Keys to victory: Metropolitans vs. Lokomotiv, Round 12
Limiting turnovers is important for Metropolitans
The hosts have won their last two games and will look to continue that streak against one of the candidates to go all the way to the end. Loko is still missing pillar Johnathan Motley and that opens a window for Metropolitans. The visitors average a PIR of 102.1 PIR, which is third in the competition, and that sums up the kind of challenge that the French team has on the table. If the hosts manage to keep their turnovers low as they have until now, and the hot duo of Will Cummings and Vince Hunter fires on all cylinders, Metropolitans could be in a good place to get their seventh win.
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Lokomotiv has lost two of its last five games and missing Motley and Stanton Kidd does not help either. However, the Russian team seems to have picked its pace again led by red-hot Errick McCollum with valuable help from Alan Williams and Darius Thompson. Loko lands now in Paris for a visit to another team that seems to be getting hotter by the minute. On paper, the guests dominate on practically all stats fronts, and a loss to Metropolitans could see the French team tie with Loko in the higher spots of Group A.