Montepaschi Siena vs Efes Pilsen Betting Preview

Euroleague - Montepaschi Siena v Efes Pilsen

19 March 2008 | Preview By Tipster muratcan (Turkey)

Handicap -13.5 : +13.5

Efes Pilsen is a club, which doesn't deserve those lines, under any kind of circumstances and there has been lots of examples of it, in the past. But, because of all those things happened during the season and coach Blatt still seems not to find his rhythm yet, Efes seems vulnerable. There will be no game at the weekend in Turkey, due to All Star organization and this game has no rational importance for the team, so I don't think that the Americans, which represent most of the remaining quality will not feel like, they have to overperform.

After the departure of the Americans, Blatt forced to use some local players more and the players except Ermal Kuqo, simply lack quality at the offensive end and when Siena's defensive approach considered to be one of the bests, I can see Efes struggling a lot at offense.

This is a must win game for Siena to avoid Tau in the next round and they so far showed several times that they could've beat Efes Pilsen, even if all the circumstances were against them.

These lines can seem to be a little exaggerated, since this is a top 16 game and all teams deserved to be here, but Efes lacks quality, for sure to survive here and besides, qualitywise advantages, Siena also has the motivational edge, which leads me to a confident win by the hosts.

Pick : Siena(-13.5)
Odds : 1.91
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : 10bet
Match Result : 80-67
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