Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes Prediction, Tips & Odds – Feb. 14, 2023
Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes Prediction 14.02.2023. The Zamboanga Valientes will try to keep their playoff hopes alive when they take on one of the ABL title favourites, the Eastern Long Lions, at the Nguyen Du Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
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Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes Odds
Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes 1×2: 1.072/7.20
Asian Handicap (-15.5/+15.5): 1.86/1.82
Total Over/Under (158.5): 1.84/1.84
Odds via 22Bet Sportsbook.
Eastern Long Lions Team News
When we saw how the Eastern Long Lions were warming up during the initial stage of the regular season, we immediately knew they were a serious team.
Led by the experienced Croatian expert Željko Pavličević, the first professional basketball club from Hong Kong has been tremendous so far. At the moment, they are only one win away from mathematically sealing a playoff berth, but they have much bigger appetites than just entering the postseason.
Strong import core of Tonny Trocha, O´Darien Bassett and Chris McLaughlin is the cornerstone of Eastern´s success, but their team wouldn´t be considered one of the main title favourites if it wasn´t for their heritage player Dominic Gilbert.
Zamboanga Valientes News
In order to make the playoffs, the Zamboanga Valientes will need to win all of their remaining games and hope for the Singapore Slingers to slip up against the Saigon Heat. Since the Filipino team has the head-to-head advantage over the Singaporean club, this would make the final round clash against the Slingers a do-or-die affair with the winner making the postseason.
In other words, the Valientes need to take down both the Eastern Long Lions and the Singapore Slingers to make the playoffs. This will be an extremely demanding task, so Zamboanga weren´t resting on their laurels during the small break and decided to add another former NBA star to their roster after signing Mario Chalmers.
The Valientes recently acquired former ABL champion Renaldo Balkman, which makes them the first-ever city basketball club in the Philippines to have two former NBA players in the team.
Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes H2H
07.02.23 – Eastern Long Lions – Zamboanga Valientes 55:83
Eastern Long Lions vs Zamboanga Valientes Prediction
With Pavličević at the helm, it´s no surprise that Eastern are statistically the best defensive team in the competition. When you watch them play, you get the impression that they are a European side playing in Asia.
So far, they have proven they are the most versatile team in the ABL Invitational capable of adjusting and winning regardless of what the opposition throws at them. They still have enough to win today, but facing a team with two former NBA players, we decided to back the Valientes to cover the spread.
Tip-off Time: Tuesday, 14.02.2023. 05:30 PM(GMT+7)/ 11:30 CET
Prediction: Zamboanga Valientes (+15.5)
Odds: 1.82
Sportsbook: 22bet
