basketball | Friday, April 14, 2023 10:55 AM (Revised at: Friday, April 14, 2023 11:04 AM)

Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Best Bet: Party in Stark Arena

Aleksa Drobnjak

Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Best Bet: Friday, April 14th

In a euphoric atmosphere, home Partizan will host their old Greek rivals, Panathinaikos, in sold-out Stark Arena tonight. After securing the top 8 spot with the last road victory against favored Monaco, Partizan has moved to a 15-5 score in the last 20 EL rounds and they’re expecting playoffs with a lot of confidence going forward. They will try to build on already good momentum going into the deciding battles in EL in the next weeks.

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Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Preview
Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Best Bet

Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Preview

Friday, Apr 14th. 19:30 pm (UK time)

Partizan is the best team in EL in the last 20-game stretch. Coach Zeljko Obradovic is running the best offence in the league by far, they’re averaging 86 Points per game with almost 51% from the field and 40% from behind the arc. K. Punter has been having an amazing stretch himself, averaging over 16 Points per game in the last 12.

The arena has been sold out once again and we are expecting another record-breaking night for Partizan fans. The situation on the floor should go in the same direction since the discrepancy in the quality between the two rosters is very big.

Partizan will be introducing B. Koprivica ( C ) back to the rotation after being sidelined for over 3 months.

Panathinaikos have been in rebuilding mode for over 2 years now. The project with coach D. RAdonjic did not work and this is another bad season for them generally. They are far away from the playoff discussion but they will have sportsmanship motives tonight.

They will be missing M. Ponitka and M. Mantzokas due to ankle injuries while N. Walter is out as well with an abdominal injury. They are not expected to deliver tonight in hot Stark Arena without clear motives and we will be counting on them to lose against the spread on the moneyline which is set to 11.5 respectively.

Partizan vs. Panathinaikos Best Bet

Partizan won the first clash between these two teams in Athens. Since then, Partizan have improved their form miraculously while PAO is missing key players and have dropped in form recently. We do not see anything besides a blowout victory for the hosts as a possible outcome tonight taking into consideration all the aforementioned facts.