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EuroBasket 2013 - day 5


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Lithuania - Montenegro In tournaments, I don't change my betting tendencies, unless I see a proof to do that. Yes, Lithuania failed to cover the spread against Latvians, by a buzzer beater 3 pointer, but it was a 50-50 game and if Latvia didn't miss four open lay ups, which a junior player can score without a problem, Lithuanians would've seen the nightmare, anyway. M.Kalnietis is a solid scorer type guard, but his playmaking abilities and accuracy to take the correct decisions are both terrible. That causes Lithuania not to reach their offensive potential and make them to have struggling sequences for consecutive 3-4 offensive plays, throughout the games. Montenegro is in do, or die situation, they have a spiritual team and they play kind of chaos basketball, I admire their coach, Luka Pavicevic, for me he's a ultra talented and promising young coach and I so far, liked his team's performance. Missing such big's like Nikola Pekovic, Nikola Mirotic and Marko Todorovic kills their chance for silverware, but they still have ok depth and quality to match with Lithuanians' strongest point, big's. Teams are coming out of a day rest, Montenegrins lost to Latvia by a buzzer beater and to Bosnia after blowing a good deficit. That rest day was important for them to regroup, before this do, or die game. Ofc, Lithuania also got rested, but I just wanted to say Montenegro needed that more. Lithuania's problems are about the structure of the squad, whereas Montenegro can not close the games. I believe, latter is more repairable. Montenegro has weapons against Lithuania's strong points, Tyrese Rice is an explosive player, who should prevent them to have offensive droughts for long sequences and they're in a do, or die situation against an unconvincing favourite. I'll take the points with huge love.... Montenegro(+8) 5/10 @ 1.98

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Re: EuroBasket 2013 - day 5 Israel - Belgium You can read what I think about Israel, in Day 3 thread, I watched the first half against France and my thoughts about them didn't change obviously. They still have chance to qualify mathematically, but if you ask me, they exited this tournament in the very first day, by losing to Great Britain. I don't think, players will believe they have chance to qualify. Israel was in same position in EuroBasket 2011, they won the remaining two group games, after losing first three. But, as I already said one of the previous days, that was a better Israeli team and those two wins came against the teams without any chance to qualify, as well. I like Belgian team, they are a limited team, but they know their boundaries and strong sides. With Finland and Greece, Belgium is the best "team", so far. They fight for every ball, guards help rebounding, they share the ball perfectly at offensive end, they never miss to make an extra pass...They have superior front court when compared with Israel, they have limited, but smart back court. They know with a win, they'll make to the next round and it's not a young team at all, they have some experienced veterans, I believe they'll handle the situation well. Israel is a depleted team, one day rest will probably do good to them, but I certainly believe they'll be even more fragile today due to lack of realistic chances to qualify. They'll miss Alex Tyus, only potential player to match with Belgians' physical front court, because of his athleticism. Players like Y.Halperin and O.Casspi showed signs of boredom, as both had terrible season with their clubs, championship is not going well, neither. Belgium to win by 6 points.

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