Bakken Bears vs Norrkoping: Analysis and Prediction – Bakken Bears and Norrkoping will meet each other in the FIBA Champions League qualifying round.
Bakken Bears vs Norrkoping Odds
Bakken Bears vs Norrkoping (1/2): 1.25 / 3.7
Asian Handicap ( -8.5 / +8.5 ): 1.80 / 1.86
Total Over/Under (165.5): 1.84 / 1.84
*Odds are active at the time the article is published
Bakken Bears Team News
As we announced in the analysis, the Bakken Bears easily defeated Peja with 103:79 and without any problems advanced to the next stage of the qualification, with a great chance to go even further.
The match against Peja took place in a very good rhythm in the first half. After the opening quarter, the Danish team had plus nine, and then with an excellent defensive game, they raised the lead to plus 23. Only nine points were received by the Bakken Bears in the second quarter and, as it turns out, they solved the question of the winner. However, this team cannot be completely satisfied with the second half, in which they allowed as many as 54 points to a weak rival. They retaliated in kind, so in the end it was just a matter of what difference the game would end with. Malim Parsons dominated with 22 points, which is a little surprising, considering that he scored a total of 13 in the first two games of the Danish Championship. Michael Diouf and Ryan Evans added 13 each and that was enough.
When you score 103 points, it makes sense that you were in an offensive mood, and the Bakken Bears were just that. They made as many as 15 three-pointers from 29 attempts, and when that’s the case, whichever team is in question, wins with such percentages in a large number of cases. What worries the Danish team a bit is the 20 turnovers. Whether they are the result of lack of play or lack of concentration due to a high advantage, the next duel could show.
Norrkoping Team News
Norrkoping defeated Kalev 82:78 in the battle for the semi-finals of the qualifiers, a big turnaround in the fourth quarter, which they decided in their favor 30:18.
It didn’t seem like it would be like that at first. Only 13 points scored in the first quarter indicated that the Swedish team was not going to have a good time. After the second quarter, the deficit was even greater, and in the second half, a reversal began, concluded in the manner already described. Tandem Nathan Dawit-Issac Vann scored 16 points each and were most deserving of the victory in the end. After a bad start and low shooting percentages, Norrkoping came close to 40 percent of three-point shots by the end. That’s why in the end he was better than his favored rival and came as a surprise.
More than the victory over Kalev, the Swedish team could gain additional confidence because of the way they reached it. She will need that in the next match as well if she wants to reach the last step before entering the group stage. Especially Marcus Tyus will have to play a better game, who did not have his night against Kalev, and is one of the main players of the team.
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Bakken Bears vs Norrkoping H2H
This will be the first head-to-head game between those two teams.
Absences and Injuries
According to available informations, all players will be available for both teams.
Bakken Bears vs Norrkoping
Given that they have never met before, it is somewhat more difficult to predict what the outcome of the Scandinavian derby will be. What is certain is that the Bakken Bears have more experience in these types of elimination games, and historical performances in European competitions speak in a direction that is favorable for the Danish team. While the Bakken Bears finished last in the FIBA Champions League group, but with a win against Darussafaka, Norrkoping, in the FIBA Europe Cup, a lower level competition, also finished last, with Romania’s Voluntari and Craiova as rivals. Also, the Bakken Bears won’t have periods of as bad play as Kalev, which is what got Norrkoping to this stage. Because of all that, we expect the Danish team to win by a margin higher than the handicap offered.
Tip-off Time: Wednesday, 27.09.2023, 18:00 CET
Prediction: Bakken Bears -7.5
Odds: 1.70
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