Baskonia vs. Bayern Prediction, Tips & Odds – Dec. 09, 2022 20:30 CET
In the last game of the Euroleague 12th round, Baskonia will host a weakened Bayern in their “Fernando Buesa Arena” in Vitoria.
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Baskonia Team News
Baskonia playing very well since the beginning of the season and they are at 6-5 after 11 games in the Euroleague. Last week, they beat Milano at home without any problems and now they want to do the same thing against Bayern.
Markus Howard and Darius Thompson are consistently playing well, plus now Pierria Henry is here. With such three players in backcourt, head coach Joan Penarroya has many options in offense. Except for Maik Kotsar, all Baskonia players shoot for three points well and that is another advantage of this team. Matt Costello and Daulton Hommes can cause special problems for opponents from power forward position. When they are in a good shooting mood, they can definitely beat anyone in the Euroleague.
Good thing for Baskonia is that Bayern will be weakened in this game. This means that host should achieve an easy win if they show the identical edition from some previous weeks. So far, only Olympiacos won in Vitoria this season in the Euroleague.
Bayern Team News
After a terrible start of the season, Bayern consolidated. They won four of their last six games in the Euroleague. In the last round, they were better than Maccabi at home. However, certain problems followed after that game.
Captain and best player Vladimir Lucic will be out of action for the next few weeks and a couple of other players were unable to practice due to injury or illness. All this caused head coach Andrea Trinchieri to have a lot of difficulties in preparing this match. Since the beginning of the season, Bayern has a lot of problems in the paint. Othello Hunter is only real center, while Freddie Gillespie is not playing up to expectations.
To have any chance in Spain, Bayern will have to play their best game of the season so far. Key for them will be to shoot three-pointers better than Baskonia and that’s a lot easier to said than done. An eventual win would be a huge step forward for them.
H2H
This will be ninth time that these two teams will play against each other in the Euroleague. Baskonia leads 5-3. Last season, both games were won by away team.
Injuries
Tadas Sedekerskis is questionable at Baskonia, while all other players are available. Augustine Rubit, Zan Mark Sisko and Vladimir Lucic won’t play for Bayern. Corey Walden and Nick Weiler-Babb are questionable.
Baskonia vs. Bayern Prediction
Considering all problems they have, Bayern can hardly do much in Vitoria. If they were complete, they would definitely have a chance. In this situation, it’s not realistic for them to threaten Baskonia in any way. That is why we predict an easy win for home team.
Kick-off time: Friday, 09.12.2022. 20:30 CET
Prediction: Baskonia -5
Odds: 1.77
Sportsbook: 22Bet
