| Olympiacos hosts Fenerbahce Ulker in a pivotal Group H showdown to get that group started with a bang The two teams were among the highest scoring in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague regular season and both produced 7-3 records. For Olympiacos that was enough to win Group B, while the Turkish champs placed second in Group C. These two teams both seemingly have it all and in theory match up well with one another. Both feature veteran coaches with years at Europe’s top levels, talented backcourts with All-Euroleague candidates leading the way, versatile wings and deep, bruising frontcourts. FB Ulker’s top performer this season has been point guard Roko Ukic, who gets a chance to match skills with reigning Euroleague MVP Milos Teodosic. Tough Omer Onan pits himself against the Reds’ leading scorer, Vassilis Spanoulis, while there is tremendous experience for both teams coming off the bench with two-time Euroleague champ Theo Papaloukas quarterbacking the hosts second unit and four-time champ Sarunas Jasikevicius doing the same for Fener. The athletic Jamon Lucas and sweet-shooting Yotam Halperin give head coach Dusan Ivkovic options at shooting guard, while Panos Vasilopoulos is recovered from injury and eager to join promising talents Marko Keselj and Kostas Papanikolaou at small forward. Fener also has mismatch options with point forward Emir Preldzic, while scorer Marko Thomas and defensive ace Tarence Kinsey give head coach Neven Spahija plenty to work with. In the paint, the Olympiacos tandem of rebounding stud Ioannis Bourousis and classic center Rasho Nesterovic have been strong and Matt Nielsen and Loukas Mavrokefalides compliment them well. Rebounding king Mirsad Turkcan leads a Fenerbahce frontline that has Oguz Savas, Kaya Peker and Sean May aiming to wreak havoc. The overall depth and versatility on these rosters allows for the coaches to be creative with strategy and their in-game moves could have a major impact on the outcome. Olympiacos boasts an incredible home-court advantage – 20 straight Euroleague wins at the Peace and Friendship Stadium – but Fenerbahce showed it was impervious to difficult road venues with a win at defending champion Regal FC Barcelona in the regular season. Regardless, the makeup of the two teams promises an intense, high-scoring and fun-to-watch game that could turn out to be a turning point for each squad’s Final Four hopes. |
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