Spanish ACB Basket Zaragoza vs Bilbao 9/23/2021 Picks Predictions

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Bilbao are hosting Basket Zaragoza at the Bilbao Arena in Bilbao on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 13:00 ET in this second round matchup of the Spanish ACB League. Both teams did not participate in last season’s playoffs as they were placed well outside the top-8 and are coming off opposite outcomes in this season’s opening games.

Bilbao finished last season with a 10-26 record and were third to last in the league. In their opening game of this season they got defeated on the road by Joventut Badalona with an 85-79 score. They played terrible defense inside the arc, allowing their opponents to shoot with 63.9%, while shooting with 48.6% themselves. Only two of their players had double digits in rating index, while their opponents had six. Valentin Bigote led the team with 15 points, while Regimantas Miniotas added 14.

John Jenkins led the team in scoring last season with 12.6 ppg, while Jaylon Brown added 12.6 ppg as well.

Bilbao had the fourth-worse offense in the league with 80 ppg, while allowing 86.6 ppg defensively. They had a 52.6% 2-point percentage and a 36.8% 3-point percentage.

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Spanish ACB Basket Zaragoza vs Bilbao Predictions 9/23/2021

Zaragoza finished last season with a 14-22 record and were 13th in the league. They are coming off a home victory against Manresa this season with a 98-91 score. They had an all-around offensive performance as five of their players scored double digits and four of them 15+ points. Matt Mobley and Adam Waczynski led the way with 17 points apiece, with Mobley making 4 triples and adding 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Dylan Ennis led the team in scoring last season with 15.7 ppg, adding 3.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Elias Harris added 13.3 ppg and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Zaragoza had the second-best offense in the league last season with 86.9 ppg, while allowing 88.6 ppg defensively. They had a 49.1% field goal percentage and the fourth-best 3-point percentage with 38.9%.

Zaragoza won both meetings against Bilbao last season. At home with a 105-76 score and on the road with 73-96. They are 4-0 in their previous four overall meetings but 1-3 in their previous four meetings in Bilbao. Bilbao had a 6-12 home record last season, while Zaragoza were 6-12 on the road. Zaragoza won both matchups by an average of 26 points last season, so I’m definitely going to pick them to win by just 1 point today.

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