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Even before the playoffs started, a series between Hopsi and Zlatorog seemed like the most evened out match-up and I predicted this series would see three games. Simply put, the teams are pretty even in terms of quality, and the key factor is home court. They have played 5 H2H's this season and each game was one by the home team for that game. Hopsi have won their last 2 games in Polzela. Laško obviously lack confidence when playing away - the haven't beaten anyone in the playoffs but have only lost 1 game at home in last 10, the game against Union Olimpija. The last team to be defeated in Laško is Krka, and Rogaška and Helios before that. Hopsi had their last away games in Rogaška and Domžale where they won by a convincing margin. The home team have a slightly wider rotation while Hopis have only one point guard and he has been playing for the entire 40 minutes recently, while veteran Jagodnik and some other players also spend a lot of time on the court. I expect Laško to put up a better defensive performance than on Saturday. As their coach said , they played too softly. All in all, the odds on Zlatorog are still too high and it's worth going for their win for a moderate stake.