Crvena zvezda – Hemofarm

These two teams have played against each other three days ago in the same gym(Crvena Zvezda as a host in Belgrade)in which this match will be played,and the game ended with 91-65 Hemofarm win.And in a first game between these two,when Hemofarm was a host,the match ended with 84-65 Hemofarm win.Although Hemofarm had their first center Vukosavljevic on that one playing good(he is out for longer period of time due to the foot injury),Zvezda was also without absences(with Marinovic and Roberts-these two did not play in tuesday as they are injured).And in second match in this season between these two Hemofarm,again as a host,won by 15 a couple of weeks ago(88-73).And Zvezda is struggling without these two,that was obvious even in the Serbian cup last weekend.So,this Hemofarm just does not fit Zvezda s style of play,I believe the main reason are very aggressive guards are the main reason for that.Andre Owens is in absence of Marinovic their only true pg,but this guy is more of a scorer,a sg,and he seems to like playing more the shooting guard.Nemanja Bjelica is amazing talent,a 2.10 tall pg(Pesic forces him to play pg)but he used to have problems in protecting and distributing the ball against small and quick opponents like Pavkovic.Joksimovic and particulary Markovic are in great form lately,sf Krstovic is constantly putting on strong numbers,and interior line has really torchered Zvezda in tuesday(Macvan,Bobanovic and Bozovic have combined for 36 points and 14 rebs).So,in this game I believe that Hemofarm will be in advantage from inside and from outside.And I do not buy those stories about fixed matches or -they need to win momentum-.Hemofarm has destroyed Zvezda with+60 points difference in their three matches this year and they also need a W here,so this is another high stakes bet for me here,GL!

Preview by Jadran.