EuroCup - Turk Telekom v BC Red Star

9 February 2010

Preview By Tipster Jadran

Handicap -3 : +3

Turk Telekom is a very good team but like many other Turkish teams in this season,they are very often not playing to their full potential.And the best example is their last game in this competition-home loss against Nymburk,a team that really should not be the problem for this kind of team.Erdogan,Mallet,Acik and Wilson are pretty strange mix of outside players but they are all quality players,no doubt about that.Lang,Besok and Dudley are also very strong interior line but this team seems to lack that cohesive factor,it is really shameful to allow 87 pts in regulation and 97 for the game to the team like Nymburk.

Zvezda is playing hot and cold for the longer period now,and it is hard to say for sure how they are going to react after humiliating loss at Siroki at saturday(95-80).Coach Trifunovic was outrageous at his players after the game,he said that it is really shame when a guy that can be a father for most of his players(Grgat,35 yo)dominates inside in such a impressive way(31+9 rebs).But this Siroki is very experienced team that knows how to punish every underestimation and especially at home.Zvezda is still very young team and it seems that consistency is something you have to built up during the longer period,it will not going to come over the night.Keselj did not play and he will not going to be fully fit for this one,Bjelica is in amazing form and he is something that TT will have to take care about.To conclude,this Zvezda is really a team of amazing potential,but that s still only potential,and to be a danger on the road,you have to be on a high level all the time,which is something that these kinds will have to learn.Turk Telekom to win and to cover the spread(I have bought myself a point this time),mid stakes,GL!