ACB Basketball

By Divol

Parmesa Valencia v Alicante



22nd November 11:30 GMT

I will take Valencia as my main bet today simply because I believe they can beat by DD any rival at their home and despite me holding Alicante as the strongest of the three newly promoted teams; I still think that Pamesa can easily win here by 20 points and higher. Avdalovic will face his former team and probably give a good game, but I doubt it will be enough. Austin's main advantage is his size. Today, against Perovic and Lishchuk he won't have this advantage.  On the other hand, De Colo, Martinez, Nielsen and the new signing Kelati can be simply too much against the mediocre team as Alicante when it comes to back court and Forwards.

Valencia will score 80+ points, so if you believe in the visitors, you better take the Over here I believe, but I will pass on the Over since I believe that 85 – 65 result is likely here, maybe a bit smaller margin, like 85 – 68.

Pick: Valencia -10.5, 1.91 odds – 3.5 units play - Paddy Power


Cajasol Sevilla v Xacobeo Obradoiro



22nd November 11:30 GMT

Makes sense that in that one round I don't fade Xacobeo, they will get a 20 points beating. Just couldn't trust a weak team like Murcia.
 
Cajasol on the other hand, can easily be the black horse of the ACB this year. I think they have Top – 4 back court in the league, after Real, Barcelona and Badalona. Yes, I rate their back court higher than Pamesa's or Malaga's and even higher than Tau's.

Xacobeo's biggest strength are their tall 2nd and 3rd positions. Vasiliadis is 2.00 meter tall as a guard and with Terry with his 2.03 for SF position, Xacobeo have size, without a doubt. Still, Cajasol are not a small team at all as well. Lorbek can play SG and he is 1.98 meter tall. Ray, Savanovic, Asselin and Triguero all play 4th and 5th positions and they all big players that can guard Jackson and close the paint as far as rebounds go.

Add to that their good form and crowd support and we should see a nice DD win here.

Pick: Cajasol -7. 1.9 – 3.5 units play - Sportingbet