Milano (9-5) had lost four in succession prior to beating AS Monaco 65-71 in the Principality last week behind Sergio Rodriguez and his 13 points off the bench. It was a crucial win for Milano, ad they had been in trouble psychologically after the consecutive losses.

Mesina has to find a way to cover the absence of Dinos Mitoglou as it is obvious that since the Greek forward gets injured, Milano has an important problem on the court. They must win some games in a row now if they want to stay on the top-4.

In the Italian league, Milano had no problem beating Brescia at home 76-62. The game was tight for 30 minutes. In the last quarter, Milano beat its opponents 24-13 and they grabbed the win.

Ben Bentil, who played for Panathinaikos last year, scored 14 points in 17 minutes. He was the first scorer for Armani. Four of his teammates were also double-digit in scoring and nobody played more than 27 minutes.

Panathinaikos (4-10) was steered in Moscow in Round 13, yet reacted with an 82-67 triumph over ALBA Berlin because of twofold copies from Macon Jr. furthermore Papagiannis. While Milan is 6-1 at home this season, the Greens are winless in eight street games.

Truth be told, the last time Panathinaikos won outside of Greece was in Round 12 last season when it asserted a 77-80 triumph in Milan behind 16 points from Nemanja Nedovic, who played for Milan in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.

Panathinaikos OPAP Athens has gathered the second-least steals (5.0 spg.) this season and permitted its rivals to make the second-most threes in the league (9.4 per game). The Greens' backcourt defense will be crucial to their opportunities to win again in Milan.

On the opposite end, Panathinaikos has the third-most exceedingly terrible three-point shooting (33.3%) and should get that to work on its possibilities.

The two teams have faced each other in 20 Euroleague games. Milano has 6 wins, while Panathinaikos has won 14 times.

Let's take a look at main and special odds markets offered at bet365 website:

• FullTime Result: 1.19(Milano) - 5.00(Panathinaikos)
• Over/Under 151.5 points : 1.90 (Over) - 1.90 (Under)
• Race to 20 points: 1.43 (Milano) - 2.65 (Panathinaikos)

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Rodriguez vs. Macon

When AX Armani Exchange Milan's point guard Malcolm Delaney went out before Round 6 with a physical issue, previous EuroLeague MVP Sergio Rodriguez took on a bigger job. Indeed, even with Delaney currently back, Rodriguez has been shaking with 12.3 points, 4.7 assists, and a PIR of 14.7 over his last four games. Daryl Macon Jr. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens will actually want to test himself against Milan's top-class player in this marquee matchup. Macon drives the Greens in both scoring (15.7 ppg.) and assists (3.9 apg.) this season and has shown the development to exploit what the defenses give him. It ought to be an interesting conflict between the novice and the vets.