This is a pure motivation bet, cause the difference in class is obvious. Sirokis motivation and their only goal is to avoid the last place in this league. They are a poor team, currently 13. with a 6-18 record, one win more than the last-placed Slovan (they play in Zagreb vs. Cibona), so, if they win, they stay in the NLB League.

Partizan is by far the best team in this league, with 21-2 (one game less), so Siroki is not really a match for them. They showed in the Euroleague, that they can match with every team in Europe. They come to Siroki Brijeg after a great, but not important win over Efes Pilsen in Istanbul, where they dominated the first 3 quarters.

They already secured 1st place in the regular season and next week is the most important game for this generation, in Belgrade against title holders Panathinaikos. It´s not the game of the season, it´s the game of the decade for them.

So head coach Vujosevic will rest the main players (Pekovic, Tepic, Palacio, Velickovic), they will probably play, but definitely not with 100% and only about 10-15 minutes each one, cause they don´t care about the result of this game.

So motivation is the keyword for this game. In this case I expect an equal, tight game till the end. The handicap for Siroki will be good enough.

Pick : Siroki +7
Odds : 1.85
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Expekt
Date : 2008-03-15
Match Result : 59-70
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