Two teams on opposite fates regarding the upcoming playoffs are clashing in the 26th round of action the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball, when the Eurocup champions of Unicaja Malaga (10-15), are hosting the Greek champions Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (14-11) on Friday, March 16th 2018. The game takes place at the Martin Carpena Arena in the city of Malaga, Spain.
Date/Time: 03-16-2018, 15:00 EDT
Spread: Unicaja +2
Total: +154
Unicaja have a 10-15 record so far this season and are currently tied with Crvena Zvezda on the 10th place of the league table. They have back-to-back losses and in their last game they lost on the road against CSKA Moscow with a 101-76 score. They are led in scoring by Nemanja Nedovic with 15.7 ppg, adding a team high 4.6 assists per game. He is followed by Adam Waczynski with 10.4 ppg, while Ray McCallum adds 9.5 ppg and 2.8 assists per game.
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In their previous meeting in the first round, Panathinaikos won at home with an 82-71 score. Unicaja are 7-5 at home so far this season, while Panathinaikos are 3-9 on the road. Both teams score exactly the same number of points per game (77.6), while Panathinaikos are better defensively, allowing 78 ppg to Unicaja’s 80.7. Panathinaikos also have better percentages both in field goals, shooting with 45.6% to Unicaja’s 45.1% and in 3-pointers, shooting with 36.4% to Unicaja’s 34.8%. They also commit less turnovers (11.1 to 11.9), while Unicaja are better both in rebounding (31.4 to 28.4) and in assists made (17.5 to 16.1). Panathinaikos are struggling lately and have been extremely weak on the road, so pick Unicaja for the home win today.
Panathinaikos vs Unicaja Prediction: Unicaja +2 (-111)