EuroCup - Brose Baskets v Iurbentia Bilbao

9 February 2010

Preview By Tipster Jadran

Bilbao is still unconsistant team,but this team with many faces,has won the last two and there is a improvement in some areas.The first one is excellent form of SG Blums who has been combining 11/16 beyond the arc in those last two games,and the other is improvement in defensive part as they have allowed only 128 pts in those two.Coach Katsikaris is also aware that he s got a deep team and he s making it counts using 10-11 players from which 9 play above 15 mins.It is also important to add that this team despite their bad performances in ACB really enjoys playing this competition in which they are still undefeated in this season,they are on 8W and 0L.

Brose is a really solid team,they are undefeated in the Eurocup at home,but in this second phase they are going to see what they are made of.And I am saying it because their first group with Nymburk,Biella and Ventspils was the easiest group of the first phase by far.Win against the Benneton in their last game was result to respect,but they will still have to prove a lot in order to establish themselves as competitive in this group.Jacobsen,Suput and Goldsberry are their main weapons in offense and these guys are all experienced and proven basketball players.However there is really nothing about this team to be affraid of,these players are good but certainly not unstoppable.For me this is that sort of game where everything depends on one team s performance,if Bilbao will be on their level from last two games,and by that I mean solid on defensive end,they will find a way to score,they have more than enough talent to do so.Bilbao W,mid stakes,GL!