BETTING TIPS (XXIV) SPAIN VS ARGENTINA

Spain - Argentina. Under 156 points (1.96) Pinnacle. Stake 2.5
Spain - Argentina. Spain -7 (1.90) Pinnacle. Stake 2

Spain  and Argentina will be clashing in La Coruña in one hour. This is the first game in Europe for Argentina after arriving a couple of days ago and they will face USA Team in Barcelona on Sunday. Tough tests for Julio Lamas´squad after its good preparation in South America. Carlos Delfino will play his first game this summer with Argentina NT as he joined the team three days ago. Luis Scola is also expected to play tonight, but we´ll see if he´s fully fit after suffering a minor knee injury last week, against Brazil.

Neither Marc Gasol nor Sergio Rodríguez will play with Spain as they are recovering from  minor injuries. As it happenned against Australia, I expect both Serge Ibaka and Reyes playing more minutes, meaning more physical intensity in Spanish frontcourt. Spain must improve their deffensive performance and overpower their opponents in the paint. The big questions will take place on Spanish backcourt...Will Rudy and Navarro be able to stop Ginóbili and Nocioni? 

Taking for granted that both teams will give their best I expect a lower scoring line and Spain should step up tonight in both fields to win this game more comfortably than expected. 
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Spain 105-85 Argentina -0,7 Units


Crazy game since the beginning. Spain smashed Argentina in a stunning first half (61-36) and the game was completely broken. Poor deffensive effort in both sides so this game can´t be taken as a serious test regarding next week´s Olympic Games.

Picks	57
Won	39		68,42%
Lost	17		29,82%
Void	1		1,75%
Stake	211
Profit	96,695
Yield	45,83%
Av. Odd	1,933509

Argentina National Team: Julio Lamas Announces a List of Fifteen Men

Head Coach Julio Lamas released a list of 15 men for London´s 2012 Olympic Basketball Tournament. Three of them wont be members of the last 12 that will fight for a medal in Great Britain:


PG: Pablo Prigioni, Nicolás Laprovittola, Facundo Campazzo.
SG: Manu Ginóbili, Paolo Quinteros, Carlos Delfino.
SF: Andrés Nocioni, Hernán "Pancho" Jasen, Marcos Mata.
PF: Luis Scola, Federico Kammerichs, Leo Gutiérrez, Leo Mainoldi.
C: Juampi Gutiérrez, Martín Leiva.


Campazzo and Laprovíttola (in PG positions); Quinteros - Mata (in Shooting Range Area) and Kammerichs - Mainoldi (Power Forwards) will compete for three spots in the final list.


Argentina NT announced also, the Road To London 2012 Preparation Games Tour. They will face teams as Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico before leaving the country. Later in Spain, Argentina will play against USA and Spain.


(via Germán Beder)