SpenniesTurkey - Serbia
August 25th 2007 13:32
Second semifinal at Efes Cup in Turkey will be full of adrenaline as domestic national selection have very hard opponent in Serbia. Turkey is a good team composed mostly of players from domestic and Spain league , but there are few players from NBA too , like Okur from Utah or Turkoglu from Orlando. Turkey coach Bogdan Tanjevic is also very experienced but it seems he is not able to pull maximum from Turkish team. Turkey won first match in tournament against not so good Latvia 74:68 and in second they’ve lost to Croatia 60:70. Today Turkey certainly have advantage of home ground and ‘crazy’ Turkish fans but I’m not sure it will be enough against highflying Serbia.
Serbia have rejuvenated team leading by Moka Slavnic. Serbia won both group games against mediocrity China 96:76 and Poland 100:68. Although those two teams are not planet best Serbia showed excellent performances with unstoppable offensive play and maybe not so good defense. However, I expect much active defense against Turkey. Serbia is very strong at position 5 with excellent Darko Milicic , but there are also solid Marko Jaric and great shooter Milan Gurovic. From younger players I want to point out Serbian playmaker Teodosic who has great potential and in my opinion he is the best play in Serbia after Sasa Djordjevic retirement. There are few stars in Serbian national selection but complete tactics is subordinate to team and in my opinion that fact together with excellent offensive performances and slightly better defense should be a key for final.
My pick is Serbia to win ( 1.85 @ bwin). LOST
Serbia have rejuvenated team leading by Moka Slavnic. Serbia won both group games against mediocrity China 96:76 and Poland 100:68. Although those two teams are not planet best Serbia showed excellent performances with unstoppable offensive play and maybe not so good defense. However, I expect much active defense against Turkey. Serbia is very strong at position 5 with excellent Darko Milicic , but there are also solid Marko Jaric and great shooter Milan Gurovic. From younger players I want to point out Serbian playmaker Teodosic who has great potential and in my opinion he is the best play in Serbia after Sasa Djordjevic retirement. There are few stars in Serbian national selection but complete tactics is subordinate to team and in my opinion that fact together with excellent offensive performances and slightly better defense should be a key for final.
My pick is Serbia to win ( 1.85 @ bwin). LOST
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