Greek Basketball Playoffs: 21 May

[IsovitisGR]

Odds from Ladbrokes:

Olympiakos-Marousi 1.05 26.00 8.00
Olympiakos(-12)-Marousi 1.90 15.00 1.90
Panathinaikos-Aris 1.03 31.00 8.50
Panathinaikos(-13)-Aris 1.90 15.00 1.90


Some comments before my picks:
Panathinaikos needs one win to qualify to the Final and either Olympiakos or Marousi need two more wins. Olympiakos -as the infos say- won't have with them Ivan Kolievic for another one match. Kolievic didn't play at the previous match too. No other absences for the any of the other three teams are known till this moment I am writing this thread.


So my first pick will be Olympiakos(-12)@1.90. The REDS are totally different team in their home and I think they will easily win this match. Marousi is a decent team but if Olympiakos play the basket they are used to in their home then they could win with even more than 20 points difference.

My second choice will be more risky. Aris(+13)@1.90 with a small coverage on tie@15.00. Panathinaikos was superb at the previous away game and with over 50% outside the line of 6.25m Aris had no chance to win that game. I believe that Panathinaikos will win this but I think that Aris will give their best not to lose this third match with a big point differece. It's a pride issue after all for the Salonica team who lost the first match by 16 points and the second one by 22!

P.S. I remind that Olympiakos-Marousi starts at 15:00(UK time) and Panathinaikos-Aris starts at 17:00(UK time)

[aliensyndm]

OK Iso I know nothing about greek basketball but I like the sound of those two so I'm on as well. No pressure

OK so I've found Aris available at +14.5 at bet365.
Currently best I can see for Olympiakos is -12.5 at 1.943 with pinnacle. I'll keep looking though.

[Grga]

Too big spreads for my taste my Greek friend.
But I'll folow Aris +13 pick.

[IsovitisGR]

I believe that the spread for Olympiakos is not so big. On the other match I would suggest stakes around 3-4/10, not more, cause as I said it's a risky pick!
After all the logic says Panathinaikos(-13) is safer but Aris is not as bad as the final scores of the two first matches show...

[aliensyndm]

1-1 for the day there Iso, small loss.
Hard lines.

[aliensyndm]

What the hell the matches haven't even been played yet !?

[yomayo]

Originally Posted by aliensyndm

What the hell the matches haven't even been played yet !?

Aye my friend.... these games for today 16CET & 18CET

[IsovitisGR]

Originally Posted by aliensyndm

1-1 for the day there Iso, small loss.
Hard lines.

I hope it will not be prophetical Alien!

[IsovitisGR]

Olympiakos-Marousi 37-30 HT

Olympiakos is not as good as I would expect them to be. Let's hope that they'll improve at the second half...

[aliensyndm]

Yip still plenty chance that. No need to panic...........(yet)

[IsovitisGR]

I don't panic Alien, I just don't like the way Olympiakos plays today...

I already hate this team, if they don't win with more than 12 points today I'll hate them more

[Grga]

7 in first half+7 in second half=14 point

[IsovitisGR]

Yeap but that's just mathematics!

Let's see what'll happen! The second half started...

[IsovitisGR]

At the end of the 3rd period:
Olympiakos-Marousi 56-41

Olympiakos improved themselves on the third period. Let's hope they'll keep the difference above 12 points.

[IsovitisGR]

Olympiakos-Marousi 81-62 FT

The invidious team did it after all!