Zalgiris Kaunas VS Fenerbahce ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Zalgiris Kaunas VS Fenerbahce
Zalgiris – Fenerbahce – In one of the 26th derbys in Lithuania’s Kaunas, they play the first and last winner of the Eurolige-home Zalgiris (1999) and last year’s Fenerbahce. The lighter is 17-8 at the moment, and the Zalgiris with 15-9 quarters. In the 13 matches so far, the ratio is 8-5 in favor of Fener, but the last duel, in the first part of Istanbul, was awarded to Zalgiris.
Zalgiris Kaunas News
Zalgiris entered a sensational triumph at Fenerbahce (90:89) in the 12th round, when 22 points and seven assists were the best Pangos play. This triumph of the young coach Jasikevicius was signaling that they could play play-off this season, and the victory in this match would further boost them to the placement of the first four teams, which will have the advantage of home-field in the playoffs. In that case everything would be possible to get back to F4 as Zalgiris is well defending the home ground.
This season alone was defeated by Baskoni and a month ago from Khimkiya, but immediately afterwards they celebrated at Anadolu Efes (86:70). In the previous round, when Udrih was unlucky for the injuries, they were convincing in their field against Barcelona (90:74). The most effective was with 21 points Toupane, and Pangos had 18 points and five assists. With the 21-3 lead in the Lithuanian championship.
Probable startup of Zalgiris: Pangos, Ulanovas, Toupane, Jankunas, Davis
Zalgiris Kaunas VS Fenerbahce STATS
This will be a duel between teachers and students on training benches, as Jasikevicius for Obradovic played in Greek Panathinaikos, with which they were the champions of Euroliga. In the last round, Jasikevicius won a duel against one of his former teachers, Pešić (Barcelona). In the event of a defeat, if any other results were to be heard, the theoretically after this round could provide a play-off, but would have the motive to retreat to defeat from Istanbul. The motive is never lacking in the euphoric basketball players of Zalgiris and we are typing against the handicap on the host.
Fenerbahce News
In the middle of last month, Fenerbahce lost the Turkish Cup final against Anadolu Efes but was leading the Turkish Championship with a 16-3 ratio, as well as the second-placed Tofas. In the final round of the derby, Galatasaray (80:60, Deverioglu 21 points and nine rebounds) declined, when Kalinic, Sloukas and Thompson resided over the excessive number of foreigners.
They also got the last three Euroleague duel, and Slukas with 20 points, four assists and three rebounds was the best in the last round and the guest triumph at Reala (86:83). The beacon got both duels against Zalgiris last season, and in Kaunas they celebrated 76:67. In the aforementioned minimal defeat by mid-December last year in his field, the best were Vesely with 20 and Wanamaker with 19 points. The beacon has completed the team.
Trusted initial composition of Fenerbahce: Wanamaker, Nunnally, Datome, Vesely, Deverioglu