The Euroleague Basketball regular season is quickly approaching its finish line. Unfortunately, the battle continues without Russian clubs. Week 30 begins with a clash between Zalgiris Kaunas and Anadolu Efes. The starting whistle will sound on the 17th of March at 18:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Full-Time Result – Handicap (-4.5) for Anadolu Efes – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Anadolu Efes’ Points Over 79.5 – 1.91.
Zalgiris Kaunas has had a taste of sensational victories and will surely put up a fight against Anadolu Efes. The Turks will need to score at least 80 points if they want to get a win.
More recently, Zalgiris Kaunas defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona. In a postponed game on March 15, the Greens lost to Olympiacos (73-84). Zalgiris won 20-15 in the first quarter. Then, however, there were strong quarters from Olympiacos (24-19 and 26-14).
In the game against Olympiacos, Josh Nebo scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.
Jure Zdovc’s team is still last in the Euroleague standings.
The reigning Euroleague champions had two disappointing games last week: they lost to Baskonia (74:87) and Monaco (80:102). Remarkably, Monaco won all quarters in that game.
In the game against Monaco, Vasilije Micic scored 25 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.
Anadolu Efes finished in the top eight with 14 wins and the same number of defeats.
In the last two face-to-face meetings, the total was even. The odds for that outcome – 1.92.
At this moment there are no updates on injuries.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Zalgiris Kaunas: G – Tai Webster, G – Jānis Strēlnieks, F – Edgaras Ulanovas, F –Paulius Jankūnas, C – Joffrey Lauvergne..
Anadolu Efes: G – Shane Larkin, G – Rodrigue Beaubois, F – Chris Singleton, F – Bryant Dunston, C – Tibor Pleiß.
Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
The first round encounter ended in favour of Anadolu Efes (94:60).
Where will this fixture be played?
The match will be played at Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for Euroleague at Vbet and William Hill.