BAXI Manresa wants to take an important step towards the play-offs against a dangerous Bilbao
The Bagencs receive, tomorrow from 20:00, a Basque team led by Jaume Ponsarnau who in the match of the first round was already superior.
BAXI Manresa plays its last regular league match at the Nou Congost, in a duel against Surne Bilbao Basket that will be transcendental in the fight for the Endesa League play-offs. The match will start at 8:00 p.m. and can be followed live on M+ Deportes 3 and Ràdio Manresa. Pedro Martínez has the entire squad available, so he will have to rule out one player.
Bages' team needs victory after losing in Zaragoza and losing a great opportunity with Baskonia's defeat against Girona. The team from Manresa will play their last regular league game in front of their fans before traveling to Tenerife to close the season.
The team led by Jaume Ponsarnau, who was part of the Bàsquet Manresa staff between 2003 and 2013, occupies eleventh position in the ACB with a balance of 13 wins and 19 losses. Furthermore, the men in black have four defeats in the last four rounds, three of them against teams from the bottom of the standings. The Basques' most notable players are centers Sacha Killeya-Jones and Tryggvi Hlinason and former Manresans Melwin Pantzar and Alex Renfroe.
In the press conference prior to the match, Pedro Martínez explained that «Bilbao is the team that this year has beaten us by the greatest difference, that has been more superior to us. They are very well trained, and in defense they collapse the rival a lot. They have very big players who rebound very well, and very talented players. We have the utmost respect for them, we believe they are a very good team».