Alba vs Baskonia Prediction, Tips & Odds – Jan. 05, 2023 19:00 CET
Alba vs Baskonia Prediction 05.01.2023. In the seventeenth round of the Euroleague in Berlin, the home team Alba and Baskonia from Vitoria meet. The duel between the last team in the Euroleague standings and the current leader.
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Alba vs Baskonia Odds
Alba vs Baskonia 1×2: 2.408/1.57
Asian Handicap (-3.5/+3.5): 1.9/1.9
Total Over/Under (166.5): 1.9/1.9
Odds via 22Bet Sportsbook.
Alba Team News
Alba’s streak in the Euroleague is finally over! Namely, Alba won after twelve defeats in a row. ASVEL lost away. Now Baskonia, which plays the best basketball in Europe, is their guest. Gonzalez and Alba have their style of play that they haven’t deviated from, despite the embarrassing losing streak. How much trust they have in Berlin in Gonzalez is clearly shown by the fact that despite the defeats, they did not replace him.
Alba is a team that runs a lot and shoots a lot for 3 points. Their attacks often end in the first seconds of possession. Gonzalez chose players who fit perfectly into the fast system, and who have been together for a couple of years. The main engine of the team from Berlin is Luke Sikma, who is a playmaker in the body of the center. Besides Sikma there are also Lo, Blatt, Smith, Olinde, Thiemann, Koumandje. The big problem for Alba this season is, first of all, the bad form of Lo, who after Eurobasket and injury, cannot start a real rhythm.
Alba is last in the Euroleague standings, with a 4-12 record. Smith led the team with 21 points, and Thiemann followed with 14 points. During the week in the Bundesliga, they defeated Frankfurt 99:74. Schneider was the most effective with 22 points. In the match played on Tuesday, Gonzalez rested Smith and Sikma.
Baskonia Team News
Baskonia has no plans to stop! Apart from the fact that they play perhaps the most beautiful basketball in Europe at the moment, their style of basketball is killer and the series of victories, twelve in a row, comes in a very effective way. They regularly overwhelm their opponents with 90+ points.
The team led by Joan Penarroya is playing great basketball this season. Attacking first of all. For years, Baskonia has been known as a team that has excellent scouting and finds players under the radar. However, the biggest revelation this season is certainly Marcus Howard, who arrived from the NBA. Baskonia plays exactly on his drive, and they share the first place in the Euroleague, while they are second in Endesa with two defeats. In addition to Howard, the experienced Henry has also joined the team, and will greatly contribute to the creation of Baskonie’s game. In the Baskonie team, all players except the center Kotsar shoot for three points, and at high percentages. Penarroya forces run-and-gun basketball, which matches the rhythm of Howard, so it’s no surprise that he has great plays. They got a big boost from Darius Thompson, who is the main creator of the team and fills all the columns.
Baskonia defeated Real Madrid in the last Euroleague match. They won the second quarter of this match by as many as 20 points and showed an atomic basketball and the effectiveness of Howard in full glory. Howard scored 28 points, while Giedraitis added 21 points. Like Alba, they played a domestic championship match on Tuesday, and they defeated Granada away from home with a difference of 11 points, and Howard dominated with 32 points! Against Granada, Penarroya decided to rest Thompson and Giedraitis, while players like Raieste, Sederkeskis, and Kurucs got much more minutes than in the Euroleague.
Alba vs Baskonia H2H
18.03.22 – Baskonia : Alba Berlin – 85:68
14.10.21 – Alba Berlin : Baskonia – 76:80
22.01.21 – Baskonia : Alba Berlin – 77:84
05.01.21 – Alba Berlin : Baskonia – 95:91
Injuries and suspensions
Alba: Eriksson.
Baskonia: None.
Alba vs Baskonia Prediction
If this match was played two weeks ago, we believe that the handicap of 10 points difference for Baskonia would have been one of the smaller ones, but lately Alba has been rising, and they are in a series of three victories, but again we decided on the victory of Baskonia in the regular part of the match.
Tip-off Time: Thursday, 05.01.2023, 19:00 CET
Prediction: Baskonia WIN
Odds: 1,704
Sportsbook: 22bet