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Crvena Zvezda vs Fenerbahce Best Bet: Crvena Zvezda Finish the Season Strong

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Crvena Zvezda vs Fenerbahce Best Bet: Thursday, April 13th

For their last match of the season in the international competition Crvena Zvezda have managed to sell out the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall and will host Fenerbahce with the support of their amazing fans. Fenerbahce are still not in the clear regarding a playoff spot. Surely they will give their best tonight to clinch the best possible position at the end of the regular season.

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Thu, Apr 13th. 18:00 am (UK time)

If Crvena Zvezda had Campazzo and coach Ivanovic from the start of the season, we would probably be talking about them in a different manner. The reality is they are finishing their Euroleague season tonight, where they’ve been solid this year clinching a 16-17 record. They’re playing one of the best defences in the league, allowing their opponents only 77.5 points per game with only 46% from the field.

Crvena Zvezda have won their last 4 Euroleague games with an average margin of 14 points. They are in very good form and they will try to keep their confidence before the playoff battles in the domestic cup. For tonight’s game, they will be missing B. Lazic due to an injury while B. Bentil remains “questionable”.

Fenerbahce have been having a rougher 2nd part of the season. There was a time when they were convincingly leading the Euroleague standings but the reality is that they are still not aware from which place they will be heading into the top 8. This game is very important for them as it may determine whether they’ll be 5th 6th or 7th. There are even possibilities where they do not even qualify if they lose. They are the 4th offence in the league, averaging a bit over 84 Points per game while shooting an amazing 50% from the floor and 38% from behind the arc.

Coach Itouidis has been running their offence through Nick Calathes, who has been having one of the best seasons of his career. For tonight’s game, they will not be counting on D. Booker and S. Wilbekin due to knee injuries.