Betting Tips (III) 2012 South American Basketball Championship: Venezuela - Chile

2012 South American Championship for Men, starts today in Argentina. This tournament will last from Monday to Friday. Both Argentina and Brazil NTs will use this tournament to start their preparation for the Olympics. However, Venezuela, the third title contender, will compete harder as they will be playing Olympic Qualifiers, at home, in a couple of weeks


Eric Musselman, Venezuela´s NT Head Coach, together with Brad Greenberg have named quite a powerful roster for this championship: Greivis Vásquez, Gregory Vargas, David Cubillan, José Vargas, Jhornan Zamora, Francisco Centeno, Héctor "Pepito" Romero,  Axiers Sucre, Windi Graterol, Gregory Echenique, Miguel Marriaga y José Bravo. 


Regarding that Óscar Torres and John Cox are recovering from some injuries, this is quite a competitive list. In previous friendly games, Venezuela managed to defeat Brazil and Argentina last week. The ´vinotinto´ team wants to play as good as they did at FIBA America´s Championship last year. Their goal is to qualify to the Olympics so they will give their best. Today, PG David Cubillan may not play as he got injured on friday against Brazil, but it will be a game-time decision.


Chilean Basketball, on the other hand, is still in the middle of nowhere. For this Championship they appointed Edgardo Vecchio as NT head coach, one month ago. This decision was quite controversial and we´ll see what happens with the attitude of some players and the inner future of the  team. Chile is coming to Argentina with an undersized roster that will struggle a lot.


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Venezuela 86-61 Chile (45-27 HT) +5.1 Units


Venezuela -22.5 (Unibet) 1.85 Stake 6 
 (Value spread till -25)


It could also be so interesting for livebettting Venezuela´s 1stQ and HT Spreads.

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