Barcelona VS Olimpia Milano ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Barcelona VS Olimpia Milano
Without detracting from Shavon Shields and his team, Barcelona’s defense is by far the strongest in the Euroleague and in the face of a one-game semi-final there should be no concessions from the Barca team.
Barcelona News
Barcelona completed a more than productive regular phase in which they remained in 1st position, despite their recent defeats against Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bayern Munich, although in the latter they were already guaranteed the lead under any scenario. In the quarterfinals, Zenit was measured, who had qualified in extremis in what was expected to be a very comfortable tie for Jasikevicius’s men but which ended up being more complicated than necessary until forcing the last match.
Zenit won 1 game in Barcelona and the 4th of the series at home, but in the final the Catalans went over the top by 79 to 53, with the leading role fairly distributed between Cory Higgins, Nick Calathes, Brandon Davies and Kyle Kuric, all exceeding ten points.
Olimpia Milano News
A much improved Olimpia Milano compared to other editions managed to finish the regular phase as 4th place, beating on the last day possibly the most complete team in the Euroleague, Anadolu Efes. His way here was hampered by Bayern Munich, another team that was experiencing a season of greater demands than usual and against whom he had to force the last game to play.
In Italy, Olimpia Milano safely got rid of the German side, but Bayern at home managed to equalize the tie. Finally, in the 5th game, Milan won 92-89 in a match in which they were always ahead, and only in the 4th period did they try to sustain the points income. The best in this match was Shavon Shields, with 34 points and 5 rebounds for a 41 efficiency, without a doubt one of the players to watch in this appointment.