Hines: “Olympiacos will beat Fener 3-2 and reach the final”

A few days remain for the long-awaited start of its playoffs Euroleague.

Lithuanian Basketnews, as usual, hosted him Kyle Hines asking him to predict the outcome of the four couples, but also his development Final Four.

His former center Olympiakou spoke in the best words about his old team and emphasized that they will manage to overcome Fener, while predicting that they will reach the final Euroleague!

His statements in detail:

For Olympiacos-Fener: “Olympiacos has the home advantage, it is not easy to play in SEF. The reason I’m giving two games to Fenerbahce is because of coach Itoudis. He is very experienced, he knows how to maneuver in these kinds of games. One of the things he is amazing at is match preparation. This is probably its best feature. He will come up with a great plan to try to succeed. Overall, I think the home advantage will help Olympiacos advance to the Final Four.”

For Barcelona-Zalgiris: “Barcelona will probably win the first two games. I think he might lose the third, just because of the home ground, playing at Zalgirio Arena is not necessarily the easiest place. Saras coming home to play in this stadium, Schmitz playing against his former club, I think it will be a surprise factor. Zalgiris will have enough passion to take a game, but Barcelona will be winners throughout the series.”.

For Monaco-Maccabi: “I’m a Mike James fan. Especially in the playoffs it can be something different. I think he can be the deciding factor, especially when he’s focused. In these playoffs, especially based on what happened last year, I think he will be determined. For James, I think he’s motivated to try to get to the Final Four. I think this is one of his moments and I think it’s one of the best opportunities he can have.”.

For Real-Zalgiris: “Real is one of the teams with the deepest roster in the EuroLeague, they are prepared for a series like this. One of the problems that Partizan has probably had all season is that they don’t have real depth, they don’t have a deep roster. In other words, what Real has, it has a large roster, it has so many children and so many “weapons”, so many different areas that they can exploit”.

For Monaco-Olympic if it occurs in the Final Four: “Olympic played well, played with the most consistency throughout the year and I think it’s time for him to win this game and go to the final.”