Valencia vs Milano: Analysis and Prediction – Valencia and Milano will play an EuroLeague game in La Fonteta.
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Valencia Team News
Valencia welcomes this duel in a good mood, considering that they beat Breogan 88:80 in the Liga Endesa, with 21 points each from Semi Ojeleye and Brandon Davies. This team now faces a demanding duel in the EuroLeague, in which they have a record of 10-11.
For years, Valencia has been considered a team that plays at an extremely fast pace and mainly relies on the three-point shot. Such an approach did not bring results in the EuroLeague, despite the fact that this team always had quality players. All that changes with the arrival of Alex Mumbru on the bench of Valencia, which has become a much better team since that moment last season and is making an additional step forward. It still wasn’t enough for the playoffs, but the impression is that this project is progressing from season to season. This summer, Brandon Davies came to the Spanish team as the biggest reinforcement, followed by Semi Ojeleye, and then Justin Anderson and Kevin Pangos during the season.
These are all names that oblige this team to fight for the playoffs. After an excellent start, they are not doing well, primarily due to certain injuries, but also the lack of offensive production. Against Milano in the next round, the offense must be at the level in order to win, because the Italian team usually fails to match the offensively powerful teams.
Milano Team News
Milano beat Tortona 83:82 in the opening game before this game, with 24 points from Nicolo Melli and 14 each from Shabazz Napier and Devon Hall. Now they have a duel in the EuroLeague, in which they have a disappointing season and with a score of 9-12 they are in 12th place.
Milano entered this season with the highest ambitions, primarily due to the arrival of Nikola Mirotic. They were hoping for a reaction in the Italian club after an extremely bad edition last season, but it didn’t happen. Again, injuries had a big impact on Milano opening the competition very poorly and now not even thinking about the highest ranking. There was also turbulence during the season, the departure of Kevin Pangos and the arrival of Shabazz Napier, who was different from the player he was before the transfer to Crvena Zvezda. Thus, Milano lacks another high-level point guard and that is the biggest problem of this squad.
Ettore Messina is a defensive-minded coach, but that has yet to help this season’s Milano look better in defense. On that side of the court, things were not good, neither were they in offense. This squad must improve in all segments, if they want to achieve better results.
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Valencia vs Milano Prediction
Tip-off Time: Friday, 19.01.2024, 20:30 CET
Prediction: Under 156 points
Odds: 1.71
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