Zalgiris vs. Panathinaikos Prediction, Tips & Odds – Dec. 02, 2022 19:00 CET
Zalgiris are still undefeated at home in the Euroleague. In the 11th round, they will host Panathinaikos who won two games last week.
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Zalgiris Team News
Although they have a smaller budget and perhaps less individual quality than last season, Zalgiris looks incomparably better. Head coach Kazys Maksvytis arranged things fantastically and his team is in sixth place with 6-4 after ten rounds in the Euroleague.
Zalgiris compensates for the lack of individual quality with a fanatical fight on the floor. They are second best team in offensive rebounding in the entire league and according to all important statistical parameters, they are also top 6 defense in the Euroleague. A big quality is that they have tall players in backcourt positions who can switch on everyone. Keenan Evans and Rolands Smits are playing the best basketball of their careers, while Ignas Brazdeikis and Edgaras Ulanovas are doing a huge number of “small things” that don’t always show up in statistics.
Zalgiris are perfect on its floor in the Euroleague this season. They have beaten Virtus, Barcelona, Alba Berlin and Milano so far. If they repeat another good edition, there is no reason why they would not overcome Panathinaikos as well.
Panathinaikos Team News
Panathinaikos managed to achieve two wins in OAKA last week and thus end the crisis in which they fell. They were better than Virtus and Asvel, so now they improved their score to 4-6. In those games, the defense was much better than in first eight rounds of the Euroleague.
One of Panathinaikos problems is that they don’t have many options in frontcourt. Derrick Williams is the only “real” power forward and when he is off the floor, problems arise on both sides of the court. Head coach Dejan Radonjic also emphasized this on several occasions. From the moment Dwayne Bacon signed, this team got an elite scorer. They are still waiting for Marius Grigonis, who plays far below the expected level. If he finds the right form, we should expect better editions of Panathinaikos.
So far in the season, Panathinaikos has shown two faces. While they played more than solidly in Athens, they were pathetic on road games. Panathinaikos were humiliated by Alba and Fenerbahce, and they did not put up any resistance against Maccabi in Tel Aviv either.
H2H
Zalgiris has four consecutive wins against Panathinaikos in the Euroleague. Out of last ten clashes, the club from Kaunas has triumphed seven times.
Injuries
Mantas Kalnietis is injured and won’t play for Zalgiris. Marius Grigonis is questionable at Panathinaikos.
Zalgiris vs. Panathinaikos Prediction
If we look at everything seen so far, there is no reason to doubt in Zalgiris win here. They are perfect at home and now they are facing perhaps the weakest road team in the Euroleague. Key thing here could be the rebounding supremacy of Zalgiris. Panathinaikos can hardly win that battle and without that they have no chance in Kaunas.
Kick-off time: Friday, 02.12.2022. 19:00 CET
Prediction: Zalgiris -3.5
Odds: 1.73
Sportsbook: Ivibet
