscow team bench and experience should help them to make a killing run to win this game. Pick: BC Khimky Moscow @ 1.66 5/10 PinnacleSports Deutsche Bank Skyliners v WTK Anwil Wloclawek Deutsche Bank Skyliners and Anwil Wloclawek meet in Germany looking for their first victory in Group D. The Polish side Wloclawek stayed with Azovmash Mariupol much of the way before finally losing late. Gerrod Henderson paced four players in double figures. And that balance could lead them to a road victory. Skyliners have much more experienced roster than Polish team and at home they have great chances to win against one of the weakest away teams in ULEB Cup. Anwil won only 1 away game in last 2 ULEB Cup and I see no reason to back them this year in away matches. Yes they have 3 leaders who play on such high level, but all others are mediocre players. Skyliners have much more talent and deeper roster to compete well against Anwil today in their Eurocup home debut. Also Skyliners loss to Pamesa have too much weight on this game. They lost that game by 20 points but it was equal game in the first half, also german team is on 3-0 run in bundesliga and they should be capable of winning this game. I was expecting to see at least 6.5-7 points spread so -3.5 looks good enough for me. Pick: Skyliners (-4) @ 1.91 5/10 PinnacleSports SIG Strasbourg v Uniks Kazan This line would be correct if this would be last year Unics with Stombergas, brothers Lavrinovic, Stevenson, Meshiariakov.. but these days Unics is totally different team. More of this I would say that this is experienced but mediocre team at least at this moment. Lavrinovic is still injured, Forte is not playing due the problems with coach (maybe he is out of form but Sireika don't allow him to play at all), Sokolov have back problems, Stanescu have not trained few days due the problems with health. And now this team is playing against strong and well playing at home SIG Strasbourg which was one step away from winning their first game in ULEB cup against Hapoel. Strasbourg is very athletic team and this could decisive factor today because Unics it is only Kazan team advantage over weaker team in Russian Superleague. The only problem I see here is that Strasbourg is not showing stable results yet and have many up and downs in their game. But anyway +4.5 on Strasbourg is a wrong line. Fair line should be Strasbourg 1.65 - Unics 2.10. Simply favorite is set wrong here and I think it's good chance for us to play French team handicap. Pick: SIG Strasbourg +4.5 @ 1.85 5/10 Expekt Related content New articles on this topic:
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