GameLab G15: Barça - BAXI Manresa

BAXI Manresa will seek to surprise a Barça team that has just been defeated on the last day against Casademont Zaragoza. The team led by Roger Grimau, formerly from Manresa, has not lost a game at the Palau Blaugrana and is third in the ACB with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses.

Who contributes the points to Barça?

Barça's scoring average is 87 points per game, making it the third highest scoring team in the competition. Willy Hernangómez, with 13.4 points per game, is the player who scores the most on Roger Grimau's team. The other players who contribute the most points are Nico Laprovittola (11.2pts), Jabari Parker (10.2pts), Rokas Jokubaitis (8.9pts) and Jan Vesely (8pts).

The duel: Barça vs BAXI Manresa

Both Catalan teams have a great role in the team statistics of the Liga Endesa.

Firstly, we highlight the score, where both teams are in the Top 5 of the competition: Barça is the 3rd highest scoring team in the ACB with an average of 87 points per game, while BAXI Manresa He occupies 5th place in the ranking with 85.8 points per game.

In the assists statistic we also find both Barça and BAXI Manresa among the five best teams. On the one hand, Roger Grimau's men are the 2nd most assisted team and have 19.08 assists per game, with their top assister being Tomas Satoransky (5.2 assists). For their part, Pedro Martínez's team is the 4th best team in assists, with 18.7 per game, with Dani Pérez (6.9 assists) as the highest representative of the statistic.

In rebounds it is BAXI Manresa who leads the statistics in 1st position with 38.35 total rebounds and Devin Robinson (5.8 reb) as the top rebounder for the Bages team. On the other hand, Barça, with 37.2 rebounds, occupies 5th position and its top rebounder is Willy Hernangómez (6.5 rebounds).

Finally, in rating Barça is the 2nd team that scores the most credits per game, with 103.5. The player who provides the highest rating among those from Barcelona is Willy Hernangómez (16.9 points). At BAXI Manresa Devin Robinson (17.5 credits) is the man who values ​​the most, and the Nou Congost team is joint 6th in the ranking, with an average of 92.5 credits per game.

The % shot

The 3-point shot: Barça is the team with the highest percentage of effectiveness in the entire competition, with 42.9%. In exchange, BAXI Manresa accounts for 33.3% of the effectiveness.

The 2-point shot: With 56% effectiveness, Barça is the third ACB team with the highest percentage in the 2-point shot, while BAXI Manresa is 52.9%.

The free kick: Barça is the team with the highest percentage of effectiveness in the free kick, with 67.4%, on the other hand, BAXI Manresa is more accurate and has 72.5%.

Background

BAXI Manresa has visited the Palau Blaugrana a total of 44 times as an official part of the ACB, but has only managed to return to Bages with victory on 3 occasions.

The last victory in Manresa at Barça's home will be on January 9, 2022, on matchday 14 of the Liga Endesa, with a result of 95-96 thanks to Joe Thomasson's winning streak.

On the last visit to Barcelona, ​​Pedro Martínez's team suffered defeats with a result of 93-72, on matchday 22 of the last ACB.

The Old-known

Pierre Oriola: He was a player for the Blaugrana team between 2017 and 2022.

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

Roger Grimau: The current Barça coach played for Manresa in the 2014-15 season.

Carles Marco: The current Barça assistant coach held the position of assistant at Manresa between 2011 and 2014. He was also a player during 2008.