{"id":8081,"date":"2026-10-13T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/fr\/matchs\/anadolu-efes-bayern-munich-a-6-5-point-line-for-a-team-missing-mike-james\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:12:56","slug":"anadolu-efes-bayern-prediction-2026-10-14","status":"publish","type":"ba_match","link":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/en\/matches\/basketball\/euroleague\/anadolu-efes-bayern-prediction-2026-10-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Anadolu Efes – Bayern Munich: a 6.5-point line for a team missing Mike James"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last two duels between these clubs finished 81-80 and 74-72. On Wednesday in Istanbul the market hangs 6.5 points on Efes, at 1.40 to win at home. A team that has just lost 89-66 at Olympiacos, without its best offensive weapon, does not win by six and a half points. I am taking Bayern with the points.<\/p>\n

Efes have stopped scoring<\/h2>\n

15th and 17th in the table, both sides on one win in four. Mike James tore his Achilles tendon against Red Star on matchday three: surgery, seven to nine months out. His replacement, Cameron Payne<\/a>, arrived from Partizan and scored 12 points on his debut at Olympiacos; Efes lost 89-66. Their offence is the second worst in the EuroLeague, the defence sixth. Saric finished that game on 1 point, Bruno Fernando on 0. The only win came at home, against Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

Bayern arrive with a full squad<\/h2>\n

In the Bundesliga on Saturday the club left Jokubaitis, Lucic and Thiemann on the bench<\/a> at Chemnitz and won 87-83. On Tuesday the club preview<\/a> wrote that Gavel \u201ccurrently has all his players at his disposal\u201d: no Munich name appears on the Basketball Sphere injury table, updated on Sunday evening. BasketNews still lists the three as questionable<\/a>, with no reason given for their absence in Chemnitz. Oscar da Silva, 18 points in Bologna, is the most reliable Munich player.<\/p>\n

In the same preview Gavel sees an Efes side \u201cnot yet at the level of its huge potential\u201d, and Justus Hollatz, a former Efes player, asks his team for forty physical minutes with no let-up. The week stays heavy: three away games in five days, Efes on Wednesday, Besiktas on Friday, then the cup in Hamburg on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The recent duels come down to one or two points<\/h2>\n

Efes have won the last five meetings between the clubs, ten of sixteen since 2018-19. Last season they beat Bayern twice, 74-72 at home and 81-80 away. The straight Bayern win has tightened to 3.30 at 888Sport on Tuesday, from 3.515 at the open; the main line has not moved: Efes -6.5, both sides at 1.93.<\/p>\n

What I am watching<\/h2>\n