BETTING TIPS (XXVI) BELGIUM - GREAT BRITAIN

Belgium and Great Britain will clash this afternoon in Kortrijk. The British played yesterday in Belgium against Tunisia (losing 73-69) without Deng, Freeland and Lenzley. Neither Freeland nor Lenzley will play today as they got back to England to recover from their injuries. Deng is expected to play but he might see limited action as the british are quite worried about injuries as Daniel Clark picked up an ankle injury yesterday against Tunisia. So in these conditions, with all these sidelined players and the third game in four days, I think Great Britain won´t give their best today.


Belgium, on the other hand, is working for the Eurobasket 2013 qualifiers that will be starting in three weeks. The Belgian Lions managed to defeat France, Belarus and Tunisia last week by playing hard deffense. Led by PG Sam Van Rossom, they feel quite comfortable slowing down the pace.

Belgium - Great Britain. Belgium ML (2,22) Pinnacle. Stake 3 
Belgium - Great Britain. Under 144 points (1.93) Pinnacle. Stake 3
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Belgium 79-56 Great Britain & Argentina 81-86 USA (Check Our Twitter) +8,41 Units


Everything happened as expected. Chris Finch didn´t take anymore risks and decided to give a rest to some key players together with the major sidelines they had before the game. The Belgian Lions led the game since the beginning and got such a comfortable low-scoring win.

Picks	64
Won	44		68,75%
Lost	19		29,69%
Void	1		1,56%
Stake	234
Profit	108,405
Yield	46,33%
Av. Odd	1,93625

BETTING TIPS (XVI) SPAIN VS GREAT BRITAIN

Spain - Great Britain. Great Britain +18.5 (1.97)  Pinnacle Stake 3

Neither Juan Carlos Navarro nor Rudy Fernández will play tonight against Great Britain in Valladolid. Key sidelined players in Spanish backcourt. In addition to these absences, Serge Ibaka joined the team on Saturday so he´s not expected to play many minutes tonight.

Great Britain NT started their preparation for London 2012 Olympics more than three weeks ago. The 'brits' travelled to USA where they played several games against Russia, Lithuania and Nigeria (the last three teams to get a ticket to London). The results were quite disappointing as those teams had been working harder and earlier to get ready for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament played in Venezuela last week. In those games played in Texas, some key players as Rob Archibald or Pops Mensah Bonsu play few minutes or didn´t play at all like Luol Deng.

Great Britain played its first preparation game in Europe, on Saturday, facing France in Orleans. They lost 79-74 after enjoying a 20-point lead (43-25) at half-time. However, France´s NT reaction in the second half changed the game completely and the british team was overpowered in the last quarter. Despite the defeat, the brits were satisfied with their performances as they have gone a few steps forward so they are well on the way to London.

Spain, started working last week in Madrid and they will play their two first friendly games tonight in Valladolid and tomorrow (against France NT) in Madrid. Sergio Scariolo´s team has been working hard in this first stage. Regarding last summers preparation games, I expect all the players having many minutes today in these first friendlies. 

IMO the spread line is quite high and should be closer to 12-14 points if Great Britain´s frontcourt plays at its best stopping both Gasol brothers in the paint. With Fernández out of the game, Luol Deng should be even more important in offense tonight.

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Spain 78 - 74 Great Britain +2,91 Units


Everything went even better than expected as Great Britain played a very serious game in both sides and Spain struggled a little bit in offense (missing both Navarro and Rudy Fernández). 

Picks	40
Won	28		70,00%
Lost	11		27,50%
Void	1		2,50%
Stake	153,5
Profit	77,06
Yield	50,20%
Av. Odd	1,92575