GameLab G34: Lenovo Tenerife-BAXI Manresa

BAXI Manresa faces the last day of the Liga Endesa visiting Lenovo Tenerife from Txus Vidorreta. Pedro Martínez's men want to close the season with the number of 20 victories against a Tenerife affected after their defeat in Badalona, and with the loss of Shermadini. In the last four games the Canaries only added one victory against Unicaja, losing on the courts of Valencia, Breogán and Joventut. The last time Tenerife lost at home was in January against Barça.

Who contributes the points to Tenerife?

Lenovo Tenerife currently maintains an average of 83.7 points per game, and they have the American guard, Kyle Guy, as their top scorer with 14.4 points.

The islanders will not be able to count on one of their top scorers, Giorgi Shermadini (12 points), but their team is made up of other players with many points such as: Marcelinho Huertas (14 points), Jaime Fernández (9.6 points) and Tim Abromaitis (7.8 points).

The duel: Kyle Guy VS Brancou Badio

Kyle Guy arrived at Lenovo Tenerife last January and has become a fundamental piece for Txus Vidorreta. Top scorer of the Canaries, third player with the highest rating on the team and his importance in the generation of game of the islanders have meant that Kyle Guy has earned the position in the Tenerife.

For his part, Brancou Badio continues to be one of the most important players in Pedro Martínez's rotation. He has surpassed Devin Robinson as the Manresans' top scorer and has a lot of influence on the game.

Both players are the men who score the most points on their respective teams. Kyle Guy maintains an average of 14.4 points per game, slightly above Badio's 14.3.

In the 3-point shot, the Canaries' guard maintains an effectiveness of 38.2%, surpassing Badio's accuracy, which remains at 32.8%.

Both players are important in generating their teams' play and maintain assist averages of: Guy 2.3 assists and Badio 2.4 assists.

Finally, both players value the same amount of rating credits, 12.4.

The shooting %

The 3-point shot: Lenovo Tenerife 36.9% / BAXI Manresa 31.5%

The 2-point shot: Lenovo Tenerife 56.6% / BAXI Manresa 52.6%

The free throw: Lenovo Tenerife 81% / BAXI Manresa 75.8%

The background in Tenerife

Tenerife is a very strong team in Santiago Martín and this is demonstrated by the balance of victories against BAXI Manresa, where the Catalans have only achieved 4 victories in their 18 visits.

In the last match between the Canaries and Bagencs on the islands, the locals beat Pedro Martínez's men 100-87. The standout from Manresa was Devin Robinson with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 13 rating credits.

The last victory in Manresa at the Santiago Martín was in November 2015, 65-71 over Tenerife.

Old acquaintances

Dani Pérez: He signed for Tenerife in April 2017 and at the end of that same season he left the Canary Islands club.

Musa Sagnia: He was part of the Tenerife youth teams.