Euroleague Anadolu Efes vs Real Madrid 9/30/2021 Picks Predictions

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The Spanish Real Madrid are hosting the defending champions both of Turkey and of Euroleague Anadolu Efes at the WiZink Center in Madrid on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 14:45 ET in this high caliber first round matchup of Euroleague Basketball. Both teams finished inside the top-8 of the league and faced each other in the first round of the playoffs where Anadolu Efes won and made it all the way to winning the trophy.

Real Madrid finished last season with a 20-14 record and were tied with two more teams in the sixth place of the league and kept that place by winning both tie-breakers. In the playoffs they got eliminated by Anadolu Efes in the quarterfinals with 3-2 wins. In their last game they got defeated on the road with an 88-83 score, even though they had exactly the same 2-point percentage as their opponents (53.9%). Only one of their starters scored double digits and that was Nicolas Laprovittola with 17 points. He made 4 triples and added 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Walter Tavares led the team both in scoring with 11.4 ppg and in rebounding with 8 per game. Trey Thompkins followed with 10.1 ppg and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Real Madrid averaged 79.4 ppg last year, while allowing 77.5 ppg defensively. They had a 46.7% field goal percentage and a 36.5% 3-point percentage.

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Euroleague Anadolu Efes vs Real Madrid Predictions 9/30/2021

Anadolu Efes finished last season with a 22-12 record and were placed third in the league. In the playoffs they eliminated Real Madrid in the first round with 3-2 wins, CSKA Moscow in the semifinals with 86-89 and Barcelona in the final with an 81-86 score and were crowned champions. They relied on their good defense, as they held their opponents into just 46% shooting from inside and 26.7% from outside the arc.

Vasilije Micic led the team both in scoring with 16.7 ppg and in assists made with 4.9 per game. Shane Larkin followed with 15.1 ppg and 4.1 assists per game.

Anadolu Efes had the best offense in the league last year with 84.2 ppg, while allowing 76.9 ppg defensively. They had the second-best field goal percentage with 49.4% and the third-best 3-point percentage with 40%.

Anadolu Efes led Real Madrid 4-3 wins last season, with Real having a 2-1 lead at home. Real Madrid have a 25-12 edge in their 37 total meetings in the competition and are 14-2 in their previous 16 matchups at home. They had a 10-7 home record last year, while Efes were 12-6 on the road. Real have been historically good against Efes at home, so pick them to beat the odds and win by more than 1 point today.

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