GameLab G08: UCAM Murcia - BAXI Manresa
BAXI Manresa will seek to add a victory away from Nou Congost against a UCAM Murcia with the most in-form player in the ACB in their ranks.
BAXI Manresa travels to Murcia to play the eighth day of the Liga Endesa at the Palacio de los Deportes. The Catalans visit a UCAM Murcia team led by Sito Alonso that has a balance of 4 wins and 3 losses, and with the fittest player in the competition in its ranks; Simon Birgander.
Who contributes the points to Murcia?
UCAM is mainly led in scoring by Simon Birgander (16.4 pts) and Dylan Ennis (14.7 pts). The other players with high scores from Murcia are Ludde Hakanson with 10.9 points, Dustin Sleva with 9.4 points and Nemanja Radovic and Howard Sant-Roos, both with 7.6 points per game.
The duel: Brancou Badio vs Simon Birgander
Both Badio and Birgander are the top scorers for their respective teams. The BAXI Manresa point guard contributes an average of 14.4 points per game, being the eleventh highest scoring player in the ACB, compared to the Murcia center's 16.4 points, which places him as the top scorer in the ACB competition.
It should be noted that Simon Birgander is the fittest player in the Liga Endesa. The Swede is the current leader in the following statistics: rating (23.3), points (16.4), rebounds (10.6), defensive rebounds (6.6), offensive rebounds (4), two-point shots (7 ) and kills (1.7), in addition to being the second player with the most blocks in the league (1.4).
In the shot of two Badio and Birgander maintain an effectiveness percentage of over 50%; 51.2% from Manresa compared to 61.3% from Murcia.
Brancou and Simon also have in common being the player who plays the most minutes on their teams. Pedro Martínez plays an average of 26:09 minutes on the court in Badio and Sito Alonso plays an average of 29:03 minutes in Birgander.
In valuation, Brancou Badio signs 12.4 credits per game, while Simon Birgander is the player who signs the most in the entire ACB, 23.3.
The shooting %
If we compare the shooting percentages of BAXI Manesa and UCAM Murcia we can see a clear equality between both teams. In the triple the Catalans have a 33.8% effectiveness compared to a 29.3% effectiveness of the Murcians.
If we are going to compare two-point shots, Sito Alonso's team scores slightly more than Pedro Martínez's team. The UCAM is 55.5% effective in shooting two and the BAXI is 52.4%.
In the free kick, both BAXI Manresa (77.3%) and UCAM Murcia (75%) maintain a high percentage of effectiveness.
Background
Those from the Nou Congost and those from the Palacio de los Deportes have seen each other a total of 45 times. Of all these games, BAXI Manresa has won 29, and the other 16 have been lost by UCAM Murcia.
In the last match played between both teams, the victory was for Manresa (93-83) in the match on matchday 29 of the ACB pass that was played at the Nou Congost.
The last 10 games are summarized in 6 victories for Manresa and 4 for Murcia.
BAXI Manresa's largest victory over UCAM Murcia was in 1996, on matchday 5 of the ACB, by 79-54.
The old-known
The current player on the UCAM Murcia squad, Jordan Sakho, wore the BAXI Manresa shirt between 2016 and 2021. During the years that Sakho was with the club, he played a total of 53 games in which he played a total of 730 minutes and scored 266 points.