The Euroleague Basketball regular season is full of exciting and crucial encounters. On January 13, the two giants of the tournament will face each other. In Week 19, Barcelona will try to take on Anadolu Efes.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 13.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 19:30 UK;
Venue – Palau Blaugrana (7.585);
City – Barcelona, Spain.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Barcelona – 1.872.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 160 – 1.875.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Barcelona Points Over 82.5 – 2.058.
Barcelona shouldn’t have any problems against the Turks. Anadolu Efes are in crisis right now, so we doubt the team from Istanbul will put up much of a fight against the Catalans.
Anadolu Efes has been unimpressive on the road lately. In their previous three games, Ataman’s men have not scored more than 79 points. They won’t be able to do more than that. Barcelona has an excellent defensive line, so we doubt it will be a high-scoring encounter.
The Catalans have scored more than 82 points in 3 of their last 5 games.
Barcelona is one of the leaders in the Euroleague. Together with Real Madrid, the Catalans top the standings. Both teams have 12 wins under their belt, but the Blaugranas have the worst supplementary figures.
Half of the wins – six – have been scored on the home court by Šarūnas Jasikevičius’ team. The Catalans won their last game. They defeated ASVEL (82-75). In that match, Nikola Mirotic scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
However, last week, they unexpectedly lost to Anadolu Efes (75-83).
Barcelona has won 67% of its home games of the season.
In Barcelona’s games, the average score is 156 points.
The reigning Euroleague champions are not confirming their status at all. The team from Istanbul has been struggling in the new season. Ergin Ataman’s side has lost exactly half of its games and sits ninth in the standings.
Anadolu Efes is particularly poor on the road. The Turks lost six of their nine games away from home. In their last road game, they lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv (72-80) and Valencia Basket (71-81) without a chance.
In the game against Valencia, Will Clyburn scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
Anadolu Efes has lost 56% of its away meetings.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Barcelona Basquet: Nicolás Laprovíttola – Kyle Kuric – Nikola Kalinić – Nikola Mirotić – Jan Veselý.
Anadolu Efes: Vasilije Micić – Rodrigue Beaubois – Elijah Bryant – Amath M’Baye – Bryant Dunston.
The fixture will be played at Palau Blaugrana (7.585) in Barcelona, Spain.
This starting whistle will sound on the 13th of January 2023, at 19:30 UK Time.
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