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London Lions – Prometheus. Prediction and announcement for the European Cup match
The meeting between London Lions and Prometheus will take place in London on Wednesday, December 20. The match will start at 21.30 Kyiv time.
In the twelfth round of the 2023/2024 European Cup regular season, Prometheus will have to play a very difficult match away. The opponent of Slobozhansky’s club will be the English London Lions, who are in one of the leading positions of Group A and have so far clearly confirmed their high aim in the second European Cup tournament.
After eleven matches played, the current champions of Great Britain are in third place in the table and have almost secured the play-offs. During the completed journey, the “London Lions” won eight victories and left the field losing only three times. Moreover, two of these three fiascos occurred in the matches against the strongest teams of our group, the French “Paris” and the Israeli “Hapoel” from Tel Aviv. The only sensational thing was last week’s home defeat against Germany’s Hamburg, where the London Lions clearly played below their abilities.
The trip to Riga in October was also successful for the British, and they defeated the Ukrainian “Prometheus”, who was in an open game crisis at that time, in a productive game. Slobozhan’s team was not helped by the fact that the first quarter was extremely productive; “giants” won with a score of 30:19. London Lions then imposed their own game on the Ukrainian club, winning in each of the next three separate ten-minute periods and celebrating the final victory with a score of 87:99.
London Lions’ 2023/2024 European Cup results:
4 October. “London Lions” (Great Britain) – “Venice” (Italy) – 76:69
10 October. “Hamburg” (Germany) – “London Lions” (Great Britain) – 94:100
18 October. “Prometheus” (Ukraine) – “London Lions” (Great Britain) – 87:99
24 October. “London Lions” (Great Britain) – “Paris” (France) – 102:106
2 November. London Lions (England) – Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) – 90:98
8 November. Joventut (Spain) – London Lions (Great Britain) – 76:87
15 November. “Beşiktaş” (Türkiye) – “London Lions” (England) – 80:83
22 November. London Lions (Great Britain) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 101:95
28 November. “Wolves” (Lithuania) – “London Lions” (Great Britain) – 87:101
5 December. “Venice” (Italy) – “London Lions” (Great Britain) – 91:95
13 December. London Lions (Great Britain) – Hamburg (Germany) – 81:83
Speaking of the personalities of the London club, Gabe Olaseni should of course be highlighted. The English big man has excellent statistics according to the results of 11 matches played (17.9 points + 8 rebounds + 2.5 assists) and his average efficiency rate is 23 points, which is currently the best in the European Cup. It is worth noting that in addition to Olaseni, two other London Lions basketball players were among the top twenty players of the tournament in the event rankings. They are defenseman Matthew Morgan (17.6 points – 10th place) and his namesake, forward Connor Morgan (17.2 points – 15th place). Perhaps the real danger for Slobozhansky’s club will come from this trio and the mental leader of the team, Sam Dekker, who closed the Riga match with a magnificent buzzer beater in the Prometheus ring two months ago.
The most important feature of this meeting will be that it will bring together the two teams that recruit the most players in the European Cup. After eleven rounds, Prometheus leads the European Cup with the second highest rebound average (38.9), while the London Lions are well behind the Ukrainian club (38.2 rebounds). So, the outcome of the fight between two strong fronts today will be one of the determining factors.
The teams from Ukraine and England are not direct rivals in the rankings. The British Lions are slowly settling into the play-offs but the Titans still need to put in a lot of effort to get there. However, the victory in the personal match will be very important for Ronen Ginzburg’s team, because after a not entirely successful first round, Slobozhans needs to win, including in matches with the leaders. And it wouldn’t hurt to take the price for a defeat in a home match.
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