Besiktas Istanbul vs ASVEL Villeurbanne Prediction, Odds, Best Bets - Round 11

Two 4-6 teams meet in Lyon with almost nothing between them. Besiktas get 2.5 points behind Scottie Wilbekin against an ASVEL defense allowing 93.0 points per game.

The Matchup

Two teams locked on 4-6 meet at the LDLC Arena on Friday night, and the strangest part of the matchup is how little separates them. ASVEL score 88.3 points per game and give most of them back, allowing 93.0 a night. Besiktas play the same way, scoring 87.7 and allowing 90.9, and both sides arrive off a home loss in Round 10. This profiles as a guard's game, decided by whichever backcourt shoots it better.

Key Factors

Scottie Wilbekin leads Besiktas at 13.3 points per game, and he has help: Eugene Omoruyi adds 10.3 points, and Devon Dotson returned in Round 10 after a two-game absence. Besiktas will miss Jaylen Nowell, who is out after nose surgery, but the bigger problem sits on the other bench. ASVEL lean on Patty Mills, who averages 15.9 points per game, and Hugo Besson, who adds 11.6, yet their defense keeps undoing the offense: Bayern put 99 on them in this building last week.

Myles Cale has not played since Round 7 and Mathis Dossou-Yovo has been out all season, so ASVEL's rotation is thin behind Mills. Besiktas have already won a high-scoring game on the road in this competition, and a defense allowing 93.0 points per game gives them every chance to do it again.

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