Euroleague Baskonia vs Fenerbahce Spread and Prediction

In the 16^th round of action the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball, the defending champions of both Europe and Turkey Fenerbahce (9-6), are hosting the Spanish Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz (7-8) on Friday, January 5^th 2018. The game takes place at the Ulker Sports Arena in the city of Istanbul, Turkey.

Date/Time:  01-05-2018, 12:45 EDT

Spread: Fenerbahce -8.5

Total: +157.5

Fenerbahce have a 9-6 record so far this season and currently sit in the 5^th place of the league table. They have lost three of their last four matches and in their last game they lost at home against Real Madrid with a 77-79 score. They are led in scoring by Jan Vesely with 14.1 ppg, adding 4.7 rebounds. He is followed by Brad Wanamaker with 13.7 ppg and 4.1 assists per game, while Gigi Datome adds 11.7 ppg and 4 rpg and Kostas Sloukas adds 10.4 ppg and a team high 5.5 assists per game.

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Baskonia have a 3-5 record so far this season and they currently sit on 11^th place of the league table. They have lost two of their last three matches and in their last game they lost at home against CSKA Moscow with an 81-90 score. They are led in scoring by Tornike Shengelia with 15.3 ppg and a team high 6 rebounds per game. He is followed by Rodrigue Beaubois with 12.6 ppg, while Jayson Granger adds 9.4 ppg and a team high 5.6 assists per game. 

In their previous matchup on the first round, Fenerbahce won on the road with a 69-83 score. Fenerbahce are 4-3 at home so far this season, while Baskonia are 3-5 on the road. Baskonia are better offensively, scoring a third-best 81.3 ppg to Fener’s 80.2, while Fener are better defensively, allowing 74.1 ppg to Baskonia’s 81.7. Fener have a better 3-point percentage, shooting with 41% to Baskonia’s 39.3%, while both teams have almost identical field goal percentage (48.9% and 48.7%). Baskonia are slightly better in rebounding, grabbing 28.9 to Fener’s 28.5 and in assists made, with 19.8 to Fener’s 18.9, while Fener despite their latest struggles and have been mediocre at home but Baskonia are playing even worse, so expect Fener to win by more than 9 points at home today.  

Prediction: Fenerbahce -8.5 (-112)