Clínicas Rincón Axarquía-Ciudad La Laguna

Both teams come to this match with 5 wins and 4 loses. Axarquía is a young and promising team with two great centers, Faverani and Prestes and some other good players that complete a squad that is surprising in his first season in LEB Gold. They have defeated top teams but also is the only team that lost against poor Gandía and come from a big defeat against Villa Los Barrios. Axarquía is kind of a farm team for Unicaja and this week they will miss one of their point guards, Rai Lopez. Also forward Jon Cortaberría is with Unicaja since October. They are not key players but the team is missing Cortaberría and will miss Rai Lopez for sure.

La Laguna will try to reach play offs again, they come from a difficult match at home when they are one of the strongest teams of the league. Away they have lost with big margins in 3 matches but all of them were against Top teams (Alicante, León and Tenerife) and their only win was against Gandía. For this match they will miss his center Harris as he has been released this week and will be replaced next week with another american.

So, Axarquía is capable of anything and I won't be surprised with any result here but I think both teams are levelled and young talent can be stopped by Donaldson and Detrick, key players in La Laguna, so I expect a close match to be decided in the last minutes.

La Laguna +7,5 @ 1,85 with Stan James, stake 3

Tenerife-Alicante

Alicante is 9-0 and leader of the competition but today they will face one of the most difficult matches of the season, playing in Tenerife. Home team are climbing now to the top positions with a 7-2 record and they know today's match is like a final.

Tenerife is with complete squad while Alicante will miss their best point guard, Llompart. He is not a key player but important one in a team with no clear stars but good collective work. If you look at both squads you see quality and they'll be for sure in playoffs (or winning the league) but this is the kind of matches that can be decided by great players like Tenerife's Barbour. If he has a good day Tenerife will give a big step towards the win. He is an offensive player that can destroy any defence with his quickness and shooting. Fans support and the interiors defence will be the other factors that can give hosts an important win. I think Alicante could suffer their first defeat of the league tonight.

Tenerife-1,5 @ 1,85 with Betway, stake 3

Sportingbet has the same line @1,90 but does not include overtime. I prefer to play it in a bookie where overtime counts but the bet is still recommended without overtime.

2 PICKS WON

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