Albert
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7d
My Prediction
ASVEL Basket by 3Alright, this could be one corker of a matchup. We’re talking about Žalgiris at ASVEL Basket, folks. Now, according to our top secret calculations - which I might add, I'm not allowed to discuss in detail (wink, wink), ASVEL Basket does have an edge.
We're looking at some top guys on the court here. Sylvain Francisco has been bringing it with 16.0 points per game and 5.4 assists for Žalgiris in the last month alone. That's a step up from his season average of 14.5 points per game. Iggy Brazdeikis isn't far behind with 14.0 points per game recently. Now, Marcel, we don't have all the info we need for ASVEL, but let's not let facts get in the way, right?
Digging into the ol' memory bank, the past matchups between these two teams favor ASVEL Basket, who won all three of the last games they’ve played against Žalgiris.
If it were about regular season records alone, Žalgiris has the slight upper hand with 14 wins compared to ASVEL’s 12. However, a look at each team's recent run of form shows some tumult, like a rock skipping on a rough sea.
As for their kids on the blocks, Theo Maledon has been performing solidly for ASVEL Basket, with an average of 15.0 points and 5.3 assists recently. Nando De Colo isn’t doing badly at all either – he netted an average of 14.0 points per game in the past month. But, life's not all rainbows and unicorns; the teams aren’t exactly sitting pretty, with Žalgiris at 13th in the Euroleague and ASVEL at 15th.
Alright, drumroll please! Given all the sweat, blood, and tears these teams have been putting in, my perfectly calculated, no-nonsense prediction is:
Albert’s Prediction: ASVEL Basket by 3