basketball | Wednesday, May 10, 2023 9:55 AM

Real Madrid vs Partizan Belgrade Best Bet: Real Capitalize Home Court

Aleksa Drobnjak

Real Madrid vs Partizan Belgrade Best Bet: Wednesday, May 10th

The most anticipated and emphasized series of this year’s Euroleague Top 8 will have its final say tonight in Madrid where the home team Real will host the Serbian powerhouse, Partizan. The series is marked by away-court victories as both teams won both games on the road. Kevin Punter is returning tonight while G. Deck is out for the season with a knee injury.

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Real Madrid vs Partizan Best Bet

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Wed, May 10th. 19:00 am (UK time)

Nobody anticipated the series would be going back to Madrid after Partizan made a statement and led the series 2-0 going into Belgrade for continuation. Now, Real is a huge favourite and it seems that the mental game is turned upside-down and Real have an edge despite losing the 2 opening games. Real will be troubled with injury issues as G. Deck will not be playing due to a knee injury while F. Causer and A. Abalde are coming back from an illness and will play restricted minutes. G. Yabusele will be missing the game due to a suspension he picked up in the Game 3 brawl.

Partizan dropped the home-court advantage and will need to seek the Kaunas tickets on the away court once more. The biggest news line for the Belgrade side is the return of K. Punter who was the deciding factor in the first two games. Partizan has also suffered a loss of A. Avramovic, who is out due to a broken arm.

Partizan averaged 93 points in Madrid across the first two games and their offence was much smoother with K. Punter on the floor. We Expect them to score their share tonight as coach Zeljko Obradovic is preparing another offensive masterclass for the last attack on Madrid.

Although tactical preparation may be on Partizan’s side, mental state, and roster depth are on Real’s side. We are expecting Real to acquire the first home court in the series and capitalize on all the things that were happening on and off the court around Partizan recently.

Real Madrid vs Partizan Best Bet

Real are the clear favourites tonight and they should be. If they get hot for once in this series, this can be a smooth cruise for them. Partizan are in a weak mental state and this is always a deciding factor in Game 5.