Partizan is by far the best team in the South-Eastern Europe, they won Adriatic league beating all other Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Slovenian teams... At the same time, they were very near qualifying into Euroleague FF, and would've probably done it if CSKA wasn't on their way. Now, they have the opportunity to win the eight 8th Serbian Superliga title in a row. Leading 2-0 in the series against their biggest rivals Crvena Zvezda, playing in the home arena (hard to say it's home as Zvezda also play there, but Partizan's fans will be there as they're officially the hosts) and this match will be a true celebration. Full house, Partizan's players surely very motivated and for many of them it will be their last match for this team as they will all get sold, like Tepic, Velickovic, Lasme for sure... Tripkovic and Rakocevic very likely, too. So they will surely play even better that they did in the first two games when they both times won by double digits.

Zvezda, on the other hand, have many absences tonight and their squad will be in even worse condition than it was a few days ago when they lost by 14. Beside already injured Owens and Kovac, now they will be missing Bakic and Keselj, and knowing that another American Roberts is wearing a face mask and is totally under weather, I just don't know how will this short rotation manage to do any damage to cohesive Partizan's squad.

Why not a bigger handicap then? Well, the rivalry has always been huge, but the bookies rely on it way too much here, as the realistic hcp. should be around 15 pts, and the "heart and desire" of Zvezda's players will NOT make up for their huge absences and lack of quality.

This is my last pick for POD this month and I am not gonna be chasing some huge odds or anything, just want to give you the winner. I hope it delivers.