Our Olympiacos vs Zalgiris prediction is for Zalgiris to ride their capable defense to victory. They are coming off a 74-67 win over Barcelona, while Olympiacos took an opening week defeat to Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olympiacos lost their opener at Fenerbahce. They struggled offensively in the 82-71 defeat, posting only 13 and 15 points in the 1st and 4th quarters, respectively. This continues the negative movement that Olympiacos has had over the past few seasons. After finishing as the top-ranked team in 2022, they came up short in the finals and wound up 2nd. They dropped to 3rd in 2023, and are expected to finish in the middle of the pack in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zalgiris had a sound defensive performance in their opener against Barcelona, winning 74-67. The 3rd quarter was especially notable, as they were only able to score 7 points but maintained their lead. On offense, they did enough to get the win, but heavily relied on a strong performance from Sylvain Francisco off the bench (19 points, 18 minutes). They’ll aim for a more complete result this week against Olympiacos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olympiacos enters this game as the heavy favorite at home. Despite that, they sit at 0-1 while Zalgiris is 1-0. Both of these teams have capable defenses and inconsistent offenses. That should result in a closely contested, low-scoring bout. Ultimately, we like Zalgiris to pull off the upset on the road and improve to 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our Olympiacos vs Zalgiris prediction is for Zalgiris to ride their capable defense to victory. They are coming off a 74-67 win over Barcelona, while Olympiacos took an opening week defeat to Fenerbahce. Olympiacos Still on the Decline Olympiacos lost their opener at Fenerbahce. They struggled offensively in the 82-71 defeat, posting only 13 and […]","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":22509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3444],"tags":[3443],"class_list":["post-22991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague-basketball","tag-euroleague-basketball"],"yoast_head":"\n