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The margin dropped by 2-3 points but I think it still has value. Bourg were the second best defense in the second division last season, which only goes to prove what kind of game coach Sarre insists on. Their defense was not that good in their first top league games since they struggle with injuries and have only 8 players to count on. As the injured players recover and get back on the team, Bourg are becoming the team from last season. 149 and 150 points were scored in their last two games, an they had only two overs at this margin in the last 6 official games. One was the failure against Nancy and the other a home win over Chalon. Bourg are playing home today and shouldn't lack motif or intensity. Sarre knows offense-oriented game will probably not bring them any good. On the other hand, Gravellines are the best team in the league in points per game, but their overall performance would not suggest that. They scored 92 against the newly promoted Rouen the last round, 91 in a weird game in Paris which was settled in overtime (total of 209 points) and that is pretty much it when it comes for their brilliant offense performances. They never scored more than 80 in the 4 remaining games. They scored 68 in the Cup against Nancy, 78 against Limoges and 79 against Boulogne, a team everyone scored close to 90 against the first few rounds. Gravelines finished only 74 in the away game with Cholet. I don't think Gravelines are capable of finishing with over 80 points against teams such as Bourg, despite their key player McKinney getting better. We should point out that their defense got better the last few games (conceded 75 and 49 points). Just like Bourg's, their preseason games would usually finish under this margin. Out of the 4 away games, they got close to 150 or more points only in Paris. Details

Each next game and especially home games in Group A will be extremely important for the clubs hoping to get through to the next round. Both Zaragoza and Reggiana are on a 1-2 record, which is important. Their defenses should be the decisive game segment today. Only Bonn managed to get Zaragoza to play a game with a lot of points, but the Germans' style does that to every opponent. It was the only game for Zaragoza over this margin. They conceded 63 and 69 in their last two league game. Reggiana are known for great and aggressive defense as of last season and duo to all the injures they are currently struggling with, good defense is the only way for them to win. With Silins and Diener out, the offense is weakened and on top of that, Della Valle might miss the Zaragoza game as well. Taylor joining did little to help the offense, he is much better in defense tasks. With only 7 players to count on, Reggiana cannot go for a fast pace game with a lot of points scored. They would be happy with the kind of game they did with Strasbourg, which ended at 59-66. Everything up to 150 points here has value. Details

The Romanian league is definitely one step below the Estonian, maybe even more. You can see that the best with investments. The Estonian Tartu thus lost their main player over the summer, Vincent Simpson, and another key player, Vilmantas Dylis, left. The additions weren't numerous nor especially good and this Tartu now consists of almost all Estonian players, with two Lithuanians. They've already lost a couple of matches in the Estonian league in the first seven rounds. They were beat by Kalev, Rapla and Tarvas, and they hardly managed to beat Valga. All in all, they're not thrilling, and Energa Rovinari is a team who have great ambitions in the Eurochallenger. The backbone of the team are seven foreigners, out of which the play Giordan Watson is the best and who was in the club last season as well. In the paint are the excellent Watson and Milosevic, and the solid Izraeli Karpels. In the even stronger Romanian championship in the first four rounds they were defeated only once, a minimum one in the first round, and after that it was three consecutive and convincing wins. Details

On the one hand we have a team that usually plays unders and on the other one a team that usually play overs. But, we need to put things in perspective. Bavitspor are a great, defense-oriented team that conceded more than 76 points this season since Lukic took over only in the second preseason game with Bamberg. They limited Ploiesti (scored 103 to Lietuvos) to 66, Galatasaray to 67, Panathinaikos to 74, CSKA Moscow to 73, Hapoel to 76, Pinar to 64 and 76 points...And those are just the top teams they played. Lietuvos have a bunch of overs at this margin, but against which teams? With Partizan in an unbelievably efficient game for Lietuvos, against Ploiesti that don't play defense, against Zalgiris on account of 57 points scored in the final quarter, and in almost all of their Lithuanian league games against teams that are two-three levels below them. Banvitspor are a whole different level. Lukic knows that they cannot let Lietuvos to shoot for three points and when stripped off that, the Lithuanian team are left with little chance because they don't have the necessary quality in the key. Details

Budva beat Resovia last season in both head-to-head games. It was 3-2 in Rzeszow, 3-0 in Budva. I therefore don't understand the odds of 1.05 at Resovia today. They are the favorite, have more games than the visitors, but Budva are doing well. The pressure is high in these kind of games, the home team are keen to get even for last season's defeats but that can backfire. Resovia are on a seven-game winning run, but Cuprum Lubin and Bedzin managed to get a set in their head-to-head games, and BBTS got very close. Budva are more powerful than those teams and I believe they get a set tonight. Details