GameLab G10: BAXI Manresa - Monbus Obradoiro

BAXI Manresa will seek the sixth victory on their return to the 'Nou Congost after playing two games as a visitor. The catalan's will be Monbus Obradoiro led by Moncho Fernández, a team that still does not know what it is to win away from home. The Galicians are a strong team that plays in Fontes do Sar, where they have achieved 4 victories against Palencia, Zaragoza, Girona and Baskonia, and have only lost one game against Bilbao. However, Monbus has been defeated on all the tracks it has visited; Valencia, Andorra, Gran Canaria and Unicaja, adding 5 defeats** in total.

Who contributes the points to the Obradoiro?

Monbus Obradoiro scores an average of 84 points per game and the player who scores the most is the American Jordan Howard; 16.2 points. However, Obradoiro has up to four more players with a scoring average of more than 10 points per game; Artem Pustovyi 13.3p, Thomas Scrubb 11.9p, Eric Washington 11.2p and Rigoberto Mendoza 11p.

The duel: Badio vs Howard

Brancou Badio and Jordan Howard are two of the players with the best statistics both on their respective team and in the competition.

In score, Howard (16.2p) appears as the 4th highest scorer in the ACB, while Badio (14.7p) is 8th. This high score is the reason that both players have a success rate of over 50% in the two-point shot; Brancou Badio 52.7% and Jordan Howard 53.3%.

Both the BAXI Manresa point guard and the Monbus guard Obradoiro play a similar amount of minutes. Badio is the player most used by Pedro Martínez with an average of 25:52 minutes, and Howard plays an average of 25:22 minutes per game on Moncho Fernández's team.

The sum of scoring, minutes played and games of these players means that both of them end up with a fairly high rating average; Brancou Badio 13.4v and Jordan Howard 13.5v.

The shooting %

BAXI Manresa and Monbus Obradoiro maintain great equality in shooting percentages.

In the three-point shot the effectiveness percentage is almost identical, the Catalans have 32.1% and the Galicians 32.2%.

In the shot of two we also find a very similar percentage; Manresa 54% and Obradoiro 54.9%.

In the free throw, Pedro Martínez's team has a success rate of 78.5% compared to 75.4% for Moncho Fernández's team.

Background

The Obradoiro has visited Nou Congost a total of 13 times. Of all the matches played in Manresa between Catalans and Galicians, 7 have been victories for BAXI Manresa and 6 have been victories for Monbus Obradoiro.

The last duel held at the Nou Congost between the two teams, corresponding to matchday 25 of the last Endesa League, ended with a Manresa victory by 80-65.

Manresa's largest victory against the Galicians dates back to January 19, 2022, with a difference of 20 points; 104-84.

The old-known

The current Monbus Obradoiro quarry includes Álvaro Muñoz, a BAXI Manresa player between 2017 and 2019, a member of the quarry that achieved the last promotion and captain of the team in his last season at the club (2018- 19).