GameLab G22: BAXI Manresa - Barça

BAXI Manresa receives Barça at the Nou Congost to star in a new Catalan derby. Manresa and Barcelona will face each other this Sunday on matchday 22 of the ACB, 5 days before meeting again in Malaga to play the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. The Blaugranas, led by former Manresa player Roger Grimau, are third in the competition with a balance of 14 wins and 7 losses, and have won 4 of their last 5 games.

Who contributes the points to Barça?

Barça is the third highest scoring team in the Liga Endesa with an average of 86.3 points per game. In the team led by Roger Grimau, Willy Hernangómez stands out as the top scorer with 13.6 points per game. However, the Blaugranas have other players with a lot of scoring on their hands such as Nico Laprovittola (10.9 pts), Jabari Parker (10.6 pts), Rokas Jokubaitis ( 8 pts) or Darío Brizuela (8 pts).

The duel: Robinson vs Hernangómez

To talk about BAXI Manresa and Barça we must talk about Devin Robinson and Willy Hernangómez. Both players are the key figure of their team, being the highest scorers and the most valued.

In scoring, Devin Robinson, with 14.1 points, maintains an average of points per game higher than that of the culé center, with 13.6 points.

In rebounds, Willy is the second man who grabs the most in the entire Liga Endesa, with an average of 6.9 rebounds per game. For his part, the player from Manresa maintains an average of 5.7 rebounds per duel, which places him ninth in the overall statistics of the competition.

In the rating statistic, both Robinson and Hernangómez are part of the TOP10 best-rated players in the ACB. The Barça player is 5th on the list with an average of 16.7 rating credits per game, followed by the Manresa player in 6th position, with 16.5 credits.

The shooting %

The 3-point shot: BAXI Manresa 32.8% / Barça 41.2%

The 2-point shot: BAXI Manresa 53.2% / Barça 56.4%

The free kick: BAXI Manresa 74.4% / Barça 70.2%

Background

The great dominator in the duels between Manresa and Barça at the Nou Congost is Barça. The culés visited the capital of Bages a total of 44 times in ACB matches, and took victory on 34 occasions. BAXI Manresa has only beaten the Barcelona team 10 times at home.

The last match between BAXI Manresa and Barça was resolved with a 78-101 away victory, on matchday 4 of the last ACB (October 15, 2022).

We must go back to March 22, 2009 to relive the last time the team from Manresa defeated Barça at the Nou Congost, in a match that went to the fourth overtime and ended with a result of 122-117.

The Old-known

Pierre Oriola: He was a Barça player from 2017 to 2022.

Brancou Badio: He was part of the Barça squad from 2019 to 2021.

Dani Pérez: He was in the Barça youth teams until 2008

Roger Grimau: He played for Manresa in the 2014-15 season.

Carles Marco: He was a Manresa player in 2008 and an assistant from 2011 to 2014.