Zenit Petersburg VS Barcelona ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Zenit Petersburg VS Barcelona
Two notices should be enough for Barcelona to come out once and for all and certify its candidacy to win the title with a great performance. My forecast is that Barcelona will win, but seeing what happened in the previous game I would not recommend touching anything on the handicap lines, and leaving the quota as it is.
In the total line of points, the most probable range is between 147 and 152 points, the bet being to recommend that the 145 points be exceeded, which has a quota of 1.52. For the player’s proposals I lean towards Brandon Davies, who has been the most reliable man in the Barca attack lately.
Zenit Petersburg News
Zenit was about to give the surprise also in the 2nd game, which had to go into extra time to finish 81-78 in favor of Barcelona. The Russian team knew how to defend Barcelona, who finished 38.8% in shots from the field, in a very close match and that invites us to think that we could be facing the 1st big surprise of the Euroleague. Zenit’s negative stat was in shots of 3, with 7 hits of 27 shots.
Kevin Pangos scored 23 points, Will Thomas 17 and Austin Hollins 12, being the most outstanding men in Zenit along with Tarik Black who scored 9 points with 7 rebounds. Zenit would take the tie if they win their 2 home games, and with 1 victory they would lead the final to a final and decisive match in Barcelona.
Barcelona News
Barcelona needed extra time to beat Zenit in the second game, which if they had lost it would have been a real tragedy for the Catalans. Brandon Davies, who lately has been the most reliable man in the ranks of the team led by Jasikevicius, finished with 22 points and 8 rebounds, while Cory Higgins scored 15 points.
Pau Gasol did not play, but he did this Sunday in the ACB against Andorra with a 63-79 victory for the Catalans. The power forward scored 16 points and captured 8 rebounds, while Leandro Bolmaro finished with 26 points and 4 assists.