GameLab G14: BAXI Manresa - Lenovo Tenerife
A BAXI Manresa in good dynamics receives a Lenovo Tenerife with the need to win in the Nou Congost.
BAXI Manresa will have as its rival this Saturday a Lenovo Tenerife team led by Txus Vidorreta, who needs victory to continue fighting for a ticket in the Copa ACB. The Canaries have had two consecutive defeats at home against Obradoiro and on the Baskonia court. Pedro Martínez's men, who have just beaten Barça at the Palau Blaugrana, will look for their ninth victory to continue being among the best teams in the competition.
Who contributes the points to Tenerife?
Lenovo Tenerife's average points per game is 84.1, a figure that places them as the ninth highest scoring team in the ACB. The top representative of the Canaries in this scoring aspect is the point guard Marcelinho Huertas with an average of 12.9 points per game. The other players from the Txus Vidorreta team who contribute the most points are Jaime Fernández (12.8pts), Giorgi Shermadini (11pts), Tim Abromaitis (8.2pts) and Aaron Doornekamp (7.3 pts).
The duel: Dani Pérez vs Marcelinho Huertas
Both guards are the two top assistants of the competition. Dani Pérez, with an average of 6.9 assists per game, leads the statistics, while the Tenerife point guard follows him in second position, with an average of 6.3.
The Lenovo Tenerife player born in Sao Paulo is his team's top scorer, with an average of 12.9 points per game. For his part, Dani Pérez is the third BAXI Manresa player with the best score; 9 points per game.
The two guards have a great threat from the outside shot. In the 3-point shot, Huertas has an effectiveness rate of 43.3%, while the BAXI point guard born in L'Hospitalet maintains a percentage of 38.6% effectiveness.
Huertas also leads his team in rating, posting an average of 15.2 rating credits per game. For his part, Dani Pérez remains the third most valued Catalan player; 9 credits.
The shooting %
The 3 shot: BAXI Manresa 33.6% / Lenovo Tenerife 37.5%
The shot of 2: BAXI Manresa 53.3% / Lenovo Tenerife 53.8%
The free throw: BAXI Manresa 73% / Lenovo Tenerife 81.8%
Background
Lenovo Tenerife has visited the Nou Congost on 19 occasions in ACB matches, they have taken the victory to the islands 9 times and on the other 10 they have been defeated by BAXI Manresa.
The last time the islanders visited Bages they took the victory with a result of 70-89. Those from Txus Vidorreta won the duel that inaugurated the ACB for the Catalans and Canaries on September 29, 2022.
The Canaries were defeated at Congost for the last time in the 2021-22 season with a result of 95-93, in a match that was decided in overtime with a winning basket by Dani Pérez.
The Old-known
Dani Pérez: He arrived at Tenerife in April 2016 and played for the Canary Islands team until the end of that same season.
Musa Sagnia: He was part of the Tenerife youth teams.